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Requests for official Garfield County criminal records belong with the government office that maintains the file. This private resource cannot accept a filing or retrieve a record. The contacts below route court, agency, statewide RAP, and record-relief requests to their proper custodians.

This Is Not a Government Office. This is a private reference resource. It cannot produce an official check, retrieve or correct a criminal record, or receive a sealing, set-aside, or expungement filing.

Need an Official Record?

Use the office tied to the Garfield County record:

  • County Court files: Garfield County Court, P.O. Box 431, Burwell, NE 68823, (308) 346-4123; use this clerk for misdemeanors and felony preliminary proceedings.
  • District Court files: Clerk of the District Court, P.O. Box 218, Burwell, NE 68823, (308) 346-4161; use this clerk for felony files after bind-over.
  • Court search details: review the Garfield County court case lookup before choosing a clerk or JUSTICE access method.
  • Sheriff reports: Garfield County Sheriff, P.O. Box 455, Burwell, NE 68823, (308) 346-5150, fax (308) 346-5064, sheriff@garfieldcountyne.gov.
  • Burwell police records: City Office, 404 Grand Avenue, P.O. Box 604, Burwell, NE 68823, (308) 346-4509; ask for the current police-record custodian.
  • Nebraska RAP records: order through the Nebraska State Patrol Criminal Identification Division and its Limited Criminal History Search.
  • Sealing or set-aside filings: use the clerk of the court that handled the case.

The Garfield County Courthouse is at 250 South 8th, Burwell, NE 68823. Published hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Call first because the sheriff publishes a post-office box, not a physical counter address.