Lawrence County Criminal Docket Searches
MyCase opens the door to nonconfidential Lawrence County cases in Odyssey. You can look up by case number, citation, cross reference, party name, or attorney. Pick Lawrence Superior I, Superior II, or Circuit if you know it. Status and filing-date filters trim long result lists. Adding a first name, middle name, or birth date helps with common surnames. Birth date works as a search input only; it never displays as a public field.
The county runs no separate criminal portal. If MyCase comes up empty, fix the spelling. Drop hyphens and leading zeroes from the number, and try the old number as a cross reference. Then call the assigned court or Amy Voorhies, Lawrence County Clerk. The clerk keeps files for all three trial courts.
- Choose the Case, Name, or Attorney tab.
- Select a Lawrence court and useful date or status filters.
- Match the court, case type, filed date, style, and status.
- Open the CCS and read its newest entries.
- Ask the clerk for an unavailable or certified record.
Lawrence Criminal Numbers Decoded
Every Lawrence criminal case number begins with a court tag: 47D01 for Superior I, 47D02 for Superior II, 47C01 for Circuit. The next four digits give the filing year and month. Then a case-type code and sequence follow. A citation number is its own search field. Type it exactly as recorded in Odyssey. Transfers can change the court number, so watch cross references and transfer entries.
Indiana Administrative Rule 8 governs the format. Treat the prefix as a routing clue. It is not proof the same court still holds the case. Pending felonies, probation matters, companion cases, and refiled charges can all shift assignment.
Criminal Dockets: What They Show
The event list on a criminal docket is the Chronological Case Summary, or CCS. Work from the header down through the dated events. Keep the limits in mind: a filed motion is a request, not a ruling, and a scheduled setting proves nothing about whether the hearing actually happened.
| Header | Case number, court, filed date, type, judge, and status. |
|---|---|
| Charge | Offense, statute, and level when public. |
| Bond | Posted, changed, released, revoked, or forfeited events. |
| Settings | Initial, pretrial, motion, plea, trial, or sentencing dates. |
| Result | Plea, dismissal, acquittal, conviction, sentence, or other disposition. |
| Later events | Costs, probation, program, appeal, transfer, or reopening. |
Document links appear only when remote access is allowed and an image exists. A CCS line with no link can still be a real filing. Financial data may lag behind, so the clerk holds the official balance.
Lawrence Criminal Court Routing
Local rules send Murder, Level I through IV, and former Class A through C felonies into a blind filing pool. Roughly two-thirds land in Superior I and one-third in Superior II. Other Level V and VI felonies and misdemeanors belong to Superior I. Alcohol, traffic, or controlled-substance Level V and VI cases, their related misdemeanors, infractions, and ordinance matters go to Superior II instead.
| Court | Code | Key role |
|---|---|---|
| Superior I | 47D01 | Most other Level V/VI and misdemeanor matters. |
| Superior II | 47D02 | Traffic, alcohol, controlled-substance, infraction, and ordinance matters. |
| Circuit | 47C01 | Juvenile delinquency and routed proceedings. |
These assignment rules beat any generic felony-versus-misdemeanor guess. Check the court on the CCS before you call or show up.
Criminal Case Stages on the Docket
The docket history opens with a complaint, information, indictment, or citation. An initial hearing or arraignment may cover the charge, rights, counsel, plea, release, and the next date. Bond entries can follow, though they are not judgments.
Docket flow: Filing › Arraignment › Pretrial › Plea or Trial › Disposition › Sentencing.
Pretrial entries bring discovery, motions, conferences, and resets. Read any plea or trial entry together with the judgment and sentence, since one without the other tells only part of the story. Later lines may involve costs, probation, a problem-solving program, review, a violation, an appeal, or a transfer. A closed status does not wipe away later financial or enforcement events.
Lawrence Pleas and Dispositions
A plea, a judgment, and a sentence are three separate acts. A dismissal might drop one charge or the whole case. Deferred or diverted status stays conditional, so it is not an automatic final dismissal. An acquittal is a not-guilty trial result. Bond forfeiture concerns appearance or bond terms, never guilt.
- Disposed
- A result is recorded, though later events may follow.
- Dismissed
- The CCS or order controls its scope and conditions.
- Conviction
- A court adjudication that should be read with sentence entries.
- Transfer
- The matter moved and may have a new court number.
Missing judgment image? Request it from the clerk. Never infer the full outcome from one short event label.
Lawrence County Criminal Docket Courts
Superior I sits at 918 16th Street, Suite 300, Bedford, and answers at 812-275-3124. Superior II shares the building in #400. It is reachable at 812-275-4161. Circuit is at 916 15th Street, phone 812-275-2421. For clerk records, call 812-275-7543. Court staff handle live settings and courtroom facts; the clerk owns the official file.
The official Superior I page lists its contact details and calendar route.
That direct route pays off when a setting is missing or unclear. Staff can confirm clerical facts, but they cannot give legal advice.
Lawrence Criminal Filing Context
Official 2024 statistics counted 1,620 new criminal filings across Lawrence County courts. Numbers like that explain why a broad name search needs court and date filters. The total says nothing about guilt, unique people, or the exact pending workload.
Verify each match by full case number, court, filed date, case type, and status. County totals never replace the case-specific CCS.
Lawrence Criminal Docket Access
MyCase offers free, anonymous access to public CCS entries and many documents. For paper, visit the clerk counter. It sits in Room 31 at 916 15th Street. Call ahead for an older file or a certified copy. Transcripts come from the assigned court reporter. Indiana Access to Public Records Act requests still answer to the court-record rules.
The official Rule 5 source spells out which confidentiality and redaction categories apply.
A public result can leave out a case, a document, or a protected field. That omission does not mean the clerk lacks the record. It usually means access rules or a sealing order limit what appears.
Mail and phone still work when no dedicated criminal copy-request form exists for Lawrence County. In a mailed request, name the court, the full case number, and the exact document. State whether you want certification. Ask the clerk about cost and payment first. For a hearing happening soon, call the assigned court rather than filing a request. Files stay in the courthouse. The clerk or the court must approve another route.
MyCase separates the public index from the official file. Party codes and attorney accounts can expose more documents to permitted users. Yet Rule 5 and sealing orders still control. Older cases often show fewer online images. A converted event only means the history came from an older system. It is not a new charge, hearing, or judgment.
Access Rules for Criminal Dockets
Indiana Rule 4 starts from openness. Public access is the default. Rule 5 can pull a record out. Rule 5 shields sealed cases plus juvenile, mental-health, treatment, medical, victim, witness, and identifier data. Expunged content can drop from view. The clerk FAQ adds juvenile and adoption files to that list of exceptions.
Key rules: Rule 4 sets the presumption; Rule 5 lists exclusions; Rule 9 governs extraordinary access requests.
A blank result has many causes. It could be confidentiality, expungement, an older file, a changed number, or a search mismatch. Verify the information with the Lawrence court or clerk.
Lawrence Criminal Docket Verification
Public access covers the court record itself. It is not a report about a person. Use the CCS to track one case. Confirm the events filed in it and read the recorded result. A full criminal-history source it is not. The official Lawrence County criminal docket and every permitted document behind it stay with the court and clerk. Before relying on online details, weigh them against the official file.
Look past the status label to the newest dated event. A reset, amended charge, corrected order, transfer, or appeal can change how an earlier line reads. If two sources disagree, ask the assigned Lawrence County court to confirm the setting. Ask the clerk to confirm what was actually filed.