Dundee Criminal History Checks
Dundee has no confirmed standalone municipal police department or public village criminal-case portal. That makes agency identification the first task. The officer's agency keeps the incident report, the Sheriff keeps a county booking, and the court named on the papers keeps the local judicial record.
Follow the event in this order:
- Read the ticket, appearance notice, property receipt, or other paper for Yates County Sheriff or New York State Police.
- Request the report from that agency through its official records or FOIL channel, using the event date and Dundee location.
- Call the Yates County Jail for current custody and request Sheriff-held booking details when needed.
- Contact Starkey Town Court for a current local case; use WebCriminal as an index and confirm the named court by phone.
- For a felony moved to County Court, contact Yates County Court and the County Clerk; use DCJS Personal Record Review for one's own fingerprint record.
OCA CHRS is a separate statewide conviction-name product. It does not identify the arresting agency or supply the full Dundee case file.
Dundee Police Record Routing
The absence of a Dundee police portal is a local fact, not a dead end. The official Starkey police page directs residents to the Yates County Sheriff and New York State Police. Before sending a Dundee request, preserve the patrol agency name and the incident or CR number. A village address does not transfer a trooper-created record to the Sheriff.
The Sheriff's form includes choices for an arrest report, domestic report, motor-vehicle accident, general report, fire investigation, CAD entries, and other specified material. New York State Police uses its own FOIL request route. Sending both agencies the same broad request can delay the search and create two partial answers.
Note: The agency shown on the original paper is the best first clue to the custodian of a Dundee police report.
Records at the Dundee Police Department
Because Dundee has no confirmed village police force, “Dundee Police Department records” are usually records made by the Sheriff or State Police while serving the village. The Sheriff Records Division is at 227 Main Street in Penn Yan, not at Dundee Village Hall. It can be reached at 315-536-5178 or psfoil@yatescountyny.gov. Its published directory hours are weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The NYSP Dundee barracks provides the other likely route. County sources list 18 Union Street and 607-243-5772, while Starkey lists 16 Union Street. That official-source conflict should be resolved by telephone before a trip. It does not affect record ownership: a trooper-created incident goes to the State Police request system.
Yates County Sheriff Records
227 Main Street
Penn Yan, NY 14527
315-536-5178
Weekdays, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
New York State Police, Dundee
Union Street
Dundee, NY 14837
607-243-5772
Confirm the street number by phone
Dundee Sheriff and Trooper Records
Sheriff and State Police files answer the same broad kind of question, but they are not interchangeable. Each agency preserves its own officer narrative, event identifiers, property or evidence references, and initial charges. A Dundee resident should not infer the creator from the kind of offense or from where the event happened.
| Clue | Yates Sheriff route | State Police route |
|---|---|---|
| Agency on paperwork | YCSO or Sheriff | NYSP or State Police |
| Request channel | Sheriff-specific FOIL form | NYSP FOIL portal |
| Useful details | CR number, date, location, person, record type | Incident number, date, location, trooper station |
| Does it prove outcome? | No, verify with the court | No, verify with the court |
A filed count can differ from an arrest allegation. Once the proper report is found, use the court caption and docket to trace the judicial result.
Booking and Arrest Records in Dundee
A Dundee arrest normally moves to county custody rather than a village holding system. Call the Yates County Jail at 315-536-5175 for current custody. The official Yates County Sheriff app advertises inmate information, but no complete browser-based county roster or daily arrest blotter was located. Release, transfer, or a booking in another facility can produce no current app result.
The booking entry may show intake time, arresting agency, commitment court, charge description, bail or remand status, and release or transfer fields. It is not the officer's full incident narrative. Nor does it prove which count led to conviction. Search WebCriminal for a pending appearance and then call the court shown in the result.
For a targeted booking request, specify the Dundee event date, involved name, arresting agency, and the custody fields sought. Medical, classification, victim, and safety-sensitive details may be redacted.
Missing Dundee Booking Results
If no Dundee name appears in current custody, call the jail before drawing a conclusion. The person may have been released, transferred, held briefly in lockup, or not booked into Yates County. A selected agency press release is also not a full arrest log.
Next, ask the responding agency for its report and check the court. WebCriminal can show pending appearances, but a missing result may reflect timing, spelling, local-court coverage, disposition, or lawful sealing. For a known felony, the County Clerk at 315-536-5120 can explain access to a Yates County Court file.
The county arrest-record route gives fuller detail on Sheriff, jail, and court channels. For Dundee, keep the focus on which patrol agency made the first record.
The Dundee Municipal Court File
Dundee abolished its Village Justice effective April 1, 2020. The local law transferred pending criminal and civil matters to Starkey Town Court and directed the Dundee Village Clerk to secure older Village Court records. Current and historic Dundee court requests therefore have different custodians.
| Court Name | Starkey Town Court for current Dundee local matters; Dundee Village Clerk for lawfully accessible abolished-court archives |
|---|---|
| Case Types Heard | Local criminal, misdemeanor, violation, vehicle-and-traffic, and preliminary felony matters within town-court authority |
| Case Lookup Channel | Starkey clerk by phone, email, or counter; WebCriminal may index a pending appearance |
| What the File Shows | Accusatory instrument, appearances, filed counts, court orders, plea, disposition, and sentence where maintained and open |
| Copies & Fees | Ask the court for current charges; Dundee village administrative copies are listed at $0.25 per page |
Starkey Town Court is at 40 Seneca Street, Dundee, 607-243-5344, StarkeyTownCourt@nycourts.gov. Its calendar is Wednesdays except a fifth Wednesday, with court at 1 p.m. and vehicle-and-traffic matters at 2 p.m.
Dundee Court Records Before 2020
The 2020 court change is the key date in a Dundee case search. For a current local matter, start at Starkey Town Court. For an older file created by the former Dundee Village Court, contact the Dundee clerk at 12 Union Street, 607-243-5551. The clerk makes secured historical material available only as law permits, so age alone does not guarantee public access.
Dundee village FOIL rules list free inspection or search, copies at $0.25 per page, and a five-business-day response framework. That framework can mean an acknowledgment or a later production date. It is not a promise that every archived court paper will be released within five days.
PayLocalGov is linked for Starkey fine payments. It is not a public Dundee case-search database and should not be used as proof that a case exists or has been resolved.
How Dundee Records Reach the County
A Sheriff or State Police officer creates the incident and arrest record. If Yates County receives the person, the Sheriff creates the booking file. Starkey Town Court records the arraignment and local proceedings. A felony can move to Yates County Court, where the County Clerk preserves accessible court papers. Qualifying fingerprints and later dispositions feed the DCJS history system.
Record flow: Yates County Sheriff or New York State Police › Starkey Town Court and Yates County Courts › New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services
Those transfers take time. A Dundee report may exist before the court index updates. Conversely, a sealed matter may disappear from public views while remaining visible through an authorized self-review. The Yates County records overview explains the county and state layers without replacing Dundee's agency-first step.
Dundee Booking and Filed Charges
Three labels often look alike but carry different weight. An arrest charge reflects the officer's basis for custody. A booking charge reflects what the jail received at intake. A filed count is the offense put before the court by an accusatory instrument or later indictment. The filed count can change before disposition.
- Accusatory instrument
- The formal local-court paper that alleges an offense and starts or supports prosecution.
- Disposition
- The recorded result of a charge or case, such as conviction, dismissal, or another authorized outcome.
- Indictment
- A grand-jury accusation that can move a Dundee felony into Yates County Court.
- Sealing
- A legal restriction that removes a record from ordinary public access without necessarily destroying it.
For an exact outcome, ask the court that entered judgment for a certified disposition. Do not substitute the Sheriff report or jail intake sheet.
Dundee Certified Case Results
A certified Dundee disposition comes from the court that resolved the case. Use Starkey Town Court for a current local judgment. Use the Dundee clerk only for qualifying older abolished-court material. For an indicted felony decided at County Court, contact the Yates County Court or County Clerk in Penn Yan.
Provide the full name, approximate year, and docket or indictment number. Ask whether the office has the file, whether any part is sealed, and what its current certification fee is. WebCriminal and OCA CHRS can help locate a record, but neither replaces the court's certified paper when the exact filed count and outcome matter.
Dundee Village Record Boundaries
Dundee Village Hall at 12 Union Street keeps village administrative records and qualifying files secured after the former Village Court closed. That Dundee archive role is narrow. It does not make the Dundee clerk the custodian of a Sheriff arrest narrative, a State Police report, a Yates County Jail booking, or a current Starkey Town Court docket.
For a Dundee village request, describe the exact archived or administrative paper, its likely date, and the former office that created it. The Dundee form asks for a document narrative, document dates, the submission date, signature, printed name, address, and telephone. Dundee rules list inspection or search as free and copies at $0.25 per page. The five-business-day framework may produce an acknowledgment rather than immediate copies.
This boundary is especially useful for pre-April 2020 court material. Ask the Dundee clerk whether the former court created the file and whether law permits access. If the matter continued after abolition, also contact Starkey Town Court. A single Dundee case can have an older village-held segment and a newer Starkey segment without either office holding the police report.
Dundee Record Access Rules
FOIL governs agency records held by the Sheriff, State Police, or Dundee village offices. Court records use judiciary access rules. A narrow request for an existing Dundee record is more effective than asking an office to create a criminal-history summary. Protected victim data, private identifiers, active-investigation material, sealed cases, and youthful-offender matters may be withheld or redacted.
Key Statutes:
Public Officers Law Article 6 provides agency-record access, exemptions, acknowledgment, denial, and appeal rules.
Judiciary Law §255 addresses court-clerk searches and certified court records.
CPL 160.50 seals records after a case ends in favor of the accused, subject to exceptions.
Executive Law §837 supports controlled DCJS criminal-history functions rather than a public rap-sheet name portal.
A written denial should identify its reason and appeal route. Ask whether releasable parts can be separated from protected Dundee material.