Crawford County Clerk Office
Crawford County has a unified Clerk of the Circuit Court. The official county page names Lisa Stephenson-Holzbog as Crawford County Clerk, and the Indiana court directory lists the clerk's mailing address as P.O. Box 375, physical address 715 Judicial Plaza Drive, English, IN 47118, phone (812) 338-2565, and fax (812) 338-2507. This is the office to contact for court documents that are not downloadable online, certified copies, marriage-license completion, filings, and court-cost questions.
The official Crawford County clerk source is the Crawford County Clerk of the Circuit Court page.
That county page is the local source for the clerk name, document portal notice, jury links, and elections navigation.
Crawford County Clerk of the Circuit Court
Clerk: Lisa Stephenson-Holzbog
P.O. Box 375
715 Judicial Plaza Drive
English, IN 47118
(812) 338-2565
Fax: (812) 338-2507
Crawford County Clerk Duties
The clerk is the public-facing records office for Crawford Circuit Court. The office accepts filings, maintains court records, helps route certified-copy requests, supports marriage-license work, handles court costs, and serves as the local point for records that MyCase does not provide as downloadable documents. The clerk is separate from the judge, prosecutor, sheriff, and jail, even though the offices share the Judicial Plaza complex.
The clerk can help locate public records, process filings, confirm copy request procedures, and direct a requester to the right case number or court file when the information is available. The office does not decide cases or give legal advice. Questions about what to file, whether a charge can be expunged, how to answer a lawsuit, or how an order affects legal rights should go to an attorney, legal aid, or the court process allowed by Indiana law.
- Maintain Crawford Circuit Court case records and public file access.
- Process requests for certified court copies and marriage license copies.
- Support filings, court costs, transcript routing, and document requests.
- Provide local access for older records or public documents not shown in MyCase.
- Publish clerk-area links for 2026 jury pool and election information on county pages.
Crawford County Clerk Request Channels
Start with MyCase when the request is a public case lookup. If a document link is missing, Indiana Judicial Branch says the person must contact the clerk in the county where the case is heard. Crawford County also advertises a new Electronic Request Processing System for online service requests. The county page says a requester receives a reference number and automatic updates after submitting a request.
The Crawford online source is the Crawford County Clerk Document Portal.
The portal gives Crawford County requesters a local online fallback when MyCase has case information but not the document needed.
| Channel | Use It For | Source Detail |
|---|---|---|
| MyCase | Public case lookup and some documents | public.courts.in.gov/mycase |
| Document Portal | County online service request | County says requests produce a reference number and automatic updates. |
| In person | Certified copies, filings, older records, payment questions | 715 Judicial Plaza Drive, English, IN 47118. |
| Written copy or record requests | P.O. Box 375, English, IN 47118. | |
| Phone or fax | Fee confirmation, copy status, filing questions | Phone (812) 338-2565, fax (812) 338-2507. |
Request Crawford County Certified Copies
Certified copies are used when an ordinary printout is not enough, such as a court order for another agency, a divorce decree for legal proof, or a marriage license copy for a name change. MyCase can help identify the case number, but the clerk supplies official copies and certification. For court records, the exact case number and document title are the strongest details to include.
- Search MyCase first, if the case is public, and write down the case number, court name, case style, filing date, and document title.
- Decide whether the request is for a plain copy, certified copy, transcript, or marriage license copy.
- Submit the request through the clerk's document portal, by phone follow-up, by mail, or in person at the Judicial Plaza address.
- Ask the clerk to confirm the current fee and accepted payment method before mailing payment.
- Keep the portal reference number, receipt, or clerk response until the copies arrive.
Crawford County Clerk Form Fields
The Crawford document portal did not expose a full static list of form fields in the research capture. A good Crawford County clerk request should still include the fields below because they let the clerk identify the correct file and respond without guessing. For marriage license copies, substitute spouse names and marriage date for a case number when no court case exists.
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Requester name | Yes | Needed for portal updates, mail, phone follow-up, or counter pickup. |
| Phone or email | Yes | Use current contact information in case fees or identity details must be confirmed. |
| Case number | If known | Best identifier for Circuit Court records found in MyCase. |
| Party names | Yes | Use full names and prior names if relevant. |
| Document type | Yes | Examples include decree, order, judgment, letters, marriage license copy, or transcript. |
| Certified or plain copy | Yes | Certification changes the request and may change the fee. |
| Delivery method | Yes | State mail, pickup, portal response, or other method the clerk confirms. |
Crawford County Clerk Fees
A Crawford-specific certified-copy fee schedule was not found in the research, so court-copy pricing should be confirmed directly with the clerk. Two fee groups are documented and safe to quote. Indiana publishes marriage-license and certified marriage-copy fees, and Crawford local rules publish court-reporter transcript fees. A transcript is not the same as a file copy. It is a written record of recorded or reported court proceedings.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Indiana resident marriage license | $25 |
| Out-of-state applicant marriage license | $65 |
| Additional document fee some offices charge | $4 |
| Certified marriage license copy | $4 |
| Ordinary transcript page | $5.00 per page |
| Index and table of contents transcript page | $3.50 per page |
| Expedited transcript, 24 hours or less | Up to $10.00 per page |
| Expedited transcript, within 3 working days | Up to $7.00 per page |
| Ordinary transcript under seven pages | $40.00 minimum |
| Minimum expedited transcript fee | $45.00 |
| Certified court copy fee | Confirm with the clerk |
Note: Transcript fees come from Crawford local rules, while certified-copy fees must be confirmed because no Crawford copy-fee PDF was found.
Crawford County Clerk MyCase Records
MyCase is the public starting point for many Crawford Circuit Court files. It supports person or business search, attorney search, case number, citation number, cross-reference number, court or county filters, case categories, file-date range, and result sorting. The official MyCase help source is the Indiana Judicial Branch Searching MyCase page.
MyCase helps locate the record, but Crawford County Clerk contact is still needed when the public document is absent or certification is required.
Indiana also publishes a court-records public access page for documents that are not online. That source is the Indiana Judicial Branch public records page.
The public-records guidance supports the Crawford workflow: search online first, then contact the local clerk for documents the portal does not provide.
Crawford County Clerk Restricted Records
The clerk cannot release every file to every requester. Indiana court access rules restrict juvenile CHINS, juvenile delinquency, adoption, mental-health matters, sealed cases, expunged records, protected-person details, financial account data, Social Security numbers, and confidential filings. Some records are absent from MyCase because the case type is confidential. Others show a docket but not the underlying document.
The official excluded-records source is the Indiana courts excluded court records page.
That state list is useful when a Crawford County clerk response says a record is confidential, redacted, sealed, or excluded from public access.
Crawford County Clerk Forms and Duties
The Crawford clerk page points users to the document portal rather than a long static forms library. The Indiana court page also states that attorneys are required to e-file in Crawford County and others are encouraged to e-file. Self-represented filers should follow state court forms or local clerk instructions and should confirm filing mechanics with the clerk before assuming a paper, portal, or e-file route is available for the specific case type.
Clerk duties in Crawford County are broader than record copies. The county navigation under the clerk includes 2026 Elections and 2026 Jury Pool links, with a 2026 January-July jury pool link. Those local links show that the Clerk of the Circuit Court also helps administer jury and election functions, while court case decisions stay with the judge and case filings stay in the Circuit Court file.
That local mix can affect timing. A clerk counter can be handling filings, marriage-license questions, jury pool work, election tasks, and public copy requests in the same office. For a records request that has a deadline, call ahead with the case number, document name, and certification need so staff can explain the best request path before a trip to English or a mailed payment.