How to Search Crawford County Court Records
Crawford County court records are searched primarily through Indiana MyCase, the statewide public portal for courts that use Odyssey. The Crawford County local court page links users to MyCase, and Crawford Circuit Court is the county's listed trial court for local civil, criminal, family, probate, traffic, citation, and small claims records. MyCase can show case information and some documents, but the Indiana Judicial Branch cautions that online access is not the official court record.
Use the local filter when possible. A statewide name search can return many people with similar names, so a Crawford County court records lookup is cleaner when the court or county selector is narrowed to Crawford County or Crawford Circuit Court. If the case detail page does not show the document needed, contact the Clerk of the Circuit Court because the state says documents not available online must be requested from the clerk where the case is being heard.
The main public portal is shown in the MyCase source captured for Crawford County court records.
That portal is the first stop for Crawford case lookup, while the clerk remains the local source for certified copies and missing public documents.
- Open MyCase or the direct public portal at public.courts.in.gov/mycase.
- Choose Person/Business, Attorney, or Case/Citation/Cross Reference based on the information available.
- Select Crawford County or Crawford Circuit Court when the court filter is available.
- Use the permitted field combinations. Do not mix case number, citation number, and cross-reference number in the same case search.
- Open the case result, review the case summary, chronological case summary, hearings, charges if any, and public documents.
- Contact the Crawford County Clerk of the Circuit Court for official copies, certified copies, or non-online public documents.
Crawford County Court Records Search Fields
MyCase supports several search modes. The field rules matter because the system rejects some combinations and may require a captcha after repeated searches. Name search requires a last name when a first name, middle name, or date of birth is used. Attorney search uses either attorney name fields or a bar number. Case search accepts one identifier type at a time. The wildcard can be used only at the end of a value.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes / Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search Mode / tabs | Tab selector | Yes | Person/Business, Attorney, or Case/Citation/Cross Reference. |
| Last Name | Text | Conditional | Required with First Name, Middle Name, or Date of Birth. End wildcard only. |
| First Name | Text | No | Cannot be used without Last Name. |
| Business Name | Text | No | Alternative to Last Name. Do not combine with a person last name. |
| Date of Birth | Date | No | Requires Last Name unless commercial access rules apply. |
| Attorney / Bar Number | Text | No | Do not combine bar number with attorney name fields. |
| Case Number | Text | No | Use alone in case search. End wildcard only. |
| Citation Number | Text | No | Useful for traffic and citation court records. |
| File Start / End Date | Date | No | Start date must be before end date when both are used. |
| Court / County | Selector | No | Select Crawford County or Crawford Circuit Court to reduce false matches. |
| Case Categories | Checkboxes | No | Criminal & Citation, Civil, Family, and Probate. |
| Sort By | Dropdown | No | Case Number, File Date, Case Style, or Status Date. |
Indiana's public document guidance for MyCase is reflected in the public access to court documents source captured for Crawford County court records.
The document rules explain why a case may appear online while a pleading, order, or certified copy still has to be requested from the clerk.
Types of Crawford County Court Records
Crawford Circuit Court is the primary trial court for county case records. Civil files may include collections, tort, mortgage foreclosure, miscellaneous civil, plenary civil, tax deed, and tax sale cases. Criminal and citation files include felony, misdemeanor, murder, miscellaneous criminal, post-conviction, infraction, ordinance, and traffic matters. Family files include dissolution cases with or without children. Probate matters are handled through the Probate Division of the Circuit Court, not a separate probate court.
Some records are easier to see online than others. MyCase can show search results, case summaries, hearings, financial information, and some documents. Domestic-relations documents, juvenile records, adoption files, mental health records, and many confidential filings are limited. For older Crawford County court records, the county clerk may be the better starting point because online availability is not always retroactive.
- Civil court records can include complaints, appearances, service returns, motions, orders, judgments, and collection entries.
- Criminal court records can include charges, pleas, hearings, judgments, sentencing orders, and chronological case summary events.
- Probate Division of the Circuit Court records can include estates, guardianships, trusts, letters, inventories, accountings, and orders.
- Traffic and citation records can include citation numbers, offense dates, statutes, court dates, dispositions, and fines or costs.
- Small claims and eviction records can include notice of claim, hearings, service, judgments, and satisfaction entries.
What Crawford County Court Records Show
A Crawford County court record is not just a name match. It is a case file with an Indiana case number, court name, case type, filing date, parties, attorneys, event history, hearing settings, financial information, and documents when public. In criminal and citation cases, MyCase can show charges, offense statutes, offense date, degree, modification, and sentence details. In civil, family, probate, and small claims cases, the same case detail format helps show what was filed, when hearings were set, and how the court resolved the matter.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Case Number | Indiana court number, court identifier, filing year, case type, and sequence. Copy the exact MyCase value. |
| Court | Crawford Circuit Court for county trial cases. |
| Case Style | Party names, such as a civil caption or State of Indiana v. defendant. |
| Parties | Names and roles, such as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, respondent, or protected person when public. |
| Charges or Claims | Criminal charges, citation offenses, civil claim type, probate matter, or family case type. |
| Chronological Case Summary | Docket entries for filings, notices, hearings, orders, judgments, sentencing, payments, and continuances. |
| Hearings | Date, time, hearing type, and court location when public. |
| Documents | Some public orders, judgments, final orders, opinions, briefs, or non-confidential filings depending on case type. |
| Financial | Amounts owed, credits, payments, and online payment availability. Official balances come from the clerk. |
Indiana publishes statewide access rules in the Rules on Access to Court Records source captured for Crawford County court records.
Those rules frame which Crawford court records are public, which data must be redacted, and when a document may be excluded.
Public Access for Crawford County Court Records
Indiana court records begin with public access, but the right is shaped by court rules, statutes, and court orders. The Indiana Access to Public Records Act covers many public agency records. Court records use the Indiana Rules on Access to Court Records, especially Rule 4 for general access and Rule 5 for excluded material. MyCase adds another practical limit: information displayed online is not the official court record and can contain errors or omissions.
The Rule 5 source captured for Crawford County court records shows the excluded-record framework.
Rule 5 is why a Crawford case may be visible by docket while a document, personal identifier, or entire case type is withheld from public view.
For local access, the Clerk of the Circuit Court is the fallback. The clerk's office is at P.O. Box 375, 715 Judicial Plaza Drive, English, IN 47118, phone (812) 338-2565, fax (812) 338-2507. Crawford County also advertises a Clerk Document Portal for electronic service requests that produces a reference number and automatic updates. The research did not expose all portal fields, so requesters should follow the on-screen prompts and keep the reference number.
Note: Certified copies and official balances should be confirmed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court, not only from MyCase.
Restricted Crawford County Court Records
Restricted Crawford County court records include records made confidential by statute, court rule, or court order. Juvenile CHINS, delinquency, miscellaneous juvenile, status, and termination of parental rights records are not open to the general public in the same way as ordinary civil or criminal cases. Adoption and mental health files are also closed from general public access. Some protection-order information can be limited to protect identifying details.
Sealed and expunged records are handled differently from ordinary public cases. Indiana's expungement law, IC 35-38-9, can restrict eligible arrest, charge, juvenile allegation, and conviction records after the proper petition and court order. A pending or denied expungement petition may be visible in some circumstances, while a granted expungement may remove public access depending on the order and record type.
Indiana's current code source was captured for Crawford County court records at the Indiana Code current titles page.
The statutory source is useful when a Crawford record restriction depends on a specific Indiana law rather than only a court portal setting.
In-Person Court Record Requests
When MyCase does not provide the needed record, use the Crawford County Clerk of the Circuit Court. This is the local public-facing office for court records that are not downloadable online, certified copies, filing questions, court-cost questions, marriage-license completion, and older files that may not be in the statewide portal. Court reporter transcript fees are set by Crawford local rules, but ordinary clerk copy fees were not found in a Crawford-specific fee schedule, so do not assume a price before calling.
The Indiana Access to Public Records Act source captured for Crawford County court records supports the non-court public-records framework.
APRA helps explain agency-record requests, while court-file access still follows Indiana court-record rules and the clerk's local process.
Clerk of the Circuit Court
P.O. Box 375
715 Judicial Plaza Drive
English, IN 47118
(812) 338-2565
Fax: (812) 338-2507