Search Warren County Court Records
Most Warren County court records begin with Indiana MyCase, the statewide Odyssey public access portal used by most Indiana courts. The Warren Circuit Court and the Indiana Judicial Branch both point users to MyCase for public case information and some documents. Public searchers can use a party name, attorney search, or cause number, and the county's cause numbers begin with the Warren prefix 86C01. The online record is useful, but it is not the official court record. Certified copies, missing older documents, and documents that are not linked online still go through the Warren County Clerk of the Circuit Court.
The Warren Circuit Court site also keeps local entry points for case and hearing work. The Warren Circuit Court homepage links to online services, the court calendar, payment options, forms, and public hearing pages. The Indiana Judicial Branch Warren County page adds statewide e-filing and court statistics links. Together, those channels cover search, hearing date checks, payment review, and the local office fallback when a case record needs clerk confirmation.
The Warren Circuit Court homepage is shown in the official screenshot set for the local online services menu.
That local court page is the county-specific starting point before a user moves into statewide MyCase or payment portals.
- Open MyCase or start from the Warren Circuit Court online services page.
- Search by cause number when known, or by a party name with Warren County selected where the filter is available.
- Use the case detail screen to review parties, case type, filed date, status, CCS entries, hearings, financial data, and linked public documents.
- Use the Court Hearing Calendar for date-based hearing checks rather than a full case file search.
- Contact the Clerk of the Circuit Court when a document is not online, a balance must be official, or a certified copy is needed.
| MyCase field | How it helps in Warren County |
|---|---|
| Case number | Use the 86C01 Warren cause number prefix when available. |
| Name | Search party names, then narrow by county and court. |
| Attorney | Find cases connected to counsel of record when public. |
| Case type or date | Separate criminal, civil, traffic, family, probate, and small-claims results. |
| Documents | Review public links, then contact the clerk if a needed filing is missing. |
Warren County Court Structure
Indiana does not use a county-level district court for ordinary Warren County trial matters. Warren County is a single-court county, and the local rules state that the Warren Circuit Court is the only court in Warren County and the 21st Judicial Circuit. That one local trial court handles the county's civil, criminal, family, small-claims, traffic, probate, guardianship, infraction, and ordinance dockets unless a matter belongs in a separate statewide or federal forum.
The court hierarchy still matters when reading a case record. Trial court entries come from Warren Circuit Court. Appeals usually route to the Indiana Court of Appeals, and the Indiana Supreme Court is the court of last resort and rulemaking authority. Federal civil, criminal, bankruptcy, and prisoner records are not Warren County Court records and do not appear in MyCase.
The Indiana Judicial Branch Warren County page identifies the local court and statewide court links for Warren County users.
The state page is useful when a user needs official court system context rather than only a case search screen.
| Level | Warren County role | Record path |
|---|---|---|
| Warren Circuit Court | Only local trial court in the county | MyCase, hearing calendar, clerk counter |
| Clerk of the Circuit Court | Filing, records, certified copies, marriage licenses, payments | Courthouse Suite 11 and clerk contact channels |
| Indiana Court of Appeals | Main appellate route from trial judgments | Appellate records through state court systems |
| Federal Northern District | Separate federal civil, criminal, and bankruptcy matters | Federal court sites, PACER, and bankruptcy court systems |
Case flow: Warren Circuit Court filing › hearing and CCS entries › order, judgment, disposition, or sentence › Indiana appellate review when an appeal is filed.
Visit Warren County Courthouse
The Warren County Courthouse is the local records hub for Warren County Court users. It houses Warren Circuit Court and the Clerk of the Circuit Court functions tied to case filing, certified court copies, small claims, probate, marriage licenses, traffic and infraction payments, and records that are not available online. The courthouse is at 125 North Monroe Street in Williamsport, the county seat. The court phone is (765) 764-5888 Ext. 2, and the clerk phone is (765) 764-5888.
The local history gives the courthouse added records context. The original courthouse was built in 1886 and destroyed by a 1907 fire. The replacement courthouse was completed in 1908 for $115,000 and built with stone, marble, iron, and tile to reduce fire risk. That matters for court-record users because older courthouse fires can affect where historic files are kept and how older records must be requested.
Warren County Courthouse
125 North Monroe Street
Williamsport, IN 47993
(765) 764-5888 Ext. 2
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Clerk of the Circuit Court
125 North Monroe Street, Suite 11
Williamsport, IN 47993
(765) 764-5888
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. EST
Warren County Sheriff and Jail
29 East 2nd Street
Williamsport, IN 47993
(765) 764-4367
Jail division open 24 hours
What Warren County Court Records Show
A public Warren County case result can show the cause number, caption, court, case type, filed date, status, parties, attorney information, hearing dates, CCS entries, financial data, and public documents when the case type permits online access. In Indiana, a docket is often called the chronological case summary, or CCS. It is the event history of the case, including filings, orders, hearings, notices, continuances, judgments, sentencing entries, payments, and warrant events when public.
Indiana MyCase is the statewide case search screen used for Warren County public case lookup.
The portal is strongest for public case history and selected documents, while official copies still come from the local court office.
| Record field | What it means |
|---|---|
| Cause number | The unique Indiana case number, with Warren County cases beginning 86C01. |
| Parties | Names and roles such as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, respondent, estate, or protected person. |
| CCS entries | The chronological event history for filings, hearings, orders, payments, and case actions. |
| Documents | Public orders, judgments, sentencing orders, or non-confidential filings where online access is allowed. |
| Financial section | Fines, fees, costs, credits, payments, and balances, subject to clerk confirmation. |
Types of Warren County Court Records
Warren Circuit Court produces the main local case categories. Criminal records include felony, misdemeanor, murder, post-conviction, and miscellaneous criminal matters. Civil records include collections, torts, plenary cases, mortgage foreclosures, evictions, tax sales, tax deeds, and other civil case types. Family records include dissolution, custody, parenting time, support, and paternity matters, with online document access more limited than general civil access.
Probate and guardianship records include estates, wills admitted to probate, supervised and unsupervised administration, trust matters, guardianships, reports, accountings, and final orders. Traffic and infraction records route through Warren Circuit Court and Indiana ePay for eligible payments. Juvenile, adoption, mental health, protection-order identifying information, sealed cases, and expunged cases have stronger access limits.
- Criminal case files include filed charges, hearings, pleas, orders, disposition, sentence, probation, and financial entries.
- Civil case files can include complaints, appearances, service, motions, orders, judgments, and payment events.
- Family files are searched as domestic relations cases, but many public documents require clerk contact.
- Probate files use estate, guardianship, trust, and accounting records through Warren Circuit Court.
- Traffic records show citation case activity, deferral status, payment data, and court events.
Warren County Court Dockets
The Warren Find My Case and Hearing page explains how public hearing searches work. The Court Hearing Calendar covers public trial court schedules for the past seven days and the next four weeks. Searchers can select a date and enter a case number or case name. Confidential cases, special judge cases, and administrative matters do not appear, and the calendar does not show judge availability.
The Warren hearing lookup instructions show the local limits that apply before relying on the public calendar.
Those limits are why a missing hearing entry should be checked with court staff rather than treated as proof that no hearing exists.
Warren local rules also set daily Motion Hour from 8:15 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., excluding Thursdays, on days court is in session. Remote hearing requests require permission, use Zoom, and are limited for contested evidence hearings. Same-day remote requests usually cannot be accommodated, and active warrant status, prior failure to appear, or prior Zoom problems may block staff approval for some criminal initial hearing requests.
Warren County Clerk Records
The Warren County Clerk is the Clerk of the Circuit Court. The official county page names Deb Hiatt as Clerk and Candy Persinger as Deputy. The clerk's office is on the second floor of the Warren County Courthouse, Suite 11. This office is the local fallback for certified copies, older files, official balances, marriage licenses, probate filings, small claims forms, and court records that are not linked in MyCase.
The Warren County Clerk page gives the local clerk contact point and links for ticket payments, court forms, filing fees, small claims, and marriage license information.
The clerk page is the local office source when a statewide portal cannot provide an official copy or complete document set.
| Need | Where to start |
|---|---|
| Certified court copy | Call or visit the Clerk of the Circuit Court. |
| Marriage license or certified marriage copy | Use Indiana's license process, then finish with the Warren Clerk. |
| Traffic ticket payment question | Use ePay/MyCase first, then contact the clerk for local payment questions. |
| Small claims filing | Use the clerk and local/state form links. |
| Probate or guardianship accounting form | Use local court forms, then file through the clerk. |
Warren County Court Payments
Warren County court and traffic payments use separate official routes depending on the record. The Warren Pay Fees page says court fees are paid through MyCase by entering the cause number and scrolling to the financial information at the bottom of the case. Traffic ticket fees, including Infraction Deferral Fees, may be paid through the Clerk using the Pay Traffic Ticket Fees option and the Indiana ePay portal. Questions about court fees and traffic tickets go to the clerk, while questions about Infraction Deferral or Pretrial Diversion go to the Prosecuting Attorney.
Indiana ePay is the official statewide court and traffic payment portal referenced for Warren County traffic fee access.
Using the official state payment portal helps keep traffic and court fee searches separate from unofficial payment requests.
| Fee or payment item | Official amount or note |
|---|---|
| Marriage license | $25 for Indiana residents, $65 for out-of-state residents, with some offices adding a $4 document fee. |
| Certified marriage copy | $4 per certified copy under the Indiana marriage license page. |
| BMV official driver record | $4 through BMV; a viewable driver record is free. |
| Court Alcohol and Drug Program | $400 may be charged when ordered under Warren local rules. |
| Bi-County Accountability Court | $100 administrative fee plus $50 per month starting the second month, with waiver possible. |
| Late payment fee | $25 late fee under Warren local rule for qualifying unpaid fines, costs, fees, or civil penalties. |
Warren County Sheriff Records
The Warren County Sheriff and Jail are separate from the courthouse record counter. The sheriff page lists law-enforcement, jail, tax warrant, public, gun permit, and order-execution duties. Sheriff Anthony Pruitt is listed as the current sheriff. The jail is at 29 East 2nd Street in Williamsport, with administrative office hours on weekdays and the jail division open 24 hours.
For current custody, Warren County participates in INjail Public Access. That portal searches participating county jails and is distinct from MyCase, Indiana DOC custody, and federal BOP custody. A public inmate result may show county, name, age, booking date, release date, arrest details, holds, cases, charges, bonds, and next hearing data when available.
The official Warren Sheriff and Jail page provides the local jail contact point for custody, jail, and sheriff records questions.
The sheriff page should be used for jail contact confirmation, while court hearings and filed charges still need MyCase or the clerk.
INjail Public Access is the researched online roster channel for Warren County jail records.
INjail is for county jail custody, not the official criminal case file or a statewide prison record.
Warren County Criminal Cases
Criminal court records in Warren County are case files opened in Warren Circuit Court. They can show filed charges, initial hearing entries, bond orders, motions, plea agreements, sentencing orders, probation entries, and financial records. A charge is an accusation filed by the Prosecuting Attorney. A conviction is a guilty finding or guilty plea. A disposition is the result of a charge or case, such as dismissed, amended, guilty, not guilty, deferred, or disposed after plea or trial.
Indiana counties use Prosecuting Attorney rather than District Attorney. The Warren County Prosecuting Attorney is at 223 East 2nd Street in Williamsport and handles felony and misdemeanor prosecutions, state-statute infractions, victim assistance, restitution, paternity and child-support work, bad-check matters, and forfeiture roles. The Warren Prosecutor also offers Infraction Deferral and Pretrial Diversion, with eligibility controlled by the prosecutor rather than the court.
- Charge
- An accusation filed in the case, often tied to a statute and severity level.
- Conviction
- A guilty finding or plea after the case moves through court.
- Disposition
- The court result for a charge or case, including dismissal, plea, judgment, or sentence.
- CCS
- The chronological case summary, which is the docket history in Indiana court records.
Warren County Warrant Checks
No official Warren County Indiana active warrant list was located in the researched sheriff materials. The documented access path is a fallback chain: call or visit the Warren Sheriff/Jail for immediate custody or surrender questions, search MyCase for public criminal or infraction case events, contact the clerk for official court record copies, and use counsel before trying to resolve a criminal warrant. MyCase may show entries such as warrant issued, warrant recalled, failure to appear, bond, or next hearing when those entries are public.
Warren local rules include emergency senior-judge handling for search warrants, arrest warrants, and probable cause determinations within 48 hours of warrantless arrest. Tax warrants are different. The sheriff page lists sheriff sales tax warrants among office duties, but those are collection or lien matters rather than active arrest warrants.
Note: Verify any claimed warrant or payment demand with the sheriff, clerk, or court before sending money.
Warren County Marriage Probate Records
Marriage licenses are handled by the Warren County Clerk of the Circuit Court. Applicants can start with Indiana's marriage license process and finish with the county clerk. The Marriage License Public Lookup includes many but not all Indiana marriage records from 1993 forward, while certified marriage copies come from the clerk in the county where the license was issued.
Divorce records are court records, not health department vital certificates. A Warren County divorce case can be searched in MyCase under domestic relations case types, but the certified decree or non-online documents must be requested from the Warren Clerk. Probate is also handled through Warren Circuit Court because no separate Warren County probate court was located. Estate, guardianship, trust, accounting, and final order records are searched through MyCase, the clerk, and the Indiana Guardianship Registry when guardianship registry data applies.
| Record | Access channel | Local limit |
|---|---|---|
| Marriage license | Indiana marriage license application plus Warren Clerk | Certified copy from county clerk |
| Divorce decree | MyCase search plus Warren Clerk | Domestic relations documents may not be online |
| Probate estate | MyCase and clerk counter | Many non-order documents require in-person or clerk access |
| Guardianship | Guardianship Registry, MyCase, and clerk | Registry does not replace the full case file |
Warren County Public Access Rules
Indiana's Access to Public Records Act, Indiana Code Article 5-14-3, states the broad policy for public records and gives the public the right to inspect and copy public records unless an exemption applies. Court records also have their own access rules. The Indiana Rules on Access to Court Records start from public access unless a rule, statute, or court order excludes the record. Rule 5 lists the excluded court record types and protected information.
For Warren County Court records, the practical rule is simple. Use MyCase for public non-confidential case information. Use the clerk when a document is not online, when a certified copy is needed, when a case is older or incomplete online, or when the official record must be verified. Use agency records requests for sheriff administrative records, but remember that jail security, investigatory records, juvenile records, medical information, sealed files, and court restrictions can limit access.
Key access rules:
Indiana Code 5-14-3 gives public access rights for public records unless an exemption applies.
Indiana Access to Court Records Rule 4 sets the court-record presumption of public access.
Indiana Access to Court Records Rule 5 lists case types, documents, and information excluded from public access.
Indiana Code Article 31-39 makes many juvenile records confidential except through statutory access routes.
Warren County Court Forms
The Warren Circuit Court forms page collects local and state form links used across criminal, probate, jury, probation, and transportation-related court work. Local examples include Advice of Rights with Appearance Form, Affidavit of Indigency, Report and Waiver of Accounting, Report and Accounting, Motion for Sentence Modification, jury questionnaire and deferral forms, probation demographics forms, community service timesheets, and Free Lift transportation requests.
The Warren court forms and document center shows the local form categories available for Circuit Court users.
Forms can help identify the right filing path, but pleadings are filed with the clerk and are not accepted by email or fax.
Warren County Specialty Programs
The main specialty court program located for Warren County is the Fountain-Warren Bi-County Accountability Court, described locally as Drug Court. The program began in 2006 when Warren Circuit Court partnered with Fountain Circuit Court. It is designed for adult drug and alcohol offenders whose substance use has led to criminal charges, and only defendants who reside in Fountain or Warren County may participate. Drug Court is held Thursdays at 8:00 a.m., generally in Warren Circuit Court, though it may sit in Fountain Circuit Court when Warren is unavailable.
Other specialty-adjacent programs include Warren County Pretrial Services and the Prosecutor's deferral and diversion options. Pretrial Services works from the courthouse and aims to support release, court appearance, public safety, and supervision. Infraction Deferral and Pretrial Diversion are prosecutor-run agreements for eligible civil infractions and criminal charges filed in Warren Circuit Court, and the court is not a party to those agreements.
Restricted Warren County Records
Some Warren County records are not public through ordinary online access. Juvenile CHINS, delinquency, status, termination, and many juvenile paternity records are restricted under Indiana juvenile record law. Adoption and mental health records are not available to the public under normal public document access. Protection-order records exclude protected-party identifying information from online public access. Sealed and expunged cases are removed from ordinary public view once access is restricted by statute, rule, or court order.
Indiana expungement law is in Indiana Code Chapter 35-38-9. For Warren County criminal matters, a petition normally files in Warren Circuit Court unless the record belongs to another county or a federal court. Eligibility depends on the record type, case result, offense level, waiting period, sentence completion, payment obligations, pending charges, and prior expungement history.
Warren County Court History
Warren County was established in 1827, and Williamsport is the county seat. The Indiana Historical Bureau marker identifies courthouse architect J.W. Royer of Urbana, Illinois, and notes that Williamsport was home to James Frank Hanly before he served as Indiana governor. The local court history says the 1907 fire destroyed the earlier courthouse, and the 1908 replacement used fire-resistant materials. Today, the single-court local structure is paired with modern access through MyCase, public hearing calendars, remote hearing rules, e-filing, and the newer Warren Circuit Court website.
Warren County's rural setting also affects courthouse access. The county lies in West Central Indiana between the Wabash River and the Illinois state line. The county site describes productive farmland, manufacturing, education, health care, government, and Williamsport Falls. Users may be driving from Williamsport, West Lebanon, Pine Village, State Line City, or rural areas rather than using a city transit system.
Warren County Court Questions
Can Warren County court records be searched online? Yes. Public, non-confidential Warren Circuit Court case information is searched through MyCase. Some documents are online, but certified copies and documents not linked in the portal come from the Warren County Clerk of the Circuit Court.
Which court handles Warren County cases? Warren Circuit Court is the only local trial court in Warren County. It handles the local trial-court caseload, including criminal, civil, family, probate, guardianship, small-claims, traffic, infraction, and ordinance matters.
How are Warren County hearing dates found? Use the Indiana Court Hearing Calendar or the Warren Circuit Court Today's Hearings page. The calendar covers the past seven days and next four weeks, but confidential, special judge, and administrative matters do not appear.
Where are Warren County inmate records searched? Current county jail custody is searched through INjail Public Access with Warren County selected. Court dates, filed charges, and bond orders should also be checked in MyCase or with the clerk.
Is there a Warren County active warrant list? No official Warren County Indiana active warrant list was located in the researched sheriff materials. Use the Sheriff/Jail, MyCase, the clerk, and counsel for verification.
Who gives certified copies? The Warren County Clerk of the Circuit Court is the local source for certified court copies, certified marriage copies issued in Warren County, and court documents not available online.