Search Dubois County Court Records

Use MyCase for Dubois Court Records

The main online access point for Dubois County court records is Indiana MyCase. The Indiana Judicial Branch local court page for Dubois County points users to the statewide case search, and the MyCase help material says the public may search non-confidential case information and some public documents. MyCase is not a county-only database. It covers Indiana courts that use the statewide case system, including Dubois Circuit Court and Dubois Superior Court records when the case is public and available online.

MyCase is useful for quick case checks, but it is not the final source for every Dubois County court record. The Judicial Branch notes that older cases may not be online, some documents are not available for remote viewing, and official records of proceedings must come from the court that maintains the record. In Dubois County, that local office is the Clerk of the Courts at the courthouse in Jasper.

The Indiana courts MyCase access page describes how public document access works by access level.

The Indiana public access to court documents page is the source for the remote-access limits used when reading Dubois County court records. Public case data may be visible online while a particular filing remains limited to a party, attorney, or courthouse request.

That distinction matters when a search result shows a docket entry but no download link for the document itself.

1. Open MyCase and choose the search mode that fits the information already known.
2. Use a case number, citation number, cross reference number, party name, business name, attorney name, or bar number.
3. Apply court, case type, status, or filing date filters when the name search is too broad.
4. Open the Dubois County result and review the court, case type, filing date, status, docket entries, and public documents.
5. Contact the Clerk of the Courts for certified copies, older files, missing documents, or records that need a formal request.

Dubois County Court Records Search Fields

The official MyCase search tips identify several fields that can narrow Dubois County court records. A case-number search is often the cleanest path because Indiana uniform case numbers encode the county, court, filing date, case type, and sequence. Party searches are broader. They work best with a last name plus a first name, middle name, or date of birth, but the date of birth is not displayed in the public case detail.

Search limits matter. MyCase will not return more than 1,000 results. Wildcards work only at the end of a name, and a sounds-like search cannot be combined with a wildcard in the same name. Citation numbers have no single uniform format and usually must be typed as they appear in Odyssey.

The official MyCase search tips explain these fields, the 1,000-result cap, wildcard rules, and date filter rules.

The search tips are especially useful when a Dubois County court records search uses an old case number or a party name with several possible spellings.

Dubois County Court Record Types

Dubois County has two courts of record: Dubois Circuit Court and Dubois Superior Court. The local rules give Dubois Circuit Court exclusive probate and juvenile jurisdiction. Dubois Superior Court has exclusive jurisdiction over traffic and small claims cases and also administers a problem-solving drug court. Civil matters are generally concurrent between the two courts, while criminal matters are divided by local rule. That local allocation determines where many Dubois County court records originate.

Court records may be online, at the counter, in a file, or in a restricted-access category. The Clerk of the Courts maintains official trial-court records for the county. The Clerk page states that the office files, records, and enters orders from civil, juvenile, and criminal courts, probates wills, issues marriage licenses, collects fines and court costs, and administers official court records for trial-court cases.

• Civil files may include complaints, appearances, motions, orders, judgments, settlement entries, subpoenas, and hearing entries.
• Small claims records are assigned to Dubois Superior Court and may include complaints, service returns, hearing entries, judgments, and payment information.
• Criminal files may include charges, probable-cause material if public, initial hearing entries, bond orders, pleas, motions, dispositions, and sentencing orders.
• Traffic and infraction records are handled by Dubois Superior Court and may show citation data, fine or cost entries, court dates, failures to appear, and dispositions.
• Family records include divorce, paternity, child support, and protection-order matters, with some personal or minor information restricted.
• Probate files are in Dubois Circuit Court and may include wills, estates, trusts, guardianships, claims, inventories, notices, and final accountings.

Indiana Administrative Rule 8 supplies the case-number and case-type framework used in Dubois County court records.

Rule 8 helps decode why a Dubois case number identifies the county, court, filing period, case type, and sequence.

What Dubois Court Records Show

A Dubois County court record is not one field. It is a set of case identifiers, docket entries, public documents, status labels, and financial or hearing data. MyCase may show the case shell and docket even when a filing itself is not downloadable. Indiana court rules also require redaction or exclusion of certain information, so public records should not be expected to show every identifier or confidential exhibit.

For day-to-day case tracking, the docket entries are often the most useful part of the record. For legal proof, a certified copy from the Clerk is stronger than a screen view. Plain copies cost $1.00 per page, certification is $3.00 per pleading, certification or exemplification is $6.00 per pleading, and a marriage license copy is $4.00 according to the Clerk page.

Indiana Administrative Rule 9 on court records and fees explains courthouse access and fees for court records.

Rule 9 is the reason a Dubois County record can be public at the courthouse even when a document is not posted online.

Dubois County Court Record Channels

Online search is only one access channel. MyCase is the fastest starting point for public non-confidential case information and some documents. The Indiana Court Calendar portal is the public calendar channel linked from the Dubois Circuit Court page. The Clerk of the Courts is the local office for official copies, certified copies, older records, and documents that do not appear online.

Formal requests also matter. The Clerk paperwork page lists a Public Record Request Form, which is useful when a record is not visible in MyCase or when a county request is needed. Mandatory e-filing has been in place in Dubois County since August 25, 2017, and the Indiana Judicial Branch page states that attorneys are required to e-file while others are encouraged to e-file. That helps explain why newer filings are more likely to have electronic record data than older courthouse files.

Older research can require a different stop in the same building. The county Records Library is in the courthouse basement and lists civil, probate, estate, criminal, will, and marriage records from 1839 forward. The Records Library states that all county records before August 1839 were destroyed in a fire, which is a key limit for historical court record searches.

Note: If the goal is a certified court copy, begin with the Clerk even when the case appears in MyCase.

Public Access to Dubois Court Records

Indiana public access for Dubois County court records rests on several rules. Indiana Code Title 5 contains the Access to Public Records Act, which generally makes public records available for inspection and copying unless a statute or rule restricts access. Court records also follow Indiana court rules, so a court document is not judged by open-records law alone.

Indiana Access to Court Records Rule 9 explains records excluded from public access and the limited circumstances for access by court order or rule-based process. MyCase implements those remote-access limits in a practical way. A user may see a case entry, a hearing, or a disposition while a filed document is suppressed, redacted, or only available to a party or attorney.

The Indiana Access to Court Records Rule 9 page is the source for excluded-record treatment in Dubois County court records.

That rule is most important for juvenile, adoption, sealed, expunged, and personal-identifier content.

Restricted Dubois County Court Records

Restricted Dubois County court records include juvenile matters, adoption files, sealed or expunged criminal records, mental-health proceedings, and protected personal identifiers. Dubois Circuit Court has exclusive juvenile jurisdiction, and juvenile case categories are not treated as ordinary adult criminal records. Adoption records also are not general public probate files even though the county fee schedule lists adoption filing costs.

Sealed and expunged criminal records follow IC 35-38-9. A person seeking Indiana expungement normally files a petition in the court tied to the arrest, charge, or conviction. The research does not identify a Dubois-specific expungement fee, so the Clerk should be checked before relying on any local cost. The effect of expungement is not always physical destruction. In Indiana, it often limits public access or marks records as expunged while keeping them available for court or law-enforcement purposes.

Indiana Title 31 contains juvenile and adoption confidentiality rules that affect Dubois County family and juvenile court records.

Public searches should not expect dates of birth, Social Security numbers, protected addresses, account numbers, minor identities, or confidential exhibits in the visible case output.