Search Boone County Court Records
The central online search system for Boone County court records is Indiana MyCase. The Indiana Judicial Branch states that anyone may search public, nonconfidential case information and many documents at no charge. MyCase covers Odyssey court records, so it is the best first step for Boone Circuit Court, Boone Superior Court I, Boone Superior Court II, and listed city or town court cases when they are in the statewide system.
Online access has limits. Some documents are not posted, older cases may not be included, and attorney or party accounts can see records that anonymous public users cannot see. Protection-order cases are searched through a separate state protection-order tool, not through MyCase. Juvenile, adoption, mental health, sealed, and granted expungement records can be confidential or missing from public search even when a local court file exists.
- Open MyCase and select case, party, or attorney search.
- Use a cause number, citation number, cross-reference number, party name, business name, or attorney number.
- Limit the search to Boone Circuit Court, Boone Superior Court I, Boone Superior Court II, or a city/town court when known.
- Review the case summary, chronological case summary, parties, hearings, charges, documents, and disposition.
- Contact the Boone County Clerk for certified copies or records that are not posted online.
The Indiana Judicial Branch MyCase help page explains public, party, and attorney access for court records.
That distinction matters in Boone County because the public case summary may show the docket while a party or attorney account has broader document access.
Boone County Court Records Fields
MyCase search fields are more detailed than a simple name box. A user can search by case number, citation number, cross-reference number, party, business, attorney, court, case type, status, and file date. The official search tips say a party search requires a business name or a last name with a first name, middle name, or date of birth. Date of birth can narrow the search, but it does not appear in public case details.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes / Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search mode: Case | Tab/radio | No | Search by case number, citation number, or cross-reference number. |
| Case number | Text | No | Hyphens and leading zeroes are not required; Boone uses county code 06. |
| Citation number | Text | No | Enter exactly as shown when possible. |
| Search mode: Party | Tab/radio | No | Search by business name or last name with another identifier. |
| Last and first name | Text | Conditional | Wildcard can be used for the trailing part of a name, with limits. |
| Date of birth | Date/text | Conditional | Used to narrow search; not displayed in public details. |
| Attorney/bar number | Text | No | Search by attorney number or attorney name. |
| Court | Dropdown | No | Select Boone Circuit Court, Superior Court I, Superior Court II, or a local court. |
| Case type, status, file date | Dropdown/date | No | Useful for narrowing broad civil, criminal, probate, or traffic searches. |
The MyCase terms of use state that public access is free and not intended for commercial bulk use.
Those terms are part of the access picture because ordinary lookup and commercial data collection are treated differently.
Boone County Court Record Types
Boone County court records vary by court division. Civil cases may be filed in Circuit Court, Superior Court I, or Superior Court II. Criminal cases are filed in all three county trial courts under a local rule. Probate files belong in Superior Court I, while small claims and traffic infractions are concentrated in Superior Court II. City and town courts may also produce records for ordinance violations, infractions, and misdemeanors.
Records can include complaints, summonses, answers, motions, orders, hearing entries, judgments, satisfactions, charging information, probable-cause filings, bond orders, plea agreements, sentencing orders, probation terms, estate petitions, letters, inventories, traffic dispositions, and small-claims judgments. A full case file is broader than the online docket. For the criminal case file and sentencing record, use the Boone County criminal court records page as the case-level reference.
- Civil records show claims, parties, service, motions, orders, judgments, and collection activity.
- Criminal records show filed charges, hearings, bonds, pleas, disposition, sentence, and costs.
- Family records include divorce and legal separation, with custody or support data often restricted.
- Probate records include estates, guardianships, trusts, and restricted adoption matters.
- Traffic and infraction records show citations, court events, payment status, and failure-to-appear events.
Boone County Case Record Fields
A MyCase result is organized around the case header, parties, chronological case summary, charges, bonds, hearings, documents, financials, and related references. It can show a lot of public information, but it is still filtered by court rules. A date of birth may help search but is not displayed. A document link may appear only when the document is public online and available to that access level.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Case number | Indiana cause number, including county and court identifiers. |
| Court | Boone Circuit Court, Superior Court I, Superior Court II, or local court. |
| Case type and status | Category, open or closed status, status date, and filing date. |
| Parties | Plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, respondent, attorney, or other roles. |
| Docket/events | Filings, hearings, orders, judgments, dispositions, sentencing, and violations. |
| Documents | Download links when the document is public and posted online. |
| Charges and bonds | Offense statute, degree, description, bond number, amount, and status date if public. |
| Financials | Fees, costs, transactions, support fees, fines, or money judgments when shown. |
Boone County Court Access Law
Indiana court access is not controlled by one rule alone. Indiana Code 5-14-3, the Access to Public Records Act, supports inspection and copying of public agency records unless an exception applies. Court records also follow the Indiana Rules on Access to Court Records. Rule 4 states the general access rule, and Rule 5 excludes certain records and information from public access.
These rules explain why a Boone County case can be partly public. The docket may be visible, while a birth date, Social Security number, financial account number, protected-person detail, juvenile record, adoption record, mental health record, sealed filing, or granted expungement is blocked. Public access also changes when a user signs in as a party or attorney. The public search is not a substitute for court permission where a rule, law, or order limits access.
The Indiana public-records law source is relevant to Boone County court records, but court-specific rules still control court-file release.
Public-record law supports access, while court rules define the limits for case files, docket data, and confidential details.
Restricted Boone County Court Records
Restricted records include juvenile matters, sealed cases, granted expungements, adoption records, mental health records, and personal identifiers. Boone Circuit Court has exclusive juvenile jurisdiction, but that does not make juvenile case files public like adult case files. Superior Court I handles adoptions, but adoption records are generally restricted. Protection-order case information is not found through MyCase because protected-person information is excluded from public online access.
Expungement is governed by Indiana Code 35-38-9. Arrest-only matters, dismissed charges, acquittals, vacated convictions, and convictions have different paths and limits. A granted order may remove a case from public MyCase results or restrict release. The separate Indiana protection order search is the public path for protection-order information outside MyCase.
Expungement law is a major reason that a Boone County criminal or charge record may no longer appear in public search.
The state protection order system is separate from Boone County court-record searching in MyCase.
That separate channel protects sensitive information while still allowing the public to search the protection-order records that Indiana makes available.
Boone County Court Copies
The Boone County Clerk is the local counter path when an online search is not enough. The clerk maintains pleadings, motions, papers, evidence, court rulings, judgments, orders, decrees, fines, costs, child-support collections, and marriage-license records. Requests should identify the cause number if known, party names, court, document requested, copy type, number of copies, delivery method, and payment plan. No dedicated Boone court-record request PDF was found in the official research, so the current submission method should be confirmed with the clerk.
| Copy or Filing Item | Amount / Note |
|---|---|
| Certified pleadings | $3.00 certification plus $1.00 per page |
| Plain copies | $0.10 per page, not including orders |
| Orders | $1.00 per page |
| Small claims filing, one defendant | $87.00 |
| Civil filing, one defendant | $157.00 except noted categories |
| Estate, trust, and guardianship filing | $177.00 |
| Infraction court costs | $135.00 plus fines or late fees |
Boone County Clerk
212 Courthouse Square
Lebanon, IN 46052
765-482-3510
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Boone County Custody Records
Court records should not be confused with custody records. A Boone County criminal case in MyCase can show charges, bond events, docket entries, and disposition. A current jail roster shows custody status through the sheriff-linked JailTracker system. A sentenced state prisoner is searched through the Indiana Department of Correction, and custody notifications route through SAVIN/VINE. These systems answer different questions and may update on different schedules.
The Indiana DOC offender search is for state custody, not Boone County jail custody.
Use DOC only after a case has moved beyond the county jail or when the person is in state custody rather than pretrial Boone County custody.