Search Randolph County Court Records
Most Randolph County court records begin with Indiana Courts Case Search, also called MyCase. Randolph Circuit Court and Randolph Superior Court are Odyssey courts, and the official Odyssey court list shows both local courts live in that system. MyCase is useful for case summaries, parties, hearing settings, chronological case summary entries, some financial entries, and online payment links when the case permits payment. It is not the official court record. Official records come from the court that maintains the file, usually through the Randolph County Clerk in Winchester.
Use the state court page for local court links before searching. The Indiana Judicial Branch Randolph County courts page links to MyCase, e-filing, local rules, and court contact information. If a case document is not available online, the Indiana Judicial Branch directs users to contact the county clerk or the maintaining court. That fallback matters for domestic relations, guardianship, juvenile, sealed, expunged, and many non-confidential documents that are not posted as downloadable files.
- Open MyCase and choose case, party, or attorney search.
- Use a case number, citation number, cross-reference number, party name, business name, or attorney number.
- Add date of birth, file-date range, or open/closed status when too many results appear.
- Open the case summary and review the court, parties, events, hearings, charges, judgment, and payment entries.
- Call or visit the Randolph County Clerk for certified copies or documents that are not online.
| Search field | Use | Randolph County note |
|---|---|---|
| Case Number | Direct case lookup | Randolph identifiers include 68C01 and 68D01. |
| Citation Number | Traffic and infraction lookup | Often used for Superior Court ticket records. |
| Party Name | Person or business search | DOB can narrow results but is not shown in the public case details. |
| Attorney | Attorney number or name | Useful when counsel of record is known. |
| File Date Range | Advanced filter | Helps avoid the 1,000-result cap. |
Randolph County Courthouse Records
The local court and clerk offices are centered at the Randolph County Courthouse. The county facility page places the courthouse at an entire downtown Winchester block bordered by Highway 32, Main Street, Franklin Street, and Meridian Street. The building houses the Assessor, Auditor, Circuit Court, Clerk, Prosecutor, Recorder, Superior Court, and Treasurer, so record seekers often use one courthouse block for filings, hearings, certified copies, prosecutor business, and payments.
The official courthouse page is a useful visitor source. See the Randolph County Courthouse facility page for the county's building description and the Randolph County Clerk page for clerk hours, payment notes, and office details.
Randolph County Courthouse
100 S. Main Street
Winchester, IN 47394
Downtown block at Main Street and IN-32
Randolph County Clerk
100 S. Main St., Room 201
Winchester, IN 47394
(765) 584-4903
Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm
Sheriff and Jail
155 E. South Street
Winchester, IN
(765) 584-1721 or (765) 584-7331
The county's courthouse image source is the official Randolph County courthouse facility page.
The courthouse block is the practical center for Randolph County court records because Circuit Court, Superior Court, the Clerk, and the Prosecutor are all listed there.
Randolph County Court System
Indiana does not use district courts for ordinary state trial cases. Randolph County has a Circuit Court and a Superior Court at the Winchester courthouse. The county is in Judicial District 15 with Blackford, Delaware, Henry, Jay, and Randolph counties. Appeals from local trial courts generally go to the Court of Appeals of Indiana, with the Supreme Court of Indiana available for transfer or direct matters under state rules.
The local rules make Randolph County court records more specific than a generic Indiana case search. Probate, guardianship, adoption, mental health, murder, and many juvenile case types are assigned to Circuit Court. Superior Court receives misdemeanors, infractions, ordinance violations, small claims, all Title 9 traffic offenses unless tied to a felony filing, and many Level 6 felonies. Level 1-5 felony assignment depends on the month of the offense.
| Court | Role | Address and phone |
|---|---|---|
| Randolph Circuit Court | Probate, adoption, mental health, murder, many juvenile matters, and assigned felonies | 100 South Main Street, Room 301, Winchester; (765) 584-4011 or (765) 584-0645 |
| Randolph Superior Court | Misdemeanors, infractions, ordinance violations, small claims, Title 9 traffic, and assigned felonies | 100 South Main Street, 3rd Floor, Winchester; (765) 584-3309 |
| Union City City Court identifier | Local city-court identifier in Odyssey | Union City municipal address: 105 N Columbia St, Union City, IN 47390; city phone (765) 964-6534 |
Local case flow: filing or citation › Randolph Circuit Court, Randolph Superior Court, or city-court identifier › Court of Appeals of Indiana › Supreme Court of Indiana when transfer or direct review applies.
What Randolph County MyCase Shows
MyCase case summaries commonly show the court, case number, case type, parties, attorneys, chronological case summary entries, hearings, financials, and public documents that the state permits online. Criminal felony and misdemeanor cases generally show sentencing orders online. Many other non-confidential documents must be requested in person or from the clerk. The public portal also warns that displayed data is a public service and may contain errors or omissions.
The official MyCase search tips explain party, attorney, wildcard, and advanced filter searches. The MyCase document access guide explains why a case may show a summary while the document itself is not posted. Randolph County record seekers should treat the portal as the starting point, not the certified endpoint.
| Field | What it means |
|---|---|
| Case number | Indiana uniform number with Randolph court identifiers such as 68C01 or 68D01. |
| CCS | Chronological Case Summary, the event log for filings, hearings, orders, payments, and judgments. |
| Parties | Plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, respondent, estate, guardian, or other role. |
| Financials | Filing fees, fines, costs, bond, civil judgment, restitution, or payment entries when public. |
| Documents | Online access varies by case type; clerk access may be required for public documents not posted. |
Public Randolph County Court Records
Public access is controlled by both general Indiana public-records law and court-specific access rules. The Indiana Access to Public Records Act in Indiana Code Title 5 is the general public agency record framework. Court records are governed by the Indiana Rules on Access to Court Records, including Rule 5 for excluded records and Rule 9 for requests to access otherwise excluded court records.
Key access rules:
IC 5-14-3 gives the broad public-records framework for Indiana agencies.
Access to Court Records Rule 5 identifies court records excluded from public access.
IC 35-38-9 governs many Indiana expungement and sealing issues for criminal records.
Restricted Randolph County court records include juvenile, adoption, mental health, sealed, expunged, and some protection-order information. Date of birth can be used for searching but is not displayed in public case details. Social Security numbers, financial accounts, minor identities, and protected-party information are redacted or excluded.
Randolph County Record Types
Randolph County court records include civil, criminal, family, probate, traffic, small claims, eviction, and ordinance files. Civil files can include complaints, answers, motions, orders, judgments, service entries, garnishment, and proceedings-supplemental documents. Criminal case files include charging information, hearings, pleas, bond entries, disposition, sentencing orders, and financial obligations when public.
- Civil and small claims: Superior Court posts small-claims and eviction forms, and small claims are for $10,000 or less.
- Criminal records: Prosecutor-filed cases show charges, events, pleas, hearings, dispositions, and sentencing.
- Family and divorce records: Divorce filings go through the Clerk, while online domestic-relations documents are more limited.
- Probate records: Circuit Court handles estates, guardianships, trusts, adoption, and mental-health filings.
- Traffic records: Superior Court handles most Title 9 traffic and infraction matters unless tied to a felony case.
The Randolph local rules PDF is the source for many local allocation details. It explains why two similar felony cases may appear in different local courts and why probate points to Circuit Court while traffic often points to Superior Court.
Randolph County Clerk Copies
Jacqueline Peed is identified by the county as the Randolph County Clerk and Randolph Circuit Court Clerk. The Clerk's Office is the practical path for certified copies and for public case documents that are not downloadable in MyCase. The office is in Room 201 on the second floor of the courthouse. Mail goes to Randolph County Clerk, 100 S. Main St., Room 201, Winchester, IN 47394.
Payment rules are specific. For any payment, the county says the payer needs the cause or case number. In-office accepted methods include cash, money order, cashier's check, and personal check, but personal checks cannot be used for criminal payments. Credit and debit cards are accepted in office except for child support. Online payment uses PayGOV with Randolph County location code 3744, and child support uses the State of Indiana Child Support Payment Service instead.
| Item | Amount or rule |
|---|---|
| Divorce filing | $185.00 as listed by the county |
| Small claims filing | $125 plus $10 each additional defendant |
| Eviction filing | $125 plus $10 each additional defendant |
| Marriage license, Indiana residents | $29 |
| Marriage license, out-of-state residents | $69 |
| Card service fee | $1.00 up to $33, or 3.00% above that amount |
| Certified and plain copy fees | Not located in official Randolph Clerk sources; call the Clerk. |
Randolph County Criminal Records
Criminal court records are not the same as arrest listings. The Randolph County Prosecutor decides what charges should be filed after reviewing facts from law enforcement agencies and private citizens. The Randolph County Prosecutor page identifies David Daly as the prosecutor and describes the office's criminal jurisdiction in the local courts. After a case opens, the court record tracks charges, hearings, pleas, bond, disposition, sentence, and payments.
Arrest and custody details may appear through the sheriff side, while the formal court case appears in MyCase and the clerk file. The sheriff recent-arrests page states that recent arrests and current inmate search moved to the Randolph County Sheriff app. For full case outcomes, use the court case file. For current jail custody, use the app or INjail path described in the inmate records section.
Randolph County Inmate Lookup
The Randolph County Sheriff page identifies Sheriff Art L. Moystner and lists sheriff and jail phone numbers. The jail information page says the jail was constructed in 1994 and has 106 beds. The county's recent-arrests page says the information formerly found there moved to the Randolph County Sheriff app, where users can see recent arrests and current inmates housed at the Randolph County Jail.
The app is a real access channel, not an optional extra. The OCV landing page for Randolph County Public Safety (IN) and the Google Play listing for Randolph County Sheriff IN support app access. The state also provides INjail Public Access for county-jail lookup, while sentenced state-prison custody belongs with the Indiana Department of Correction.
The county history image source is the official Randolph County history page.
County history connects court records to older courthouse files, genealogy research, marriage records, probate files, and clerk records that predate modern online search.
Randolph County Warrant Records
No official Randolph County active-warrant web list was located in the research. Warrant checks therefore rely on several channels: MyCase for related case events, the sheriff or jail phone line for law-enforcement questions, the Sheriff app for recent arrest clues, the clerk or court for bench-warrant and hearing issues, and counsel when arrest is possible. A website list should not be treated as the only path because no official local active-warrant search page was found.
Warrant records may involve arrest warrants, bench warrants, search warrants, fugitive or out-of-county warrants, and civil enforcement body attachments. Local bond rules in Randolph County include special holds for domestic-violence physical-force or deadly-weapon arrests and intoxication-related situations. For Level 6 felonies and misdemeanors, the Sheriff may accept a 10% cash deposit under Indiana Code 35-33-8-3.2 when the rule applies.
Randolph County Traffic Records
Most Randolph County traffic and infraction records are Superior Court records unless tied to a felony filing. MyCase can search by citation number, case number, party name, or attorney. Online payment appears only when the case shows a Make a Payment option. If the state ePay option is not available, the Randolph Clerk payment rules and PayGOV path may apply.
Indiana State Police traffic-ticket guidance says payments go to the county where the ticket was issued, not to ISP. For Randolph County tickets, that usually means Randolph Superior Court or the Clerk. Older city-court tickets may require extra care because Winchester City Court is abolished in Odyssey while Union City City Court remains a local identifier.
The Randolph County transportation image source is the official county transportation page.
Road access matters for traffic court records because county tickets, court dates, and payment questions all route back to the Winchester courthouse area.
Randolph County Family Probate Records
Marriage licenses are handled by the Randolph County Clerk. Applicants may begin at the Indiana courts marriage portal, then both applicants must appear at the Clerk's Office to finish issuance. Indiana residents pay the local resident fee and may marry anywhere in Indiana. Out-of-state residents must apply in the Indiana county where the marriage will occur. The license expires 60 days after issuance.
Divorce is a court record. The county divorce page says dissolution of marriage requires a court decree and that both Circuit and Superior Courts may conduct divorce proceedings. Probate matters, by contrast, are assigned to Randolph Circuit Court by local rule. That includes supervised estates, unsupervised estates, guardianships, trusts, adoption, and mental health filings, with adoption, mental health, juvenile, and some guardianship information restricted.
Federal Court Records
Federal cases from Randolph County are separate from Randolph County court records. Randolph County is served by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, with the Indianapolis courthouse listed for the county. Bankruptcy records are handled by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Federal district, bankruptcy, and appellate records use PACER, not the Randolph County Clerk.
The federal court location source is the Southern District of Indiana court locations page.
Federal records matter when a case is filed under federal law, bankruptcy law, or in federal custody, but they do not replace local Circuit and Superior Court files.
Randolph County Court History
Randolph County's official history says the Indiana General Assembly authorized the county in 1818 and that county government was organized in the cabin of Benjamin Cox. Winchester was platted the same year and has remained the county seat for nearly two centuries. That history is relevant to older court, marriage, probate, land, and genealogy records because many long-running record paths point back to local courthouse offices.
The Census source image comes from U.S. Census QuickFacts for Randolph County.
County profile data helps frame the rural court-access setting, including travel, local population, and the practical need to confirm courthouse visits in advance.
Randolph County Court FAQ
Is MyCase the official Randolph County court record?
No. MyCase is the public search path, but its terms warn that displayed data is not the official court record. Certified copies and official documents come from the court maintaining the case, usually through the Randolph County Clerk.
Which Randolph County court handles probate records?
Probate matters are assigned to Randolph Circuit Court by local rule. That includes supervised estates, unsupervised estates, guardianships, trusts, adoption, and mental health filings, though not every record is public.
Where are Randolph County current inmates listed?
The county says current inmates and recent arrests moved to the Randolph County Sheriff app. INjail Public Access is another official county-jail lookup path, and Indiana DOC handles state-prison searches.
Can traffic tickets be paid online?
Some tickets can be paid online when MyCase or ePay shows a Make a Payment option. Otherwise use Randolph Clerk and PayGOV instructions, and include the cause or case number.