Search Daviess County Court Records
Indiana MyCase is the main online path for public Daviess County court records. It covers public, non-confidential trial court case information and many free public documents when a document link is available. A person can search by case number, party name, attorney, court, county, case type, or filing date filters. MyCase is useful for checking a case summary, docket events, hearing dates, and public orders, but it is not the official certified record. Official copies still come from the Daviess County Clerk or the court that maintains the case file.
Use the MyCase help page when a record does not show online or a document link is missing. Public users see public case information. Parties may request an access code for linked case access, and Indiana attorneys use the Courts Portal for counsel-of-record access. Older converted cases, sealed matters, expunged records, and documents not scanned into the public system may require a local request to the Clerk.
- Open MyCase and choose the search mode that fits the information known.
- Search by cause number when available, or use party name with Daviess County filters.
- Review the court name, case type, filing date, and case status before opening docket entries.
- Check the chronological case summary for hearings, orders, judgments, and disposition notes.
- Contact the County Clerk or the specific court for certified copies, non-linked documents, or older records.
The official MyCase public search screen is one of the core access points for Daviess County court records.
MyCase can start a search, but the local Clerk remains the source for certified court documents and case-copy questions.
Daviess County Courts at a Glance
Daviess County has two local trial courts in the county courthouse: Daviess Circuit Court and Daviess Superior Court. Indiana does not use one uniform county trial-court label in every county. The state judicial branch explains that trial courts include circuit courts, superior courts, and city or town courts where created. For Daviess County, the official state directory and county pages place the local court work in the Circuit and Superior courts, with the County Clerk serving as the local record keeper for county-level cases.
The Indiana Judicial Branch Daviess County page places Daviess in Judicial District 25 with Dubois, Knox, Martin, Perry, Pike, and Spencer Counties. Appeals from local trial courts generally go to the Court of Appeals of Indiana, while the Indiana Supreme Court is the highest state court. Federal cases are separate and route through the Southern District of Indiana.
| Court or Office | Role for Records | Contact Point |
|---|---|---|
| Daviess County Clerk | Keeps county-level civil, criminal, traffic, estates, guardianships, juvenile, marriage, warrant, child-support, and judgment-payment records. | 200 E. Walnut Street, Washington; 812-254-8664. |
| Daviess Circuit Court | Local trial court with probate, civil, family, protective-order, and other county trial matters. | 200 E. Walnut Street, Washington; 812-254-8670. |
| Daviess Superior Court | County page states this court handles all criminal offenses and some prior small claims and civil litigation. | 200 E. Walnut Street, Washington; 812-254-8671. |
Indiana's court-system overview explains the state structure that Daviess County records fit into.
That state framework helps explain why one county uses both Circuit Court and Superior Court names for local trial court records.
Daviess County Courthouse Records
The Daviess County Courthouse at 200 E. Walnut Street in Washington is the main local point for court-record users. The county location page says the courthouse houses Superior Court, Circuit Court, County Clerk of the Courts, Prosecutor, Probation, and Child Support. The Government Center at 300 E. Hefron Street houses many non-court county offices, so record requests for case files, divorce decrees, judgments, and certified copies generally stay with the courthouse offices.
Lauren Milton is listed as the Daviess County Clerk. The Clerk page gives public counter hours of Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and the local office phone as 812-254-8664. The state court directory also lists a mailing address of P.O. Box 739, Washington, IN 47501, and a state directory phone of 812-254-8669. For routine public contact, the local county Clerk page phone is the first route.
Daviess County Clerk
200 E. Walnut Street
Washington, IN 47501
812-254-8664
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Daviess Circuit Court
200 E. Walnut Street
Washington, IN 47501
812-254-8670
8:30 a.m.-noon and 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
Daviess Superior Court
200 E. Walnut Street
Washington, IN 47501
812-254-8671
8:30 a.m.-noon and 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
The county's official courthouse and Government Center location page separates court offices from other county offices.
That distinction matters when deciding whether to call the Clerk, a court office, the Prosecutor, the Sheriff, or a non-court county department.
Daviess County Court Record Types
Daviess County court records include civil complaints, summonses, motions, orders, judgments, garnishments, small claims, criminal charging records, pleas, sentencing orders, traffic infractions, estate cases, guardianships, juvenile case files, family matters, protection orders, and judgment-payment records. The County Clerk page lists civil, criminal, traffic tickets, estates, guardianships, and juveniles as county-level case records kept by the Clerk. The Superior Court page adds an important local point: Daviess Superior Court handles all criminal offenses.
A Daviess County court records search can show case information before it shows every document. Public case summaries may include the court, case number, case type, filing date, parties, attorneys, disposition, hearing events, and document links. Documents that are not online, not public, or not yet scanned must be requested from the Clerk or court.
- Civil and small claims: complaints, appearances, orders, judgments, collections, and satisfaction of judgment entries.
- Criminal records: charges, hearings, pleas, motions, disposition, sentence, probation, and financial entries.
- Traffic cases: citation records, court dates, payment status, and dispositions that may also affect BMV records.
- Family records: divorce, custody, child support, paternity, and protective-order matters where public.
- Probate and guardianship: estates, wills, petitions, appointments, inventories, reports, and orders when public.
What Daviess County Records Show
Most public case records are built around the chronological case summary, often called the docket. It lists filings, notices, hearings, orders, continuances, judgments, sentence events, and other activity in date order. Some records also have public document links. Others show only the event, which means a copy request has to go to the Daviess County Clerk or the specific court.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Cause number | The Indiana case identifier assigned through the court case system. |
| Court | Daviess Circuit Court, Daviess Superior Court, or another listed Indiana court. |
| Case type | Civil, criminal, traffic, family, probate, estate, guardianship, juvenile, small claims, or another Odyssey category. |
| Parties and attorneys | Names that are public for plaintiffs, defendants, petitioners, respondents, prosecutors, defense counsel, or civil counsel. |
| Disposition | The case or charge result, such as dismissed, judgment entered, closed, disposed, convicted, or sentenced. |
| Documents | Public links when available, or docket entries that require a Clerk or court copy request. |
The state Daviess County courts page links MyCase, e-filing, local rules, and court statistics for the county.
Those state links are useful when a local record issue depends on court rules, e-filing status, or a court-maintained document.
Public Access to Daviess County Court Records
Indiana public access comes from both public-record law and court-record rules. The Indiana Access to Public Records Act, Indiana Code 5-14-3, applies to public agency records unless an exception allows or requires withholding. Court records are also governed by the Indiana Rules on Access to Court Records. For Daviess County, that means a public case may be searchable online, while certain records, identifiers, cases, or documents remain excluded from public access.
Rule 4 states the general access rule. Rule 5 lists records excluded from public access. Rule 6 controls exclusion of otherwise public records by court order, and Rule 9 addresses access to excluded court records. Certified copies, official records of proceedings, and document copies that are not online come from the court maintaining the record.
Key access rule: MyCase helps locate public Daviess County court records, but certified copies and official records come from the local court or Clerk.
The Judicial Branch publishes statewide public-record request guidance for court records, marriage certificates, divorce decrees, adoption records, transcripts, and case documents.
That guidance points many certificate, decree, transcript, and local case-copy requests back to the county office that holds the original record.
Restricted Daviess County Records
Some Daviess County court records are public only in part, and some are not public at all. Juvenile delinquency, CHINS, adoption, sealed, expunged, mental-health, medical, and certain family-law records have special limits. Protection-order cases also have online limits. MyCase help says protected-person names and identifying information are excluded from online public access, and protection-order cases are not found in MyCase, although public protection-order information has a separate Indiana search path.
Expungement is controlled by Indiana Code Title 35, including Indiana Code 35-38-9. Eligibility depends on the type of arrest, charge, conviction, waiting period, sentence completion, and statutory exceptions. If a Daviess County record has been sealed or expunged, the public search result may change or disappear. Access to an excluded record usually requires a waiver, a court order, or another rule-based basis.
Daviess County Sheriff and Jail Records
The Daviess County Sheriff's Office is led by Sheriff Gary Allison and is located at 101 NE 4th Street in Washington, with phone 812-254-1060. The Sheriff's Office lists Road Patrol, Water Patrol, Dive Team, Search and Rescue, Strategic Response Team, CSI, Investigations, Warrants, Courthouse Security, Civil Process, and Jail Division functions. Jail records and sheriff records are separate from court records, although an arrest, bond, warrant, or custody event may later appear in a court case.
The Daviess County Security Center has 260 beds, 6 holding cells, 2 drunk tanks, and a padded cell. Work release adds 52 beds. No official Daviess online jail roster was located in the reviewed county and sheriff pages. Custody status may be checked by phone, through Indiana SAVIN/VINE, or by later IDOC routes if a sentenced person transfers to state custody.
The Sheriff's Office homepage is the local starting point for Daviess County sheriff and jail records.
Sheriff records can support a court-record search, but booking, custody, and warrant questions use different access channels than MyCase.
Daviess County Marriage and Probate Records
Daviess County marriage licenses are issued by the County Clerk. The local marriage page says applicants age 18 or older must show proof of age with acceptable ID, prior marriages must be disclosed by month, year, and manner ended, and parent names, parent residences, and parent birthplaces are collected. The license is issued the same day, valid immediately, and valid for 60 days. The fee is $29 when at least one party is an Indiana resident and $69 when both live out of state and marry in Daviess County, with two certified copies included after recording.
Indiana Marriage License Public Lookup searches many public Indiana marriage license records from 1993 to present, but it does not replace certified copies from the county clerk. Divorce records are court case records searched through MyCase when public, while certified divorce decrees must be requested from the Daviess County Clerk or court. Probate matters, estates, and guardianships are handled through the local trial courts and Clerk, not a separate Daviess probate court.
| Record | Search or Request Route | Important Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Marriage license | County Clerk and MLPL for many public lookup entries. | Certified copies come from the Clerk. |
| Divorce decree | MyCase for public case data; Clerk or court for certified decree. | Certified decrees are not issued by MyCase. |
| Estate or guardianship | MyCase for public case data; Clerk for official copies. | Guardianship details may be restricted. |
Daviess County Traffic and Warrants
Daviess County traffic tickets are court records, but they also interact with Indiana BMV driver records. The Clerk page lists traffic tickets as county-level cases, and the Daviess traffic page says in-office payments may be made by cash, money order, or cashier's check. Eligible online payments use Indiana Public Courts Online Services at publicaccess.courts.in.gov/pay. BMV driver records are separate from court records; they show license status, convictions, points, suspensions, and certified driver history.
Daviess warrant checks require a different fallback chain because no official online active-warrant list was found in the reviewed county and sheriff pages. The Clerk page says the Clerk issues warrants, and the Sheriff's Office lists Warrants as a function. Related case events may appear in MyCase, but MyCase is not a real-time warrant clearance database. Call the Sheriff's Office, Clerk, or court for case-specific channels, and use counsel when a criminal warrant may be active.
The official Daviess County homepage centralizes county office links, notices, calendar items, and public contact routes.
Those county links help separate court, Clerk, Sheriff, jail, traffic, and Government Center questions before a record request is made.
Daviess County Court Record Fees
The research found only a limited set of official Daviess County web fee amounts. The Clerk genealogy page gives $0.10 per page for copies and $3 for certifications in the genealogy context. The marriage page gives the marriage license amounts and says both routes include two certified copies after recording. The traffic page states payment methods and notes that online charges apply, but it does not publish the exact online service fee in the captured county text.
| Item | Amount or Rule | Source Route |
|---|---|---|
| Genealogy copy page | $0.10 per page | Daviess Clerk genealogy page |
| Certification | $3 | Daviess Clerk genealogy page |
| Marriage license, Indiana resident route | $29 | Daviess marriage licenses page |
| Marriage license, both out of state | $69 | Daviess marriage licenses page |
| Traffic in-office payment | Cash, money order, or cashier's check | Daviess traffic infractions page |
Daviess County Court History
Daviess County court history is tied to Washington as the county seat. Official county location material says Washington was established in 1816, and the courthouse now houses the courts and judicial offices after the Government Center addition moved many non-court offices elsewhere. That physical split affects record users because the courthouse remains the place for Circuit Court, Superior Court, Clerk, Prosecutor, Probation, and Child Support.
Recent official county materials show an active courthouse renovation thread. Commissioner minutes and agendas from 2024 and 2025 referenced renovation contracts, Historical Society consultation, construction updates, roof inspection references, and floor-by-floor progress. A July 8, 2025 minute noted Circuit Court had moved in, finishing touches were underway on the second and third floors, and first-floor completion was scheduled. For current visits, confirm office location and hours before relying on an older memory of the building layout.
The U.S. Census QuickFacts profile for Daviess County gives population and geography context for the county served by these court offices.
County size and location help explain why court, Clerk, sheriff, and community-corrections offices cluster around Washington.
Daviess County Court Terms
Indiana court records use short legal words that can change the meaning of a search result. A charge is not the same as a conviction. A docket event is not always a linked document. A sealed case may still have a court order behind it, even when the public search result no longer shows detail.
- Cause number
- The Indiana case number assigned to a court matter.
- Chronological Case Summary
- The docket list of filings, hearings, orders, continuances, judgments, and other case events.
- Disposition
- The outcome of a case or charge, such as dismissed, judgment entered, convicted, or sentenced.
- Information
- The prosecutor's formal charging document in many criminal cases.
- Expungement
- An Indiana process that can limit public access to arrest, charge, or conviction records when granted.
Daviess County Court Records FAQ
Can Daviess County court records be searched online? Yes. Public, non-confidential trial court records are searched through MyCase. Some documents are linked online, while certified copies and missing documents come from the Daviess County Clerk or the court.
Who keeps Daviess County case records? The Daviess County Clerk is the local record keeper for county-level civil, criminal, traffic, estate, guardianship, juvenile, marriage, warrant, child-support, and judgment-payment functions.
Does Daviess County have an online jail roster? No official online Daviess jail roster was located in the reviewed county and sheriff pages. Custody status may be checked by calling the Sheriff's Office or using Indiana SAVIN/VINE where available.
Are traffic records the same as BMV driver records? No. A court traffic record shows the citation case and disposition. A BMV driver record shows license status, points, suspensions, and driver history.