Judicial Branch Taking Steps to Resume Additional In-Person Operations
Our courts (Supreme, Superior, and Circuit) are open and processing cases, and the Judicial Branch is working towards a full restoration of in-person operations in early to mid-summer. As a pilot court, the Supreme Court’s clerk’s office is open for in-person service as of April 27 and the Supreme Court resumes in-person oral arguments on May 5. The Superior and Circuit Courts are also expanding in-person hearings but are limiting access to courthouses and clerks’ offices through May 17 per an Amended Emergency Order. Learn which proceedings are in-person, what court-related services are available, and the COVID-19 precautions still in place at:

• Amended Emergency Order (April 23, 2021)
• Judicial Branch COVID-19 Update and Resources page
• Emergency Rental Assistance Program FAQs

What to Know before Coming to a New Hampshire Courthouse

• In-person access
• Media Access
• Face coverings requirements
• Use of e-filing or drop boxes
• Required 14-day quarantine for litigants, lawyers, and visitors who have traveled internationally
• Public access to jury trials
• Video Webex Hearings

Informational Videos

• Swearing in Ceremony for Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald
• COVID-19 Vaccine Video with Dr. Erin Bromage
• Keeping courthouses clean and safe during COVID-19 (Video)

Call: For questions related to Superior Court or Circuit Court cases, please call 1-855-212-1234. For questions related to Supreme Court, please contact the clerk’s office at (603) 271-2646.

Updates on current operations: For the latest orders governing proceedings in each court, including answers to Frequently Asked Questions and the resumption of jury trials, see the NHJB COVID-19 Response page.