Lookup Jasper County Trial Courts

Jasper County Circuit Court / Superior Court

The Indiana State Court Structure Map for Jasper County identifies the primary local trial courts as the Jasper Circuit Court and Jasper Superior Court. The Indiana Judicial Branch describes Indiana's court system as trial courts and appellate courts, with trial courts including circuit courts, superior courts, and local city or town courts. Jasper County's local court-record work is served by the Jasper County Clerk, not by a separate district clerk.

The state court directory lists Kara Fishburn as Clerk, Hon. Emily Waddle as Circuit Court Judge, and Hon. Russell D. Bailey as Superior Court Judge. Jasper County is in Judicial District 2 with Benton, Newton, and Porter counties. Most local criminal, civil, probate, guardianship, domestic-relations, small-claims, traffic, and infraction filings route through the County Clerk and into Circuit Court or Superior Court.

The image source is the Indiana court system overview.

The statewide court overview explains the structure, while Jasper County court pages and the Indiana directory supply the local court names, judges, addresses, and phone numbers.

Jasper County Trial Court List

Jasper County has two primary trial courts for local filings. Both use the Jasper County Courthouse address, and both post court hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Circuit Court county page lists phone 219-866-4941, while the state directory lists 219-866-7766 for the Circuit Court. The Superior Court phone is 219-866-4971.

Circuit Court / Superior Court vs Local Courts

Indiana's structure is different from states that use county courts, justice courts, or district courts for most trial work. In Jasper County, the practical local comparison is between the two trial courts, any city or town court where established by a municipality, and ordinance or traffic matters that still route through the trial courts when no local court is listed.

Jasper County Case Flow

A Jasper County case usually starts with filing in the County Clerk's office or through Indiana e-filing where required. Once filed, the matter is assigned a local case number and routed into the proper court. Jasper County case numbers use county number 37, court type C01 or D01, a filing date segment, a case type code, and a sequence number. Public case information is then searchable in MyCase when the case is not confidential, sealed, or expunged.

Criminal flow: Arrest or prosecutor filing › initial hearing › charging information › pretrial events › plea or trial › disposition › sentencing › appeal when filed.

Civil flow: complaint or petition › service › answer or appearance › motions and hearings › settlement, trial, or judgment › post-judgment activity › appeal when filed.

Probate flow: petition or will filing › appointment request › local instruction forms where required › letters › notices, inventories, claims, reports, and orders › final report or closing.

Jasper County Court Case Types

The Jasper County Clerk page shows that Circuit Court and Superior Court divisions handle criminal, civil, probate, and guardianship matters. Other Clerk lines cover child support, small claims, traffic, voter registration, election, juvenile, microfilm, records, and marriage licenses. The case type controls which counter or phone line is most useful, and it may affect whether documents are online.

• Criminal cases include misdemeanors and felony classes filed by the prosecutor.
• Civil cases include collections, plenary, tort, mortgage foreclosure, reciprocal support, and related filings.
• Family cases include divorce or dissolution, paternity, custody, support, and domestic-relations records.
• Probate and guardianship cases include estates, will-only filings, trusts, and guardian appointments.
• Traffic and infraction matters include IF cases, traffic tickets, fines, and court-cost payments.

Judicial District 2

Jasper County is part of Indiana Judicial District 2 with Benton, Newton, and Porter counties. That district identity does not mean the county has a district court. It is an administrative judicial district within Indiana's state court system. Appeals from Jasper County trial-court decisions generally go to the Court of Appeals of Indiana, with possible further review by the Supreme Court of Indiana.

The Indiana Judicial Branch Jasper County page links local court services such as MyCase, e-filing, local rules, court statistics, and contacts. Federal cases are separate. A federal civil, criminal, or bankruptcy matter tied to Jasper County does not go through the Jasper County Clerk. Federal records use PACER and the federal courts for the Northern District of Indiana.

Jasper County Local Rules

Jasper local rules include decorum, withdrawal of original files, judges sitting in either court, case allocation, special judges, court reporters, a unified bond schedule, jury selection, written interrogatory limits, continuances, guardian instructions, personal representative instructions, probate rules, plea agreement submission, family-law settlement and trial readiness, emergency matters, sheriff sale title insurance, and small claims rules.

For criminal allocation, the inspected local rules state that capital murder cases are filed alternately in Jasper Circuit Court and Jasper Superior Court. Murder and felony cases F1 through F6 are allocated based on whether the charge occurred on an odd or even calendar day, with the excerpt noting odd-numbered days route to Jasper Superior Court. That allocation detail is local and should be checked against the current Jasper local rules PDF before relying on it for filing decisions.

Search Jasper County Trial Court Records

Use Indiana MyCase for public Jasper County Circuit Court / Superior Court case searches. Search by case number, citation number, cross reference number, party name, business name, or attorney details. MyCase search tips say hyphens and leading zeroes are optional in case-number searches, and party searches usually need a last name plus first name, middle name, or date of birth. Date of birth can help find a record but does not display in case detail.

Search results may show the case number, court, case type, status, file date, style, parties, events, hearings, charges, bonds, financial information, and public document links where available. Documents may be restricted even when a case summary is public. For official copies, case balances, or documents not online, contact the Jasper County Clerk division tied to the case type.

Jasper County Courthouse

The Jasper County Courthouse is at 115 W. Washington Street in Rensselaer, Indiana. The courthouse houses the County Clerk, Circuit Court, Superior Court, and local court-record functions. General county hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Central time. Court pages list court hours as Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.