Search Pike County Court Records
Pike County court records are searched first through Indiana MyCase, the statewide public case search for Indiana trial and appellate courts. MyCase is the official online entry point for Pike Circuit Court case information, docket entries, party names, attorney listings, hearings, case status, and some public documents. If a document is not online, Indiana guidance points searchers back to the clerk in the county where the case is being heard. In Pike County, that is the Clerk of the Circuit Court in Petersburg.
The Indiana MyCase public search screen is one of the assigned source captures for Pike County Court records.
Use the MyCase search mode that matches the information in hand, then filter to Pike County when a statewide name search returns too many matches.
- Open MyCase and choose the case, name, attorney, or citation search option.
- Use a full cause number or citation number when known. Those searches reduce common-name errors.
- For a name search, enter last name and first name, then narrow by Pike County or Pike Circuit Court if filters are visible.
- Open the matching case hyperlink and review the docket, parties, charges or claims, hearings, disposition, and payment area.
- Contact the Clerk of the Circuit Court if the case appears but the needed filing, certified copy, or older document is not available online.
Pike County MyCase Fields
MyCase supports several search paths for Pike County Court records. A case number is best for exact lookup. Party and business searches help when the cause number is unknown. Citation search is most useful for traffic tickets. Attorney search can help when counsel is known but party spelling is uncertain.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search category | Tab | Yes | Case, party/name, attorney, or citation search. |
| Case Number | Text | No | Use the Indiana cause number for exact lookup. |
| Party Last Name | Text | No | Main field for a person search. |
| Party First Name | Text | No | Use to narrow Pike County name matches. |
| Business | Text | No | For an organization or company party. |
| Attorney | Text | No | Searches by attorney when available. |
| Citation | Text | No | Useful for Pike County traffic tickets. |
| County | Dropdown or filter | No | Select Pike County to localize statewide results. |
Pike County Court System
Pike County uses Pike Circuit Court as the county trial venue. The Indiana court directory does not list a separate Pike superior court, county court at law, justice court, or city court. Civil, criminal, family, juvenile, probate, small claims, and traffic matters route through the Circuit Court and its Small Claims, Juvenile and Family Law Division. The state directory lists Hon. Evan Biesterveld as judge and Sherry G. Gilmore as referee.
The Indiana Judicial Branch Pike County court page links the county's local rules, MyCase, e-filing, statistics, and district resources.
That official court page is the best state-level starting point for confirming local rule links and current Pike Circuit Court resources.
Case flow: Pike Circuit Court filing › hearings and docket entries › judgment or disposition › Court of Appeals of Indiana when an appeal is filed › Supreme Court of Indiana if further review is accepted or required.
| Court or Office | Role in Pike County | Record Types |
|---|---|---|
| Pike Circuit Court | Main county trial court | Civil, criminal, family, juvenile, probate, small claims, traffic. |
| Small Claims, Juvenile and Family Law Division | Division and referee structure under local rules | Small claims, juvenile, family, emergency protective order, warrant-related matters. |
| Clerk of the Circuit Court | Keeper of official county court records | Case files, marriage licenses, certified copies, court payments. |
| Indiana appellate courts | Review of trial court decisions | Appeals, transfer petitions, specialized tax cases. |
Pike County Courthouse Contacts
The Pike County Courthouse in Petersburg is the local hub for court records, clerk services, prosecutor services, marriage licensing, filings, certified copies, court-cost payments, and public county business. The Clerk of the Circuit Court keeps official records for Pike County court cases, processes marriage applications, certifies court documents, and collects court costs, judgments, fees, fines, restitution, child support, and filing fees. Alan Evans is listed as Clerk in official county materials.
The Pike County Clerk's Office page shows the clerk contact card, duties, and local court-record topics.
The clerk page is the practical fallback when a Pike County Court record is real but the needed document is not posted in MyCase.
The Pike County Courthouse location page gives the public courthouse address and posted weekday hours.
Use the street address for visits and the clerk's post office box for mail directed to the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
Pike County Courthouse
801 E Main St
Petersburg, IN 47567
Clerk: (812) 354-6025
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Pike Circuit Court
PO Box 467
Petersburg, IN 47567
(812) 354-6026
Fax: (812) 354-3552
Small Claims-Family Division
Pike Circuit Court Referee
Petersburg, IN 47567
(812) 354-8480
Fax: (812) 354-6735
Pike County Court Record Types
Pike County Court records include more than criminal case lookups. Civil files can show complaints, summonses, service returns, motions, orders, judgments, settlement notices, and collection filings. Criminal files can show charging information, probable-cause filings, hearings, bond entries, pleas, trial settings, dispositions, sentencing orders, probation violations, fines, costs, restitution, and payments. Family and divorce files are court cases, but financial and personal identifiers may be redacted. Probate matters are handled as Pike Circuit Court probate work.
| Record Type | What It Usually Shows | Main Access Path |
|---|---|---|
| Civil | Claims, parties, filings, orders, judgments. | MyCase, then Clerk of the Circuit Court. |
| Criminal | Charges, hearings, pleas, disposition, sentence, costs. | MyCase and the clerk for copies. |
| Traffic | Citation, case status, payment area before default. | MyCase, with PayGov after default. |
| Family and divorce | Petitions, hearings, orders, decree entries where public. | MyCase and clerk certified copies. |
| Probate | Estate, guardianship, will, inventory, accounting, order entries. | MyCase and the clerk's office. |
What Pike County Records Show
A public Pike County Court record can show the cause number, court, case type, filing date, party names, attorneys, claims or charges, docket events, hearing settings, judgments, disposition, and financial data. Some public documents are free online, while others require clerk contact. Pike Clerk payment instructions confirm that a case hyperlink can lead to a detail page with a payment function near the bottom when criminal costs or traffic balances can be paid online.
- Cause number
- The Indiana case number used for exact court-record lookup.
- Docket
- The chronological list of filings, hearings, orders, notices, and other case events.
- Disposition
- The outcome of a case or charge, such as dismissed, guilty, judgment entered, or closed.
- Probate
- The court process for estates, wills, guardianships, and related orders.
- Redaction
- The removal or masking of confidential information before a record is made public.
Pike County Public Access Rules
Indiana court records are governed by court-specific access rules as well as general public-records law. For Pike County Court records, the practical rule is simple: search MyCase first, then contact the Clerk of the Circuit Court for documents not posted online. Sheriff records are separate. Booking records, accident reports, incident reports, body-worn camera requests, local criminal-history checks, and jail records route through the Pike County Sheriff's Office rather than the clerk.
The assigned source capture from Indiana's public records hub places court records, public-record requests, traffic tickets, marriage records, jail lookup, DOC lookup, and driver records in separate official channels.
That split matters because a Pike jail booking entry is not the same record as a Pike Circuit Court criminal case disposition.
The Indiana Administrative Rule 9 source capture is assigned to the Pike County Court records home page.
Rule 9 is the core court-record rule for public access, remote access, courthouse access, fees, and bulk or compiled court information.
Key statutes and rules:
IC 5-14-3 treats public records as available unless a law or rule allows or requires withholding.
Indiana Administrative Rule 9 controls public access to court records, remote access, court fees, and compiled data.
Indiana Access to Court Records Rule 5 lists records excluded from public access and fields that must be redacted.
IC 35-38-9 governs Indiana sealing and expungement for eligible arrest and conviction records.
IC 31-39-1 governs confidentiality for many juvenile court records.
Pike County Restricted Records
Some Pike County Court records are public only in part, or not public at all. Juvenile records are confidential except as allowed by statute or rule. Adoption records are restricted. Mental health cases filed under IC 12-26 are excluded from public access under Rule 5. Complete Social Security numbers, full account numbers, PINs, passwords, child-witness names in sex-offense cases, and victim or witness contact data in specified matters must be excluded or redacted.
The Indiana Access to Court Records Rule 5 source capture documents the restricted and redacted categories used for Indiana court records.
For sealed or expunged matters, the controlling record is the court order, not a private background-search result.
Pike County Sheriff Records
The Pike County Sheriff's Office is a separate records channel from Pike Circuit Court. The sheriff and jail are at 100 South 4th Street in Petersburg. Sheriff Jason McKinney and Chief Deputy Dallas Killian are listed in the official sheriff app data. The office phone is (812) 354-6024, and the jail phone is (812) 354-1149. The sheriff platform includes inmate search, jail information, public records requests, accident reports, criminal history requests, sex offender links, body-worn camera request materials, and Submit a Tip.
The assigned Pike County Sheriff's Office source capture shows the official OCV-powered sheriff website and app environment.
Current custody and booking details belong with the sheriff, while filed charges and case outcomes are confirmed through Pike Circuit Court records.
The sheriff's current inmate feed can show name, booking date, arrest number, age, race, gender, charges, and booking image. It did not show date of birth, address, bond, court date, housing unit, or release date in the inspected feed. Full roster details belong with Pike County inmate records, while court-filed charge status belongs in MyCase.
Pike County Court Fees
Official Pike fee information is strongest for marriage licensing, traffic payments, criminal costs, and transcript work. Pike Clerk materials say criminal costs are paid through MyCase after opening the case, scrolling to the bottom, selecting "make a payment," entering the amount, and completing payment. Traffic tickets are paid through MyCase before default. After default, the clerk directs users to PayGov with MyCase case data.
| Item | Fee or Payment Rule | Source Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pike resident marriage license | $29 | Cash, debit or credit card, money order, or cashier's check; no personal checks. |
| Out-of-state marriage license in Pike County | $65 | Applicants complete the license with the Pike Clerk. |
| Certified marriage copy | $4 each | Statewide Indiana marriage-license guidance. |
| Criminal court costs | Amount varies | Paid from the MyCase case detail page when assessed. |
| Traffic ticket before default | Amount shown in MyCase | Use the MyCase payment path. |
| Defaulted traffic ticket | Amount shown after case lookup | PayGov route after gathering MyCase case data. |
| Transcript page fee | Maximum $4.25 per page, minimum $35.00 | Pike Local Rule LR63-AR28-14. |
| Transcript binding labor | $13.00 per hour | Pike Local Rule LR63-AR28-14. |
Pike County Probate Records
Pike County has no separately listed probate court in the Indiana court directory. Probate should be treated as probate work in Pike Circuit Court, with the Clerk of the Circuit Court handling records and copies. Probate files may include estate petitions, wills, letters testamentary or administration, personal representative appointments, inventories, creditor notices, claims, accountings, guardianship filings, and orders. Routine estate docket data may be public, but protected-person, medical, financial, minor, and mental health details can be restricted.
Marriage and divorce records use different channels. Marriage licenses are issued by the Pike Clerk. Couples must appear together, bring required identity documents, and arrive by the local cutoff time stated in the clerk research. Divorce is a Pike Circuit Court case, and certified divorce decrees route to the clerk in the county where the divorce was issued. Probate and estate search details are handled on the Probate Division of Pike Circuit Court page.
Pike County Court History
Official online historical detail for the Pike County courthouse was limited in the reviewed source set, so the strongest history is institutional. Pike County is a southwest Indiana county with a court footprint centered in Petersburg. The state court directory confirms Pike Circuit Court and the Clerk's Office. Local rules show Pike practice for special judges, pretrial conferences, discovery, family-law submissions, transcript fees, court security, recording limits, and jury matters.
The Indiana court system overview source capture supplies state context for how Pike County fits within Indiana's courts.
Pike County's local records should be read within that Indiana structure: county trial court first, then state appellate review when a case is appealed.
Pike County Record Limits
Online Pike County Court records can lag behind clerk processing, court orders, payment posting, or sheriff booking updates. A charge shown in a jail feed is not proof of conviction. A docket entry may show a hearing, motion, or order without the underlying document. A traffic balance may change after default. An expungement order may alter public access, but systems may update on different schedules. For formal use, confirm the record with the office that created it.
Note: Verify certified copies, active warrants, payment balances, and sealed-record status with the originating Pike County office before relying on online results.
Pike County Court Records FAQ
Can Pike County Court records be searched online?
Yes. Public Pike Circuit Court case information is searched through Indiana MyCase. If a case appears but the needed document is not online, contact the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
Is Pike County a district court county?
No. The resolved Indiana court structure for Pike County uses Pike Circuit Court as the primary trial court. "District court" is not the local Indiana terminology for Pike County trial cases.
Where are Pike County criminal costs paid?
The clerk's criminal-cost instructions use MyCase. Search by name or case number, open the case hyperlink, scroll to the payment area, and complete the online payment steps.
Are sheriff booking records court records?
No. Sheriff booking and jail records are law-enforcement records. Court-filed charges, pleas, dispositions, sentences, and judgments are confirmed in Pike Circuit Court records.
Who keeps Pike County certified court copies?
The Clerk of the Circuit Court is the official record custodian for Pike County court cases and certified court documents.