Bronx County Supreme Court, Criminal Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

You are eligible to apply for a Certificate of Relief from Civil Disabilities at the Criminal Term Central Clerk's Office on the 2nd floor if you have no more than one felony conviction and were sentenced in Bronx Supreme Court to a non-state prison, sentence. If you were sentenced to state prison, you must apply to the:

State of New York
Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
Attn: Certificate Review Unit 
The Harriman State Campus-Building 4
1220 Washington Avenue 
Albany, New York 12226-2050
Phone: 518-485-8953

Criminal History Record Searches are done by the Office of Court Administration. Please contact them directly at the following address for information regarding procedures and fees.

New York State Office of Court Administration
Division of Technology and Court Research
25 Beaver Street, 8th Floor - Room 830
New York, New York 10004
[email protected]

If you put up cash bail, a check will be automatically mailed to you at the address listed on the bail receipt. If you do not receive the check within six weeks of sentence, contact the Criminal Term Clerk's Office at 718-618-3100. If you put up bail in the form of a bond, you must get a Bail Bond Exoneration Letter and bring it to the bail bondsman.

Information on active or finished cases can be obtained by visiting the Criminal Term Central Clerk's Office the 2nd floor, or by telephone at 718-618-3100.

If the case was finished in Bronx Supreme Court, you can obtain a Certificate of Disposition from the Criminal Term Central Clerk's Office on the 2nd floor. There is an $10 fee for the certificate.

If you were sentenced in Bronx Supreme Court to probation, time served or a conditional discharge, you must pay any Fine or Mandatory Surcharge imposed at the Courthouse. Go to the Criminal Term Central Clerk's Office on the 2nd floor and pay the cashier. The only acceptable forms of payment are cash, money order or certified check bank check. The money order or check must be made payable to the Bronx Supreme Court.

The Criminal Term Central Clerk's Office on the 2nd floor of the Bronx County Hall of Justice. Correspondence should be mailed to:

Bronx Supreme Court
Criminal Term Clerk's Office
c/o Correspondence Clerk
265 E. 161st Street - 2nd Floor
Bronx, NY 10451
Phone: 718-618-3100