Access Union County Circuit Court

Union County Circuit Court Overview

Indiana trial courts use county-level court names that vary by local history. In Union County, the official local trial court is the Union County Circuit Court. The county court page states that the court has jurisdiction in all criminal and civil matters for Union County and that it administers probation, community corrections, and public defender functions. That broad local role is why a Union County Circuit Court record may involve a felony, misdemeanor, lawsuit, small claim, divorce, estate, guardianship, infraction, or judgment.

The court office is in the Union County Courthouse at 26 W Union St, Liberty, IN 47353. Judge Matthew Cox is listed as the local judge, and the court phone is (765) 458-5934. The Union County Clerk, Susan Ray, maintains the Circuit Court filings, motions, pleadings, evidence, judgments, orders, decrees, fines, fees, and judgment payments. That split matters for records. The judge and court manage the case; the clerk maintains the file and issues copies.

The Indiana Judicial Branch Union County page places Union County in Judicial District 18 with Fayette, Franklin, Rush, Union, and Wayne counties. Judicial District 18 is an administrative district, not a separate court where Union County residents file ordinary cases.

Union County Circuit Court Contacts

Union County is a one-circuit-court county in the official state and county sources located for this build. The file name remains district-court.html because it is the template's trial-court page, but the researched subject is the Union County Circuit Court.

The court office is on the south side of the third floor of the courthouse. The clerk's office is on the first floor. The prosecutor's office is on the east side of the third floor. For a filed case record, use the clerk. For a hearing, case management issue, or probation-related court question, use the Circuit Court office.

Union County Circuit Court Page

The official county court page is the local source for the Union County Circuit Court's judge, address, phone, and jurisdiction statement.

The Union County Circuit Court page shows the local court office and routes public case searches toward Indiana's court administration system.

Use that court page for local court contact details, then use MyCase or the clerk for the actual Union County Circuit Court record.

Union County Court Structure

Indiana does not use the same county trial-court labels that some other states use. Union County does not have a county-level district court, county court, or justice court located in the official state and county sources. Local case routing is centered on the Circuit Court and the Union County Clerk.

This distinction prevents a common search error. A person looking for Union County Circuit Court records should not search for an Indiana district clerk or a county court clerk. The local record custodian for filed court records is the Union County Clerk.

Union County Circuit Court Case Flow

Most local records follow a simple path. A criminal case may begin with an arrest or investigation, but the court record begins when charges are filed. A civil case begins when a complaint or petition is filed. A probate case begins with an estate, will, guardianship, or related petition. The clerk receives the filing, the court sets hearings or issues orders, and MyCase displays public docket entries and some documents when access rules allow it.

Criminal flow: Arrest or summons › Prosecutor filing › Initial hearing › Pretrial motions › Plea or trial › Disposition › Sentencing › Appeal.

Civil and probate flow: Petition or complaint › Service or notice › Response › Hearings or orders › Judgment, decree, estate order, or closing entry › Appeal if filed.

For documents that are public but not linked online, the Indiana Judicial Branch says to contact the clerk's office in the county where the case is being heard. For Union County Circuit Court records, that means the Union County Clerk.

Search Union County Circuit Court Records

Union County Circuit Court records are searched through Indiana MyCase or the Indiana Public Access Portal. The portal covers public non-confidential trial and appellate court cases from courts using Odyssey. It can show case numbers, captions, parties, case types, filing dates, status, hearings, financials, docket entries, and some documents.

Search by case number when possible. If the case number is unknown, search by party name and set the county filter to Union County. For traffic tickets, the citation number is often the best field. If the record does not appear, it may be older, sealed, expunged, confidential, entered under a different name, or available only through the clerk.

1. Open MyCase or the Public Access Portal.
2. Select case number, party name, attorney, or citation search.
3. Choose Union County as the county filter when the portal offers it.
4. Open the matching case and read the chronological case summary.
5. Contact the Union County Clerk for certified copies, current balances, decrees, wills, or non-linked public documents.

Federal Courts for Union County

Federal cases are not Union County Circuit Court records. Union County is served by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. The federal court locations page lists the Birch Bayh Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 46 East Ohio Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204, as the Indianapolis courthouse. The main phone is (317) 229-3700.

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana website is the official federal court site for Union County federal district matters.

Use that site for federal court notices, forms, federal clerk information, and court-specific procedures outside the Union County Circuit Court file.

The Southern District court locations page lists Union County among the counties served by the Indianapolis Division.

Federal civil, federal criminal, constitutional, federal agency, and many prisoner civil-rights cases use federal systems, not the Union County Clerk.

Federal case documents are usually accessed through PACER and CM/ECF for the Southern District of Indiana. PACER lists the Indianapolis address, phone, help-desk email, and federal clerk hours.

PACER is the federal records path; it is not a substitute for MyCase when the record is a Union County Circuit Court case.

The Southern District CM/ECF login page is the live filing and docket access system for authorized federal users.

CM/ECF belongs to the federal court system, so Union County residents should use it only for federal cases filed in that district.

Federal bankruptcy matters use the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana, which is also separate from Union County Circuit Court records.

Bankruptcy court records are federal records, even when the debtor, creditor, or property is tied to Union County.

Reading Circuit Court Terms

Union County Circuit Court records use short legal terms that can change the meaning of a docket entry. A charge is an allegation. A conviction is a final guilty finding or plea accepted by the court. A disposition is the outcome of a charge or case. A judgment is a court decision that may create rights, duties, or money owed. An order is a judge's written direction.

Chronological case summary

The docket-style timeline of filings, hearings, orders, notices, payments, warrants, and closing entries.

Certified copy

A copy issued by the clerk with official certification for legal use.

Expungement

A statutory process under Indiana law that can seal or limit access to eligible arrest, charge, or conviction records.

Rule 5 exclusion

A court-access rule that removes certain cases, documents, and personal identifiers from public access.

Note: MyCase is useful for lookup, but the official Union County Circuit Court record comes from the court or clerk that maintains it.