Greene County Circuit Court / Superior Courts Overview
Greene County's local trial courts are Greene Circuit Court and Greene Superior Court. The Indiana Judicial Branch places Greene County in Judicial District 20 with Greene, Lawrence, Monroe, and Owen counties. At the state level, Indiana's courts include the Indiana Supreme Court, Indiana Court of Appeals, Indiana Tax Court, and trial courts such as circuit courts, superior courts, and city or town courts in some places.
The researched court structure map states that Greene County should be described as Circuit Court / Superior Court, not as an Indiana district court. The official directory lists Hon. Erik Allen as Circuit Court Judge, Hon. Dena Martin as Superior Court Judge, and Lucas Rudisill as Magistrate. The Clerk of Courts is Jamie Thompson.
The Greene County Courthouse at 1 E Main St in Bloomfield is the working court and records center for both trial courts. The same building houses the Clerk's Office, Circuit Court, Superior Court, Prosecutor, Recorder, Probation Office, and other county offices. The Sheriff and jail are not in the courthouse, which matters when a case involves both court records and custody records.
The courthouse facility page lists general courthouse hours as Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and the courthouse phone as 812-384-4325. Court users should distinguish that general courthouse contact from the Clerk's copy counter, the Circuit Court phone, and the Superior Court phone. The correct contact depends on whether the issue is a hearing, a certified copy, a payment, or a case assignment question.
The manifest source for the trial court page includes the Greene County Superior Court forms page.
Superior Court forms are local trial-court resources, while broader case lookup runs through the state case system.
List of Greene County Circuit Court / Superior Courts
Greene County does not have a long list of numbered district courts. The local trial-court structure is one Circuit Court, one Superior Court, and a magistrate who assists the court system. Both courts operate through the courthouse system in Bloomfield, with separate mailing addresses and phone lines published in the research file.
Greene Circuit Court is tied to court identifier 28C01, while Greene Superior Court is tied to 28D01. Those identifiers can appear in Indiana cause numbers and MyCase records. If a user has only a case number, the court identifier can help show whether the record belongs to Circuit Court or Superior Court before calling the Clerk.
| Court # | Type | Address | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28C01 | Greene Circuit Court | P.O. Box 231, Bloomfield, IN 47424-0231 | 812-384-4325 |
| 28D01 | Greene Superior Court | 1 E Main St / P.O. Box 445, Bloomfield, IN 47424-0445 | 812-384-3492 |
| Magistrate | Assists Circuit and Superior Courts | Courthouse / court system | Via Circuit or Superior contact |
Greene Trial Courts Compared
Indiana does not use county courts at law or justice-of-the-peace courts for Greene County. The practical comparison is between Circuit Court, Superior Court, and the magistrate function. Official sources did not identify a separate Greene County city or town court in the Indiana court directory.
This local structure affects search strategy. A person looking for a small claim, eviction, infraction, or common traffic matter should expect Superior Court. A person looking for an estate, guardianship, juvenile, or adoption filing should expect Circuit Court, though public access varies sharply by case type. Other civil and criminal matters may require a MyCase search across both courts.
| Function | Greene Circuit Court | Greene Superior Court | Magistrate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exclusive filings | Juvenile, adoption, guardian, and estate matters. | Small claims, evictions, infractions, minor offenses, violations, many misdemeanors, Level 6 felonies, and OWI matters listed in local rules. | Assists the trial courts with assigned proceedings. |
| Shared matters | Other civil and criminal matters may be assigned concurrently under the local rules. | ||
| Records search | MyCase and Clerk requests. | MyCase, Clerk requests, and local infraction process. | Records appear through the assigned court case. |
| Appeals | State appeals generally move to the Indiana Court of Appeals unless another appellate court has jurisdiction. | ||
How a Case Moves Through the Greene County System
A Greene County case starts with a filing or charge, is assigned to the correct local trial court under the local rules, and then appears in the chronological case summary when public. The Clerk receives filings and keeps the official record. MyCase displays public case information, but certified copies and official balances come from the maintaining court and Clerk.
Case assignment also affects what a record may show. Civil cases may include complaints, summonses, service returns, motions, orders, judgments, and satisfaction entries. Criminal cases may include charging information, initial hearings, bond, pleas, settings, dispositions, sentencing, probation, fines, costs, and restitution. Traffic cases may include the citation, plea or denial, fine, late fee, deferral, and payment entries.
Criminal flow: charge or summons › initial hearing › pretrial settings › plea or trial › disposition › sentencing › appeal.
Civil flow: complaint or petition › service › response › motions or hearings › judgment or dismissal › post-judgment activity › appeal.
Infraction flow: citation › admit and pay, or deny and request trial › disposition › payment or deferral entry.
Civil, Family, and Criminal Divisions
Civil records in Greene County include ordinary civil filings, mortgage foreclosures, claims for possession, civil commitments, protective orders, and transferred civil matters. Small claims and evictions are assigned exclusively to Superior Court. Estate and guardianship filings go to Circuit Court. Public access depends on Indiana court-record rules and any case-specific confidentiality.
Criminal work is split by severity and local assignment. Superior Court handles criminal cases where each count is a misdemeanor, Class D felony, Level 6 felony, or where a count alleges an operating-while-intoxicated violation under IC 9-30-5. Other criminal matters, including higher felony filings, may be split or assigned under the local rules and prosecutor description.
Family and domestic records require care because not every document is public online. Divorce and paternity cases may appear as court records, but domestic-relations documents can be less available online than ordinary civil records. Protection-order cases are not found in MyCase because protected-party identifying information is excluded from online public access.
Juvenile and adoption filings are also assigned to Circuit Court, yet they are not ordinary public case searches. Juvenile, CHINS, delinquency, status, termination, and adoption records are restricted under Indiana access rules. A trial-court overview should name those case types for jurisdiction, but it should not promise public online access to their files.
The trial court manifest also assigned the Greene County Superior Court infractions page.
Traffic and infraction matters are one of the clearest places where Greene Superior Court has a local public-facing process.
Judicial Circuit / District
The Indiana Judicial Branch lists Greene County in Judicial District 20, grouped with Lawrence, Monroe, and Owen counties. That judicial district label should not be confused with a district court. Greene County's trial court names remain Greene Circuit Court and Greene Superior Court.
Federal cases involving Greene County do not move through these state trial courts. They are filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Terre Haute Division, and appeals go to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. State appeals from local trial courts usually move through the Indiana Court of Appeals unless a case type belongs elsewhere.
The courthouse itself has a long public-record context. The National Park Service nomination reports that the Greene County Courthouse was built in 1885-1886, designed by George W. Bunting, and listed in the National Register in 2008. It remains the county's legal and records center, which is why so many trial-court, Clerk, Prosecutor, Recorder, and probation contacts point back to the same Bloomfield square.
Magistrate and Lower Courts
Lucas Rudisill is listed as Magistrate for the Greene County court system. A magistrate assists the courts with assigned matters, but the public record is still tied to the court case in Circuit Court or Superior Court. The research found no separate Greene County city or town court in the Indiana court directory.
That makes Superior Court the local low-level trial venue.
For public case lookup, use Indiana MyCase and narrow to Greene Circuit Court or Greene Superior Court when possible. For official copies, document links that are missing online, or certified records, use the Greene County Clerk of Courts. The courthouse address is 1 E Main St, Bloomfield, IN 47424, and general courthouse hours are Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Note: The filename is district-court.html for site compatibility, but Greene County's actual trial courts are Circuit Court and Superior Court.