Lawrence County Civil Docket Searches
Use MyCase to search nonconfidential Odyssey cases. It works by case number, party name, business, or attorney. Pick Lawrence Circuit, Superior I, or Superior II if you know which one. Status and filed-date filters help when the name is common. The Case tab takes a single case number, citation, or cross reference, while the Name tab wants a business name or a last name paired with another narrowing field.
There is no separate county civil portal. If a search stalls, try this order: fix the name or number, change the court filter, check cross references, then call the court or Amy Voorhies, Lawrence County Clerk at 812-275-7543. The clerk keeps files for all three trial courts.
- Select the MyCase Case, Name, or Attorney tab.
- Choose the likely Lawrence court and civil category.
- Verify number, filed date, parties, type, and status.
- Read the newest CCS event and linked public documents.
- Request an unavailable or certified document from the clerk.
Lawrence Civil Docket Numbers
Every Lawrence civil docket number opens with a court code. 47C01 means Circuit, 47D01 Superior I, and 47D02 Superior II. After that come the filing year and month, a two-letter type, and a sequence number. Type codes like PL, CT, MF, EV, DR, AD, ES, and PO separate proceedings. Check the current code list instead of guessing from a caption.
Where does a dissolution sit? Numbers starting 47C01 belong to Circuit. Those starting 47D01 belong to Superior I. A transfer can change the number. So search cross references with an older identifier when the current case does not appear.
Civil Dockets: What They Show
Think of the Chronological Case Summary as a dated ledger of every action in a Lawrence County civil case. One caution: the docket entry is not the filing itself, even when it links to a public image of the document.
| Header | Court, number, filed date, type, judge, and status. |
|---|---|
| Parties | Plaintiff and defendant or petitioner and respondent. |
| Notice | Summons, service, return, answer, or default activity. |
| Filings | Complaint, motion, response, proposed order, and signed order. |
| Settings | Pretrial, mediation, motion hearing, bench trial, or jury trial. |
| Outcome | Judgment, dismissal, settlement, enforcement, or appeal. |
Financial fields can list costs or judgment information, but MyCase warns that balances may lag. The clerk controls the official amount and record.
Lawrence Civil Docket Routing
Local rules route civil work by case type, not by one money threshold. Circuit takes much of the general civil docket. It also carries probate, estates, guardianship, adoption, paternity, protection orders, juvenile matters, IV-D work, collections, and half of dissolutions. Superior I gets the other half of dissolutions and mental-health cases. Superior II handles small claims and evictions.
| Venue | Code | Local use |
|---|---|---|
| Circuit | 47C01 | General civil, probate, family, and protected case types. |
| Superior I | 47D01 | Dissolution share, mental health, and assigned civil work. |
| Superior II | 47D02 | Small claims, eviction, and proceeding supplemental. |
A Bedford or Mitchell mailing address will not route you to a separate municipal civil court. Indiana's current directory shows just three county trial courts, and every civil docket runs through them.
What Cases Fill the Civil Docket
Public civil dockets can include contract, property, mortgage foreclosure, collection, eviction, and small claim matters. Dissolution, probate, estate, guardianship, and other petition matters appear too. Confidentiality varies by case and by document. Adoption, juvenile, mental-health, medical, treatment, and protected identifiers may be excluded. That can happen even when related public activity exists.
For starting or managing a case, Superior II publishes small-claims, eviction, and proceeding-supplemental forms. Circuit publishes estate and guardianship forms. These are filing tools. They are not record-request forms and do not replace the CCS.
- Complaint or petition cases begin with a request for relief.
- Small claims and evictions begin in Superior II.
- Dissolutions rotate between Circuit and Superior I.
- Probate, guardianship, adoption, and most juvenile work begin in Circuit.
Lawrence Civil Docket Sequence
A civil case usually runs complaint or petition, summons, service, answer, motion practice, hearing, judgment, and post-judgment work. Service matters, because a default question cannot be read apart from notice. Keep two cautions in mind. A motion asks for a ruling. A proposed order is a party's submission rather than the judge's signed decision.
Record flow: Filing › Service › Answer › Motion › Hearing › Judgment › Enforcement or Appeal.
Read the newest signed judgment for operative terms. Later docket entries may show a proceeding supplemental, garnishment, execution, judgment transcript, appeal, satisfaction, or reopening. Event text can be brief, so request the order when exact terms matter.
Hearings on the Civil Docket
Lawrence local rules require a pretrial conference in each non-small-claims civil case. Mediation applies in specified dissolution and longer civil matters unless waived or otherwise ordered. A scheduled pretrial or mediation is not proof it occurred. Read later held, passed, reset, or continued entries.
For contacts and calendar routing, the official Circuit Court source is the place to look.
That page routes Circuit civil, probate, guardianship, and family questions to the court that holds the setting.
Lawrence Small Claims Dockets
Small claims and evictions start in Superior II at 918 16th Street, #400, Bedford; the phone is 812-275-4161. The Superior II forms page is the official resource.
Its Notice of Small Claims, eviction, and proceeding-supplemental materials are filing tools. They are not the public docket. Search MyCase for the CCS. Then ask the clerk for any missing filed document.
A proceeding supplemental comes after judgment. It concerns collection. It does not start a new trial on the original claim. Read the judgment, notice, and later enforcement entries in date order.
Lawrence Civil Filing Channels
Attorneys and many filers submit through the Indiana E-Filing System via approved providers. Under current Trial Rule 87, an unrepresented litigant is encouraged but not required to e-file. Filing is not public searching. MyCase supplies the public CCS. The clerk holds the official record.
For provider and filing guidance, see the official Indiana e-filing source.
The difference matters more than it sounds. An e-filing receipt only proves you submitted the paperwork, while the CCS entry proves the filing landed in the official case record.
Who Can See Civil Dockets
Start with MyCase for online access. Prefer paper? The clerk counter sits in Room 31 at 916 15th Street, Bedford. There you can inspect records and request copies. The records phone is 812-275-7543. Mail works too. Confirm the case, the document, the cost, certification, and how you will pay first. Your assigned court is the place to confirm hearing settings. Indiana Access to Public Records Act requests still answer to the court-record rules. The Rule 4 public-access presumption sets out the baseline openness of court records in the official rule text.
Even so, Rule 5 lets a court seal an entire case, a single document, or just a protected piece of one. A blank result on a docket search does not mean the clerk holds no file.
Lawrence Civil Court Contacts
Lawrence Circuit sits at 916 15th Street and answers at 812-275-2421. Superior I is at 918 16th Street, Suite 300, reachable at 812-275-3124. The Lawrence Circuit directory names the Circuit judge and magistrate on the county's official page.
Call the court about current hearing instructions; call the clerk about filed court records. Staff can handle clerical questions, but they cannot tell a party how to litigate the case.
Lawrence Civil Docket Outcomes
A judgment for the plaintiff or the defendant settles only the relief the signed order addresses. An agreed judgment shows terms the court entered or approved. Miss a response or an appearance and a default may follow. You should read the service and notice entries first. A dismissal can end a claim without granting the relief sought. The order itself says whether that claim may return.
After judgment, the Lawrence County civil docket may show several things. A proceeding supplemental, garnishment, execution, or judgment transcript can all appear. Those entries enforce the decision; they do not change it. An appeal asks a higher court for review. The Lawrence trial CCS still records what happened below. MyCase showing one short line is a cue. Request the signed order for its full scope and terms.
Keep three distinctions straight. A motion filed is not an order granted. A setting scheduled is not a hearing held. A proposed order is not a signed judgment. Those checks head off the most common reading errors in a Lawrence County civil docket.