The Delaware State Courts will be closed on Tuesday, November 5th for Election Day. Justice of the Peace Court 11 (New Castle County) and Court 7 (Kent County) will remain open 24 hours and Justice of the Peace Court 3 (Sussex County) will be open from 6AM – 12PM (no new cases after 11:00PM).

Sussex County Courts including Justice of the Peace Court 2, 4, and 17 will be closing at noon on Thursday, November 7th for Return Day. JP Court 14 will be closed the entire day due to proximity to Return Day events.

Continuance Request Form for Criminal Cases

Continuance Request Form for Criminal Cases
Please choose criminal court: JP Court 02, Sussex County JP Court 03, Sussex County JP Court 04, Sussex County JP Court 06, Kent County JP Court 07, Kent County JP Court 08, Kent County JP Court 09, New Castle County JP Court 10, New Castle County JP Court 11, New Castle County JP Court 14, Sussex County JP Court 20, New Castle County JP Court Truancy, Sussex County
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Case or ticket number:
Scheduled date:	Month / Day / Year
Requested by:	Arresting Officer Defendant/Counsel DAG
Continuance request for:	Traffic Arraignment/Call of the Calendar Criminal Arraignment Trial Sentencing Other
State opposing party's position:* (not required for arraignment continuance requests)	Agree Disagree I did not obtain position
If you did not obtain the opposing party's position, describe what efforts were made and the results of those efforts or why contact was not possible:
State reason(s) why request is needed:	If continuance request is due to scheduling conflict due to work, medical, or other appointments, you will need to provide written proof with this request form. If e-mailing this request, you must send any additional documents to the court separately. Your court case number must be on all documents.
Name Address City State Zip code Phone number Email address @ Send a copy to me *J.P. Court Criminal Rule 19(b)(2)

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