Boone County Criminal Court Records
A Boone County criminal court record is the court case file, not the jail booking record alone. It begins when a charge is filed in court and is maintained through the clerk and court system. The record can include charging information, probable-cause filings, initial hearing entries, bond orders, motions, plea agreements, trial events, final orders, sentencing orders, probation terms, fines, costs, and final judgments. Charge-level details are part of the criminal case, but the full file also shows what happened after the charge was filed.
Criminal cases are filed in all three Boone county trial courts under a local rule approved by the Indiana Supreme Court. Boone Circuit Court handles criminal and civil cases and has exclusive juvenile jurisdiction. Boone Superior Court I has criminal, civil, and probate jurisdiction. Boone Superior Court II has criminal, civil, small claims, and traffic-infraction jurisdiction. City and town courts may also handle certain ordinance, infraction, and misdemeanor matters in Zionsville, Jamestown, Whitestown, Lebanon, and Thorntown.
The Boone County Prosecutor page is the local source for the office that handles felony, misdemeanor, traffic-infraction, juvenile, and child-support matters.
The prosecutor source matters because filed charges and criminal case activity begin with prosecution decisions, but the court record is maintained through the court and clerk.
Search Boone County Criminal Cases
Indiana MyCase is the main online search tool for public Boone County criminal court records. It can be searched by cause number, citation number, cross-reference number, defendant name, business name when relevant, attorney, court, case type, status, and file date. A cause number is the strongest identifier. A name search should use last name with first name, middle name, or date of birth to reduce false matches.
- Open MyCase and choose case or party search.
- Enter the cause number, citation number, or defendant name with enough detail to narrow the result.
- Select Boone Circuit Court, Boone Superior Court I, Boone Superior Court II, or the local court named on the notice when known.
- Open the case and review charges, bonds, hearings, docket events, disposition, sentencing, and documents.
- Use the Boone County Clerk for certified copies, nonposted documents, or older public files.
The full court-record search process, including civil, probate, traffic, and clerk copy fields, is covered in the broader Boone County court records workflow.
Boone County Criminal Case Flow
A criminal court record changes as the case moves. Early entries may show the charging document, probable-cause filing, warrant, summons, arrest event, initial hearing, bond, counsel, and first court dates. Later entries may show motions, continuances, plea negotiations, trial settings, orders, dispositions, sentencing, probation, restitution, fines, costs, and compliance events. A docket entry should be read in order because a later amendment, dismissal, plea, or sentencing order can change how an earlier charge appears.
Case flow: Charges Filed › Initial Hearing or Arraignment › Pretrial and Motions › Plea or Trial › Disposition › Sentencing › Probation or Compliance.
| Stage | What the Criminal Court Record May Show |
|---|---|
| Charges filed | Information, complaint, citation, offense date, statute, degree, and charge description. |
| Initial hearing | Rights, counsel, bond, next court date, and release conditions. |
| Pretrial and motions | Continuances, discovery events, suppression motions, plea negotiations, and orders. |
| Plea or trial | Guilty plea, trial setting, verdict, dismissed count, amended charge, or acquittal. |
| Disposition | Outcome of each charge, including guilty, dismissed, not guilty, or other result. |
| Sentencing | Sentence, probation, fines, costs, restitution, jail credit, and supervision terms. |
Boone County Criminal Record Fields
MyCase can show criminal court fields at several levels. The header identifies the case, court, case type, status, file date, and style. The party section identifies defendant and attorney roles when public. The charge section can show citation number, offense date, statute, degree, original degree, modification, and offense description. Bonds, hearings, documents, financials, and cross references may appear when public and available.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Cause number | The Indiana criminal case number, often beginning with Boone county code 06. |
| Court | Boone Circuit Court, Superior Court I, Superior Court II, or a local court. |
| Defendant | Name and public party role; date of birth may help search but is not displayed. |
| Charges | Citation number, offense date, statute, degree, modification, and description. |
| Bond | Bond number, amount, status date, and release details if public. |
| Events | Filings, hearings, motions, orders, disposition, sentencing, and violations. |
| Documents | Public downloadable orders or filings if posted for that access level. |
| Financials | Court costs, fines, fees, restitution, transactions, and payment status when shown. |
| Disposition | The outcome of a charge or case, such as dismissed, guilty, or closed. |
Charges vs Convictions
A Boone County criminal court record may list charges that did not become convictions. A charge is an accusation filed in court. A conviction is a result, usually after a guilty plea, guilty verdict, or other finding of guilt. Charges may be amended, reduced, dismissed, merged, or replaced as the case moves. Reading only the charge list can create a wrong view of the outcome.
| Point | Charge | Conviction |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Formal accusation filed in court | Finding or plea that results in guilt |
| Record location | Charge section and early docket entries | Disposition and sentencing entries |
| Can change | May be amended, reduced, dismissed, or dropped | May later be appealed, vacated, sealed, or expunged if eligible |
| Best field to read | Offense statute, degree, date, description | Disposition, judgment, sentence, probation, fines, and costs |
For a closer look at charges after arrest rather than the full criminal case file, use Boone County arrest records and court charges.
Boone County Prosecutor Records
The Boone County Prosecutor handles thousands of criminal, traffic-infraction, juvenile, and child-support matters. The research identifies Kent T. Eastwood as Boone County Prosecutor and notes that his office includes criminal prosecution, juvenile work, child support, victim/witness services, and traffic deferral. Prosecutor information helps explain who brings charges, but filed court records still route through MyCase and the clerk once a court case exists.
The prosecutor biography source provides background on the elected prosecutor and office history.
Biography details are useful for local context, but criminal court records should be verified through the court docket and clerk records.
The victim/witness program source explains advocate support, court accompaniment, communication with victims and prosecutors, and crisis intervention.
Victim/witness services may appear in the broader criminal justice process, but sensitive victim information is not ordinary public case data.
Boone County Sentencing Records
Sentencing entries can show the final court result after conviction. They may include jail or prison time, probation, fines, court costs, restitution, treatment conditions, no-contact terms, weapon restrictions, driving restrictions, and compliance deadlines. Boone County Adult Probation standard terms are local and detailed. They include probation user fees of $100 felony or $50 misdemeanor for the initial month, $20 felony or $15 misdemeanor per month after that, and a $50 misdemeanor or $100 felony administrative fee payable to the Boone County Clerk.
The Boone County Adult Probation page describes community-based supervision, evaluation, and evidence-based programs.
Probation information helps readers understand sentencing entries that require supervision instead of, or in addition to, jail time.
The adult probation standard terms source contains the local fee and condition details that may appear after sentencing.
Those terms are not proof of the sentence in a specific case, but they explain the kinds of probation conditions a Boone County criminal record may reference.
Criminal and Support Matters
The Boone County Prosecutor's Child Support Division handles IV-D work such as paternity, establishment, enforcement, interstate UIFSA matters, arrears certification, license suspension, and lottery intercepts. It collected and distributed more than $3,000,000 in 2024 according to the research source. Child support is not the same as a criminal prosecution, but it can appear in the prosecutor's public office materials and court records may include enforcement events, orders, or confidential family information.
The Boone County Prosecutor Child Support Division page documents the support functions tied to the prosecutor's office.
Family and support records may be partly restricted, especially when minors or sensitive financial information are involved.
Sealed vs Expunged Records
Sealing and expungement affect Boone County criminal court records in different ways. Indiana Code 35-38-9 controls expungement and sealing of eligible arrest, charge, juvenile allegation, and conviction records. Pending or denied expungement petitions may still appear. Once relief is granted, access may be restricted, and the case may be removed from public search depending on the type of relief and record category.
| Point | Sealed | Expunged |
|---|---|---|
| Public visibility | Hidden or restricted from ordinary public access | May be removed or treated as restricted under statute |
| Source of authority | Court order, rule, or statute | Indiana expungement statute and court order |
| Records affected | Can include filings, identifiers, or entire cases | Can include eligible arrest, charge, juvenile allegation, or conviction records |
| Public search result | May show little or nothing to public users | May disappear or show only limited public information after relief |
Note: A missing MyCase result does not prove no Boone County criminal record ever existed.
Restricted Boone County Criminal Records
Restricted criminal records include juvenile matters, sealed cases, granted expungements, protected identifiers, certain victim details, mental health material, and confidential filings. Boone Circuit Court has exclusive juvenile jurisdiction, but juvenile delinquency, CHINS, status, and termination records are generally restricted. Protection-order protected-person information is not searched in MyCase. Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, dates of birth in public details, minor data, and protected-person information are redacted or excluded.
Background check use is also limited. A casual public search is not the same as a legally compliant consumer report for employment, tenant screening, credit, insurance, or another FCRA-regulated purpose. Criminal court records should be verified with the originating court or clerk before a reader relies on a disposition, sentence, or case status.