Court Records Scraper — OSCN OK / AR CourtConnect

Aggregate public court records from free US court portals in a single run:

• OSCN — Oklahoma State Courts Network (all Oklahoma district + appellate courts)
• AR CourtConnect — Arkansas Courts (caseinfo.arcourts.gov)

LA 1JDC (lacourtconnect.com) has been decommissioned (2026-07-17). The portal now runs an anti-bot layer that redirects every automated client to a spam honeypot instead of serving court records, so it can no longer be scraped. LA_1JDC has been removed from the portals input enum; an explicit LA_1JDC request fails with a clear error instead of silently returning 0 records.

Search by recent filings, date range, party name, or case number. Each result includes the case number, caption, type, filed date, court, and a direct link to the source portal. Optional detail enrichment adds judge, county, case status, parties list, and docket filings.

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Use cases

• Legal research across multiple state jurisdictions
• Monitoring parties or attorneys for new case activity
• Aggregating public court data for legal analytics platforms
• Compliance and due-diligence background checks using public court filings

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Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
portals	string[]	["OSCN", "AR_CourtConnect"]	Court portals to search (LA_1JDC is decommissioned and rejected with an error)
searchMode	string	recent_filings	recent_filings, date_range, party_name, or case_number
partyName	string	—	Party name to search, First Last order (required for party_name mode) — a single surname also works
caseNumber	string	—	Case number (required for case_number mode)
dateFrom	string	—	Start date MM/DD/YYYY (used with date_range)
dateTo	string	—	End date MM/DD/YYYY
includeFilings	boolean	false	Pull full docket filings per case (increases run time and cost)
maxItems	integer	10	Maximum case records to return across all portals

Example: search by party name

{
  "portals": ["OSCN"],
  "searchMode": "party_name",
  "partyName": "John Smith",
  "maxItems": 20
}

Example: recent filings from all portals

{
  "portals": ["OSCN", "AR_CourtConnect"],
  "searchMode": "recent_filings",
  "maxItems": 30
}

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Output

Each record includes:

Field	Description
source_portal	Portal that returned this record (OSCN, AR_CourtConnect; LA_1JDC decommissioned 2026-07-17)
state	State abbreviation (OK, AR)
case_number	Case number
case_caption	Full case caption
case_type	Case type (civil, criminal, etc.)
filed_date	Date filed
court	Court name
county	County (when available)
judge	Assigned judge (when available)
status	Case status
parties	List of parties and their roles
dispositions	Disposition entries (when available)
filings	Docket filings list (populated when includeFilings: true)
hearings	Upcoming/past hearings (when available)
last_event_date	Date of last docket event
source_url	Direct URL to the case on the source portal

Sample output record

{
  "source_portal": "OSCN",
  "state": "OK",
  "case_number": "CF-2024-1234",
  "case_caption": "State of Oklahoma vs. Smith, John",
  "case_type": "Criminal Felony",
  "filed_date": "01/15/2024",
  "court": "Tulsa County District Court",
  "county": "Tulsa",
  "judge": "Hon. Jane Doe",
  "status": "Active",
  "parties": ["Plaintiff | State of Oklahoma | District Attorney"],
  "dispositions": [],
  "filings": [],
  "hearings": [],
  "last_event_date": "03/10/2024",
  "source_url": "https://www.oscn.net/dockets/GetCaseInformation.aspx?db=tulsa&number=CF-2024-1234"
}

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Notes

• Both source portals are free public government court systems — no credentials required.
• OSCN searches are performed across all Oklahoma courts simultaneously.
• AR CourtConnect covers multiple Arkansas counties via the central case lookup portal.
• LA 1JDC (Jefferson Parish, Louisiana 1st Judicial District) is decommissioned — see above.
• The recent_filings mode returns cases filed in the past 7 days by default.
• The actor respects each portal's rate limits with 2-second delays between requests.
• A portal that is temporarily unavailable is skipped; the actor continues with the remaining portals.