Search Union County Court Records

Search Union County Court Records Online

The central public search path for Union County court records is Indiana's Public Access Portal, also reached through MyCase. The Indiana Judicial Branch's Union County page routes case searches to that system, and the Union County Circuit Court page directs record users to the Indiana State Court Administration site. MyCase covers public, non-confidential trial and appellate case information from courts that use Odyssey. For Union County, that means the local trial court record is tied to the Union County Circuit Court, while the Union County Clerk remains the office for official files, certified copies, and non-online public documents.

The best search starts with a case number. A name search also works, but common names can return cases from many Indiana counties if the county filter is not used. MyCase may show a captcha after repeated searches, and it may not display every older case or every public document. If a public filing is missing from the chronological case summary, the next step is not to treat it as sealed. The Indiana Judicial Branch says public documents that are not online should be requested from the county clerk where the case is being heard.

1. Open MyCase or the Public Access Portal and choose the case search path that matches the information available.
2. Use the case number when known. If searching by name, add last name, first name, and date of birth when the portal offers those fields.
3. Select Union County as the county filter and use Union County Circuit Court when a court filter is available.
4. Open the result that matches the party, case type, filing date, court, and status. Review the chronological case summary first.
5. Check the party, hearing, financial, disposition, and document sections before relying on the result.
6. Contact the Union County Clerk for certified copies, official balances, older files, decrees, wills, estate papers, transcripts, or public documents not linked online.

The Indiana Public Access Portal is the statewide entry point shown in the project image set for Union County court records.

The portal is useful for finding a case, but a certified copy or official case balance still comes from the Union County Clerk.

Union County Court Records Search Fields

MyCase is built for several search paths, so the exact fields can change by mode. Case-number searching is the most precise. Name searching is the main fallback for civil, family, probate, and criminal records when the case number is unknown. Citation searching is used for traffic tickets. Attorney searching can help when a lawyer of record is known. Union County should be selected where possible because the portal is statewide and may return cases from other Indiana counties with similar names.

The assigned image from MyCase shows the public case-search entry point used for Union County court record lookup.

Because MyCase is statewide, filtering to Union County is the main way to keep a name search focused on the local Circuit Court.

Types of Union County Court Records

Union County is researched as a one-circuit-court county for local trial records. The Union County Circuit Court page states that it has jurisdiction in all criminal and civil matters for the county and administers probation, community corrections, and public defenders. That broad local jurisdiction is why many record types start in the same search system and then route to the Union County Clerk for official copies. A case may still involve other offices, such as the Prosecutor, Sheriff, BMV, IDOC, or a federal court, but those records are not the same as the local court file.

Record type matters because public access rules, online document links, and certified-copy procedures differ. Civil cases may include complaints, summons, appearances, motions, orders, judgments, notices, and satisfaction of judgment. Criminal case files can show charges filed by the State, bond orders, motions, pleas, hearing settings, dispositions, sentencing orders, probation entries, fines, and fees. Family records can include dissolution, paternity, support, custody, and protective-order-related material, with confidentiality limits. Probate and guardianship matters can include wills, estates, claims, inventories, orders, accountings, and guardianship status.

• Civil records include complaints, pleadings, motions, orders, judgments, and judgment-payment entries.
• Criminal records include filed charges, hearings, pleas, dispositions, sentences, probation events, fines, and costs.
• Family records include divorce, paternity, custody, and support entries, with some records restricted by law.
• Probate and guardianship records include estate filings, wills when filed, inventories, claims, orders, and final accountings.
• Traffic and infraction records include citation details, court dates, plea or disposition, fines, costs, and payment status.

For a closer case-file focus on charges, pleas, disposition, and sentencing, use the Union County criminal court records resource.

What Union County Court Records Show

A Union County court record is more than a search result row. The case detail page can show the case number, court, judicial officer, filing date, case status, parties, attorneys, chronological case summary, hearings, linked public documents, charges or claims, financials, and disposition. Indiana uses a uniform case-number format under Administrative Rule 8, so the case number can identify the county or court, filing period, case type, and sequence. MyCase terms warn that cases matching a number may not appear if the entered format differs from the exact Odyssey format.

The MyCase terms of use shown in the assigned image stress that public access is free, limited to allowed uses, and not the official court record.

That distinction is important for legal filings, employment licensing, immigration, benefits, probate, and any setting that requires a certified court record.

Public Access for Union County Court Records

Indiana's access rules start with the idea that court records are public unless a statute, court rule, or valid order makes them confidential. Indiana Access to Court Records Rule 4 states the general public-access rule for court records. Rule 5 lists categories excluded from public access. Indiana's Access to Public Records Act, found in Indiana Code Title 5, applies to public agency records more broadly, while court-record access is controlled by the judicial rules and case-specific orders.

Union County also has a local public-records request page. It tells requesters to send the request to the elected official or department head responsible for the record, make the request specific and clear, and be ready to pay reproduction costs. That local fallback matters when the requested item is not a routine counter copy or is outside MyCase. Court filings and certified case documents go to the Union County Clerk. Jail, warrant, and arrest custody records route to the Sheriff. Prosecutor records route to the Prosecutor. State judicial-agency records use state AccessGov channels rather than the county clerk.

The assigned image from Indiana Access to Court Records Rule 4 supports the public-access framework used for Union County court records.

Rule 4 supplies the access starting point, while Rule 5 and specific statutes explain why some court records or fields do not appear online.

Restricted Union County Court Records

Not every court record can be found in a public search. Juvenile delinquency, CHINS, adoption, certain paternity, mental health, and treatment records can be confidential or limited. Rule 5 excludes all mental health cases filed under IC 12-26 from public access in their entirety and also excludes treatment records, drug or substance abuse treatment records, and certain competency or service records. Adoption records are confidential under Indiana law and are not available online through the public case search. Protection order cases are not found on MyCase because protected-person names and identifying information are excluded from online public access.

Sealed and expunged records have their own limits. A pending or denied expungement may appear in some circumstances, while a granted expungement can remove or limit public access depending on the record type and order. Personal identifiers are also redacted, including complete Social Security numbers, complete account numbers, PINs, passwords, child witness names in sex-offense cases, and victim or witness addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, and email addresses in criminal, juvenile, and civil protection order matters. A party seeking access to a restricted file must use the court process that applies to that case, not a general online search.

Union County Court Record Requests

The Union County Clerk is the local office for court filings, pleadings, motions, evidence, judgments, orders, decrees, fines, fees, and judgment payments. The Clerk's office is on the first floor of the Union County Courthouse. Use the office when MyCase does not show the needed document, when a certified copy is required, when an official balance matters, or when the file involves a decree, will, estate paper, transcript, or older record. Written requests should include the case number when known, party names, document type, date range, return contact information, and a payment arrangement if copies are needed.

Union County does not publish a separate court-record request form in the research materials. The local public-records guidance says vague requests can be rejected, so a narrow request with names, dates, case number, and copy type has the best chance of being processed without extra back-and-forth.