How to Search Greene County Court Records
Modern Greene County court records start with Indiana MyCase, the public case search for trial and appellate courts that use Odyssey. The Indiana Judicial Branch links Greene County case search to that system, and the Odyssey court list shows both Greene Circuit Court and Greene Superior Court in Odyssey since March 14, 2011. MyCase is useful for public case status, party searches, hearing dates, chronological case summary entries, fines, costs, and many public documents.
MyCase is not the official court record. If a document is not linked online, or if a certified copy is needed, the request moves to the Greene County Clerk of Courts. The Clerk's Office handles copies, certifications, marriage records, many filing questions, and the counter path for records that are public but not online.
- Open MyCase and choose a case, party, attorney, citation, or cross-reference search.
- Use the full case number if known, or search by last name with a first name, middle name, or date of birth when required.
- Filter to Greene Circuit Court or Greene Superior Court when the court field is available.
- Review the chronological case summary, hearing dates, status, and document links.
- Contact the Clerk of Courts for official copies, certifications, older files, or public documents not posted online.
The Indiana MyCase public search is the main online entry point for Greene County court records.
Use it for public case lookup first, then move to the Clerk of Courts when a record needs certification or is not linked online.
The official MyCase search tips warn that no search returns more than 1,000 results and that wildcard searches work only as starts-with searches. A moved case can also return under a different number because the case-number history is searched.
Greene County Court System
Greene County does not use a true district court label. Local trial work is handled by Greene Circuit Court and Greene Superior Court, with Magistrate Lucas Rudisill assisting both courts. The Indiana Judicial Branch places Greene County in Judicial District 20 with Greene, Lawrence, Monroe, and Owen counties. Appeals usually move from the local trial courts to the Indiana Court of Appeals, unless a case falls under Indiana Supreme Court or Tax Court jurisdiction.
Local rules give the clearest county split. Greene Circuit Court receives juvenile, adoption, guardian, and estate filings exclusively. Greene Superior Court receives small claims, evictions, infractions, minor offenses, violations, all-misdemeanor cases, certain Class D and Level 6 felony matters, and operating-while-intoxicated cases described by Indiana law. Other civil and criminal filings can be assigned between the two courts.
Case flow: local filing or charge › Greene Circuit Court or Greene Superior Court › Indiana Court of Appeals › Indiana Supreme Court when review is accepted or required
| Court or Office | Judicial Officer | Main Greene County Role |
|---|---|---|
| Greene Circuit Court | Hon. Erik Allen | Juvenile, adoption, guardian, estate, and assigned civil or criminal matters. |
| Greene Superior Court | Hon. Dena Martin | Small claims, evictions, infractions, minor offenses, misdemeanors, and many Level 6 or OWI matters. |
| Magistrate Court | Lucas Rudisill | Assists Circuit and Superior Courts with assigned caseload. |
| Clerk of Courts | Jamie Thompson | Maintains filings, copies, certifications, marriage records, and records-counter services. |
The Indiana Judicial Branch Greene County page confirms local court links, e-filing, case search, and court-rule access.
That state page is useful when a user needs official court contacts, local rules, or the statewide link to search cases.
Greene County Court Locations
The Greene County Courthouse is the central court and records building in Bloomfield. It houses the Clerk's Office, Circuit Court, Superior Court, Prosecutor, Recorder, probation, and child-support functions. The Sheriff's Department and jail are separate from the courthouse, so inmate, jail, and sheriff records should not be routed to the court counter unless the question is tied to a filed case.
Greene County Courthouse
1 E Main St
Bloomfield, IN 47424
812-384-4325
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Courthouse facility page
Clerk of Courts
P.O. Box 229
Bloomfield, IN 47424
812-384-8532
Fax 812-384-8458
Clerk's Office
Greene County Sheriff
204 County Road 70 E
Bloomfield, IN 47424
812-384-4411
Records option 2, Jail Division option 4
Sheriff's Department
The official Greene County government homepage ties county navigation, departments, and courthouse address information together.
Use the county site when a record question turns into an office-specific contact, county form, or department page request.
The official Greene County homepage also uses 1 E Main St as the county government address. Visitors should confirm posted security rules before court and arrive early because official sources did not publish a parking-rate table or transit-route list.
Types of Greene County Court Records
Greene County court records include civil, criminal, traffic, family, probate, guardianship, small-claims, eviction, and protective-order matters. Public access is strongest for routine civil, criminal, infraction, and small-claims entries that are not sealed or confidential. Access is narrower for juvenile, adoption, mental-health, protection-order, and some domestic or guardianship material.
The court that creates the file matters. Circuit Court receives estate, guardianship, juvenile, and adoption filings. Superior Court receives infractions, small claims, evictions, minor offenses, many misdemeanors, and many Level 6 or OWI filings. The Clerk of Courts is the practical copy and certification channel for both courts.
- Criminal records: charges, hearings, pleas, warrants or summons entries, bond, disposition, sentence, probation, fines, and costs when public.
- Civil records: complaints, service returns, motions, judgments, mortgage foreclosures, claims for possession, and civil commitments.
- Family records: divorce, paternity, child support, and domestic-relations cases, with some document limits online.
- Probate records: estates, wills, guardianships, inventories, orders, accountings, and closing entries.
- Traffic records: citations, infractions, admissions or denials, fines, deferrals, and court-payment entries.
What Greene County Court Records Show
A Greene County court record usually combines identifying fields, the case event log, party information, court action, and financial entries. MyCase uses Indiana uniform case numbers, and the Greene County court identifiers include 28C01 for Circuit Court and 28D01 for Superior Court. Date of birth can help narrow a party search, but it does not display in public case details.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Case number | Indiana cause number with county, court, filing date, case type, and sequence information. |
| Filing date | Date the case or document was filed with the Clerk of Courts. |
| Parties | Plaintiff, defendant, state, petitioner, respondent, estate, or other role names that are public. |
| CCS entries | Chronological Case Summary entries for filings, hearings, orders, continuances, judgments, warrants, notices, and payments. |
| Disposition | Outcome of a claim, charge, ticket, or case, such as dismissed, judgment entered, guilty plea, or closed. |
| Financial entries | Fines, costs, credits, payments, balances, and warnings that the official balance comes from the Clerk. |
Public Access to Greene County Court Records
Indiana court-record access is governed by court rules and state public-records law. Indiana's public-records hub routes users to MyCase, public documents, marriage records, county jail lookup, DOC lookup, protection-order search, and other official systems. Greene County's APRA form is the local path for administrative public-records requests or uncertain routing.
Key Statutes:
Indiana Code 5-14-3 - public agency records are generally open unless a legal exception applies.
Indiana Access to Court Records Rule 4 - court records are public unless excluded by Rule 5 or another authority.
Indiana Access to Court Records Rule 5 - confidential cases and documents are excluded from public access.
Indiana Code 35-38-9 - sets the sealing and expungement rules for many arrest and conviction records.
The Indiana court public-records hub groups several official lookup paths used for Greene County records.
It is especially useful when a court search overlaps with marriage records, jail lookup, DOC records, protection orders, or driving records.
Restricted Greene County Court Records
Not every Greene County case can be searched online. Juvenile, CHINS, delinquency, status, termination, adoption, and mental-health records are not public in the same way as adult civil and criminal files. Protection-order cases are not found in MyCase because protected-party identifying information is excluded from online public access.
Sealed and expunged records are also outside ordinary public search. Indiana's expungement chapter controls many arrest and conviction sealing questions, and the practical result depends on the case type and court order. A person who needs access to a sealed court record must use the procedure allowed by the court or statute, not a general web search.
Greene County Clerk Records
Jamie Thompson is the Greene County Clerk of Courts. The Clerk's Office is the main record counter for copies, certifications, filings, marriage records, and document fallback when MyCase does not show a public document. The office accepts mail copy requests with a self-addressed stamped envelope and accepted payment.
Payment rules are important in Greene County. The Clerk's Office states that it does not accept personal checks or credit cards for copies and related local payments. Cash, money orders, and bank cashier checks are the accepted methods listed in the research. Court users filing forms should use black ink, print one-sided, and file the original completed forms unless a rule requires more.
The Greene County Superior Court page provides local court context for filings, infractions, and forms.
Superior Court details matter for traffic, small claims, evictions, minor offenses, and several criminal assignments.
Greene County Sheriff and Jail
The Greene County Sheriff's Department is at 204 County Road 70 E in Bloomfield. The public phone number is 812-384-4411, with a phone tree that routes dispatch, records, visitation times, and the jail division. The Sheriff and jail are separate from the courthouse, although jail status, arrests, warrants, and criminal case entries can overlap once a court case is filed.
The Greene County Sheriff's Department page is the official county source for sheriff contact paths and jail links.
Use the sheriff channel for jail, records, sex-offender links, and law-enforcement questions that are not court-file copy requests.
The Indiana county jail public portal is the statewide lookup route for county jail custody records, while Indiana DOC and SAVIN systems serve different purposes. DOC lookup is for sentenced state-prison custody, and SAVIN or VINELink supports custody and notification information. No official Greene County Indiana sheriff app was found in the research, so jail lookup should use the official state and county channels.
Marriage, Divorce, and Probate Records
Marriage licenses are handled through the Greene County Clerk's Office and Voter Registration office process. The local fee is $25.00, certified marriage copies by mail use the $4.00 copy-and-certification amount listed by the county, and the Clerk no longer performs marriage ceremonies. The Indiana Marriage License Public Lookup contains many, but not all, marriage records from 1993 forward.
Divorce case records are court records, even though the Clerk's page says the office does not house divorce paperwork or forms and points users to Indiana Legal Help. Estate and guardianship matters route to Greene Circuit Court under local rules, and public access is more limited for guardianship records than for routine estate orders.
- Testator
- A person who made a will.
- Executor
- The person appointed to manage an estate under a will or court order.
- Guardianship
- A court case giving another person authority to act for a minor or incapacitated adult.
Greene County Court Records Fees
Greene County publishes several court and copy fees through the Clerk's Office. Exact totals can depend on case type, service, and later court costs, so the Clerk should confirm current amounts before a payment is mailed or delivered.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Clerk copy | $1.00 per page |
| Certification | $3.00 each |
| Civil filing | $157.00 |
| Small claims | $97.00 |
| Probate, estate, or guardianship | $177.00 |
| Divorce filing | $177.00 |
| Infraction deferral | $206.00 |
Interpreting Greene County Court Records
A chronological case summary is the docket event log. It may show that a document was filed, a hearing was set, an order was issued, a warrant was entered, a payment was made, or a judgment was recorded. A charge is not the same as a conviction. A charge is the accusation filed in court; a conviction is a guilty plea, guilty finding, or verdict that produces a criminal judgment.
Financial entries also need care. MyCase may show fines, costs, credits, and balances, but the official balance comes from the Clerk of Courts. For traffic cases, the court traffic record is separate from the Indiana BMV driver record and from any crash report linked through sheriff records.
Greene County Record Limits
Online records can lag behind office action, payment posting, or judge-signed orders. Some older files, sealed records, expunged records, and public documents not linked in MyCase require the Clerk or court maintaining the record. The Greene County APRA form also states that an agency does not have to create a record that does not already exist.
Note: Certified copies and official balances must come from the Clerk or the court that maintains the file.
History of Greene County Courts
Greene County was formed in 1821 and named for Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene. Bloomfield is the county seat. The current courthouse was built in 1885-1886, designed by Indianapolis architect George W. Bunting, and listed in the National Register in 2008. The courthouse square has long served as the civic and legal center of the county.
The building still serves the working court and records system. After brick and parapet problems in 1952, the towers and upper portions were removed and remodeling followed under architect Jay C. Bixby. Modern electronic access arrived much later, with Greene Circuit Court and Greene Superior Court going live in Odyssey on March 14, 2011.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do Greene County court records start?
Most public modern cases start in MyCase. If the case appears but the document is not linked, or if a certified copy is needed, contact the Greene County Clerk of Courts.
Does Greene County have a District Court?
No. Indiana does not use a district court label for Greene County. The local trial courts are Greene Circuit Court and Greene Superior Court, with a magistrate assisting.
Can I search Greene County warrants online?
There is no statewide public warrant-only search in Indiana and no Greene County public active-warrant list was found. Public warrant entries may appear in MyCase if tied to a public case.
Where are Greene County jail records searched?
Use the Indiana county jail public portal for county jail lookup. Use Indiana DOC for sentenced state-prison custody and SAVIN or VINELink for notification-related custody information.
Who issues certified court copies?
The Greene County Clerk of Courts is the local copy and certification office. Clerk copies are listed at $1.00 per page and certifications at $3.00 each.