Search Dubois County Court Records
The main online path for Dubois County court records is Indiana MyCase. The Indiana Judicial Branch local court page for Dubois County points users to case search, e-filing, local rules, and the court calendar. MyCase covers public, non-confidential case information for Dubois Circuit Court and Dubois Superior Court, with some public documents available online at no charge. It does not replace the Clerk of the Courts for certified copies, sealed material, older files, or records that are public at the courthouse but not posted for remote access.
The official MyCase search tips are unusually useful for Dubois County searches because they explain the field formats. A search can use a case number, citation number, cross-reference number, party name, business name, attorney information, court filter, case type, status, and filing-date range. No search returns more than 1,000 results, so a common name should be narrowed by first name, middle name, date range, court, or case type.
The state MyCase search tips page shows how Indiana searches work before a user narrows results to Dubois County courts.
Those search rules help avoid false misses when a case number has changed or a citation number must match the Odyssey record exactly.
- Open MyCase and choose the search mode that matches the information in hand.
- Use the case number, citation number, or party name. Hyphens and leading zeroes are not required for Indiana case numbers.
- Limit the court to Dubois Circuit Court or Dubois Superior Court when the filter is available.
- Review the docket, filing date, case type, status, hearings, and public documents shown in the result.
- Contact the Dubois County Clerk of the Courts when a certified copy, older file, or non-downloadable document is needed.
The Indiana Judicial Branch Dubois County page shows the statewide entry points for local court users.
That local page is the official bridge between Dubois County's courts and statewide services such as MyCase, e-filing, local rules, and public calendar access.
Dubois County Court Search Fields
Indiana MyCase supports several search paths. A party search is useful when the case number is unknown. A case search is better when a cause number, citation number, or cross-reference number appears on paperwork. Attorney search can locate cases tied to a lawyer or bar number, and advanced filters help separate open cases from closed cases.
| Field | Type | Use in Dubois County |
|---|---|---|
| Case Number | Text | Use the Indiana cause number with or without hyphens and leading zeroes. |
| Citation Number | Text | Useful for Dubois Superior Court traffic matters when typed as it appears in Odyssey. |
| Party Name | Text | Search by business name or by last name with first name, middle name, or date of birth to narrow. |
| Court | Filter | Limit results to Dubois Circuit Court or Dubois Superior Court when needed. |
| Status | Filter | Separate open matters from closed or disposed cases. |
| File Date | Date range | Search on or after a start date, on or before an end date, or within a range. |
Dubois County Circuit and Superior Courts
Dubois County does not use a county-level district court. Its two courts of record are Dubois Circuit Court and Dubois Superior Court. Both sit at the courthouse in Jasper, and both are part of Indiana Judicial District 25. The local rules make the court names meaningful because they divide work between the two courts by case type.
Dubois Circuit Court is the 57th Judicial Circuit and has exclusive jurisdiction over probate and juvenile matters. Dubois Superior Court has exclusive jurisdiction over traffic and small claims cases and administers a problem-solving drug court. Civil cases are generally concurrent, while criminal cases are assigned by local rule.
| Court or Office | Local Role | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Dubois Circuit Court | Probate, juvenile, shared civil work, and assigned criminal categories | (812) 481-7020 |
| Dubois Superior Court | Traffic, small claims, drug court, shared civil work, and assigned criminal categories | (812) 481-7070 |
| Clerk of the Courts | Official trial-court records, certified copies, marriage licenses, fees, and election duties | (812) 481-7035 |
The Dubois Circuit Court page gives the court's local contact details and jurisdiction notes.
Those local court pages are important because they also warn against improper private communication with judges outside the presence of all parties.
The Dubois Superior Court page identifies the court's traffic, small claims, and drug-court role.
That split matters most for traffic citations, small claims, juvenile matters, probate cases, and criminal charges assigned under the county's local rules.
Where Dubois County Records Are Kept
The Dubois County Clerk of the Courts is the official record keeper for trial-court cases. The current clerk listed by the county is Amy L. Kippenbrock. The office files, records, and enters orders from civil, juvenile, and criminal courts; probates wills and testaments; issues marriage licenses; collects fines, fees, and court costs; and administers official court records for all trial court cases.
Mandatory e-filing has been in place in Dubois County since August 25, 2017. Attorneys are required to e-file, and other users are encouraged to e-file. For the public, the practical split is simple: use MyCase for public online case lookup, then use the Clerk of the Courts for certified copies, copy fees, older files, and records that are not downloadable.
Dubois County Clerk's Office
One Courthouse Square
Jasper, IN 47546
(812) 481-7035
Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-4:00 PM
Clerk contact page
The county's Clerk of the Courts page lists the local duties and copy fees for Dubois County court records.
The Clerk page is the best local source for copy certification and for routing questions that MyCase does not answer.
Dubois County Court Record Types
Dubois County court records include civil complaints, small claims, criminal files, traffic and ordinance infractions, family cases, probate matters, juvenile cases, protective orders, and post-judgment records. Each record type has a different access path because local rules assign some matters to one court and some to both courts.
- Civil records: complaints, answers, motions, orders, judgments, subpoenas, and settlement entries in Circuit or Superior Court.
- Criminal records: charging information, initial hearings, bond orders, pleas, motions, dispositions, sentences, and expungement filings where public.
- Traffic records: Dubois Superior Court citations, infractions, ordinance cases, court dates, fines, payment status, and failure-to-appear entries where public.
- Family records: divorce, paternity, support, and protection-order paperwork, with child-related details restricted when required.
- Probate records: wills, estates, guardianships, estate claims, inventories, notices, orders, and final accountings in Circuit Court.
Small claims are also local and practical. Dubois Superior Court has exclusive small-claims jurisdiction, with captured county guidance describing debt claims under $10,000 for individuals and $6,000 for businesses without an attorney, or up to $10,000 with an attorney.
What Dubois County Court Records Show
Indiana case numbers follow Administrative Rule 8. A Dubois County case number can reveal the county, court, filing period, case type, and sequence number. MyCase help states that date of birth may help narrow a party search, but it does not display in public case details because it is excluded from public access.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Case number | Indiana uniform cause number, including county and court coding. |
| Court | Dubois Circuit Court or Dubois Superior Court. |
| Case type | Civil, criminal, infraction, family, probate, juvenile, or small claims category. |
| Docket entries | Filings, orders, hearings, continuances, judgments, dispositions, and event history where public. |
| Financial entries | Filing fees, fines, court costs, diversion fees, bond entries, sheriff fees, or copy charges. |
| Documents | Some public documents online, with other documents limited to courthouse, party, or attorney access. |
Dubois County Public Access Rules
Indiana law and court rules control public access. Indiana Code Title 5 contains the Access to Public Records Act. Indiana Administrative Rule 9 covers court records and access, while Access to Court Records Rule 9 addresses records excluded from public access. Administrative Rule 8 explains case numbering and case-type codes.
Key access point: A record can be public at the courthouse even when the document is not downloadable in MyCase.
Restricted categories include juvenile matters, adoption files, sealed or expunged criminal records, mental-health proceedings, personal identifiers, protected addresses, and confidential exhibits. Indiana Title 31 contains juvenile and adoption confidentiality provisions, and IC 35-38-9 governs expungement and sealing for eligible criminal records.
Dubois County Court Fees
The county's court cost and filing fee page lists common filing and copy costs. Fees can change, so the Clerk's posted schedule should be checked before filing or mailing a payment.
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Plain copy | $1.00 per page |
| Certification | $3.00 per pleading |
| Certification / exemplification | $6.00 per pleading |
| Civil filing | $157.00 |
| Divorce filing | $177.00 |
| Estates / trusts | $177.00 |
| Traffic infraction | $145.00 |
Dubois County Dockets and Calendars
Case dockets are the event history of a court file. They show filings, hearings, orders, continuances, judgments, dispositions, and other public actions. Dubois County users can start with MyCase for docket entries and use the Indiana Court Calendar for public calendar information linked from the Circuit Court page.
The MyCase search page is the primary portal for Dubois County court records and docket entries.
When the docket lists a hearing but the document is not online, the Clerk of the Courts remains the source for official file copies and certification.
The state Court Calendar portal provides a separate public calendar route for hearing information.
Calendar information should be checked close to the hearing date because settings can change after continuances, warrants, or agreed orders.
Dubois County Sheriff and Jail
Sheriff Tom Kleinhelter's office and the Dubois County Security Center are separate from the court clerk, but they connect to court records when arrests, custody, bonds, and warrants are involved. The sheriff site lists a current inmate roster wrapper and links to the Public Safety Cloud/JailTracker roster. The Dubois County Sheriff's Office mobile app listings also advertise current inmate viewing, tip submission, public-safety information, and crime reporting features.
A custody search is not the same as a court case search. The jail roster can show current custody status, while MyCase shows the court file, charges, hearings, and dispositions when public. For sentenced state-prison custody, the Indiana DOC offender locator is the correct state-level route. Indiana SAVIN can help with custody search and notification.
Dubois County Warrants
Dubois County research found no official text-searchable active warrant list. The Clerk FAQ states that the Clerk's Office cannot inform someone if they have a warrant. That local rule changes the search path: warrant questions should start with the Sheriff's Office or an attorney, while MyCase can be used to review the public case tied to a bench warrant, missed hearing, failure to pay, or criminal charge.
Bench warrants may arise from missed court dates, contempt, failure to comply, or probation and community corrections issues. Search warrants and juvenile warrants may be sealed or restricted. If an arrest occurs, custody can be checked through the sheriff roster, JailTracker, the sheriff app, or the sheriff phone line.
Dubois County Marriage and Probate
Marriage licenses are issued by the Dubois County Clerk's Office. Couples can pre-apply through the Indiana public portal and then finish the paperwork at the Clerk's Office. Certified marriage-license copies cost $4.00. Indiana residents must apply in the proper county of residence, while out-of-state applicants marrying in Indiana apply in the county where the ceremony will occur.
Probate matters are in Dubois Circuit Court. The Clerk probates wills and testaments, and the Records Library holds probate, estate, will, civil, criminal, and marriage records from 1839 forward. The 1839 date is important because the county reports that all records before August 1839 were destroyed in a fire.
- Testator
- A person who made a will.
- Executor
- A person named to carry out a will or estate duties.
- Disposition
- The final result or status of a case, charge, or claim.
Dubois County Traffic Court Records
Dubois Superior Court has exclusive jurisdiction over traffic cases under the county local rules. A traffic court record is searched in MyCase by citation number, case number, cross-reference number, or party name. Citation numbers should be typed exactly as they appear in Odyssey because official MyCase guidance does not identify one uniform citation format.
Traffic court records are different from Indiana BMV driver records. The court file shows the citation, court date, charge, disposition, fines, and failure-to-appear entries where public. The BMV record is a state driver-history record with driver status, convictions, suspensions, points, and certified copy options.
Dubois County Historical Records
The Dubois County Records Library is in the basement of the courthouse. It reports civil, probate and estate, criminal, will, and marriage records from 1839 to current, plus deed, survey, land transfer, index, commissioner, and genealogy records. For old court and probate work, the pre-August-1839 fire loss is the key limitation.
Modern access changed in 2017 when mandatory e-filing began in the county. More recent operational changes include the March 22, 2024 local rules and Ordinance 2024-03, adopted February 20, 2024, which sets courthouse and annex security procedures.
Dubois County Courthouse Access
The Dubois County Courthouse is at One Courthouse Square in Jasper, Indiana. County pages list general office hours as Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. The courthouse houses the Clerk of the Courts, Dubois Circuit Court, Dubois Superior Court, and court-related counters.
Ordinance 2024-03 applies to the courthouse and county annex. During normal business hours, most visitors may enter or exit the courthouse only through the east entrance. Entry means consent to search for weapons and other prohibited items. Refusal means denied entrance, and the ordinance states that prohibited items are not stored for visitors.
The official Dubois County government homepage is the county-level starting point for courthouse offices and public notices.
For court record work, the county homepage is useful mostly as a route to offices housed at the courthouse and to county notices affecting in-person access.
Dubois County Court Records FAQ
Where are Dubois County court records searched online?
Use Indiana MyCase for public case information from Dubois Circuit Court and Dubois Superior Court. Use the Clerk of the Courts for certified copies, older files, and records that are not online.
Can the Clerk tell someone if there is a warrant?
No. The Clerk FAQ says the Clerk's Office cannot inform someone whether a warrant exists. Warrant questions should route to the Sheriff's Office or a defense attorney, with MyCase used only to review public case events.
Which court handles traffic cases?
Dubois Superior Court has exclusive local jurisdiction over traffic and small claims cases. Traffic citations may be searched in MyCase by citation number, case number, or party name.
Where are old probate and marriage records kept?
The Records Library in the courthouse basement holds probate, estate, will, civil, criminal, and marriage records from 1839 forward. Earlier county records were destroyed in an August 1839 fire.