Searching Warrick County Criminal Dockets
MyCase Indiana is the public route into nonconfidential Warrick County criminal dockets. Its Case, Name, and Attorney tabs pull Odyssey records. Those records cover Warrick Circuit Court, Superior Court 1, and Superior Court 2. An exact cause number works best. A citation number or cross reference can also pull up a criminal or infraction record. Working from a name alone? Enter the last name, pick Warrick County, and choose Criminal & Citation. First name, status, and file-date fields help trim a crowded result list.
- Open MyCase and read its public-record notice.
- Choose Case for a cause or citation number, or Name when no number is known.
- Select Warrick County and Criminal & Citation.
- Open the matching Case Summary and read the newest CCS entries.
- Ask the Warrick County Clerk for an official or certified record when needed.
A blank result screen does not mean no case exists. Retry with looser filters, another spelling, or the number without hyphens or leading zeroes. Expect CAPTCHA controls to appear at times. Confidential cases never show up there. For older material, missing documents, or a doubtful match, call the clerk at 812-897-6160, email clerk@warrickcounty.gov, or visit the public counter after confirming its current location.
Warrick Criminal CCS Technology
Warrick County maintains its CCS on Odyssey. All three county trial courts carry an official Odyssey go-live date of August 7, 2021. Reading is one thing; filing is another. Attorneys submit records through Indiana's certified electronic filing providers, while the public uses MyCase to view indexed case information. The Indiana e-filing schedule documents the statewide rollout.
That schedule covers filing rules, not public access, and it does not create a second Warrick criminal search. For the underlying case-management system, the Odyssey overview explains how the state runs it.
This setup is why entries appear by date and why the clerk's maintained file still controls.
Inside a Warrick County Criminal Docket
A Warrick County criminal docket shows the court, cause number, case type, filed date, status, and status date. Charge blocks may list a count, offense date, description, statute, level, original offense, and any later changes. Bond information can include the posted date, type, amount, number, and status. Filings, hearings, orders, payments, disposition events, and links to public documents all land in the CCS. The CCS holds the bulk of a case record.
| Cause number | 87C01-YYMM-CODE-###### for Circuit, with 87D01 and 87D02 for the Superior Courts. |
|---|---|
| Charge | Count, offense date, law, description, filed level, and modification. |
| Bond | Posted date, type, amount, number, status, and later changes. |
| Setting | Event date, session, judicial officer, result, comment, or cancellation. |
| Disposition | Court event and order history, read with all later entries. |
A document icon means a public file may be linked. No icon does not prove the filing is missing from the official record. Financial data carries a balance-as-of date and may lag behind. For a balance, judgment, or certified disposition, confirm with the clerk. The clerk's figure controls.
Warrick Criminal Case Assignment
Local Rule LR87-CR 2.2-9 gives Warrick County criminal dockets an unusual assignment pattern. The month of the offense, not the defendant's town, usually picks the court. Circuit Court takes January, April, July, and October. Superior Court 1 takes February, May, August, and November. Superior Court 2 takes March, June, September, and December.
When the offense date spans months or is missing, the rule calls for a random draw. That draw covers all three courts. A refiled case on the same facts goes back to its original court. An added charge tied to a pending case follows that case. Without a cause number in hand, a county-wide MyCase filter beats guessing.
How a Criminal Case Moves
Every phase adds a CCS entry rather than erasing what came before. The filing establishes the cause number and charge data. An initial hearing or arraignment can follow. Motions, notices, pretrial settings, plea events, trial activity, and orders then build out the Warrick criminal docket. A disposition records how a charge was resolved. Sentencing may sit in its own event or in a linked order.
Docket flow: Filing › Arraignment › Pretrial › Plea or Trial › Disposition › Sentencing
Treat that sequence as a reading aid, since no case contains every stage. A later entry can amend a charge, cancel a setting, or change bond. Read from the newest relevant entry backward. The Warrick County case lookup walks through the exact name and number fields.
Warrick Criminal Filing Context
Indiana's certified statistics offer scale without naming anyone. Warrick County logged 1,805 new criminal filings in 2024. The breakdown: 745 misdemeanors, 470 Level 6 felonies, 433 miscellaneous criminal matters, and smaller counts elsewhere. That is a filing count. It is not a tally of unique people, convictions, open cases, or pending Warrick criminal dockets. The ICOR dashboard lets you slice by county, court, year, and report.
ICOR reports aggregate activity and cannot find a named case or replace the CCS. The official Warrick criminal endpoint supplies the category data behind it.
The chart gives context only; for a specific record you still need MyCase or the clerk.
Courts That Hold Criminal Dockets
Three trial courts split the Warrick County criminal docket: Circuit Court, Superior Court 1, and Superior Court 2. Each one appears in the state directory and on MyCase. Circuit takes criminal cases alongside civil, juvenile, and probate work. Both Superior Courts hold general jurisdiction. County descriptions also point to misdemeanor and infraction divisions. A single Warrick County Clerk records filings and keeps the official record for all three courts. That makes the clerk the place for copies.
Boonville, Chandler, Newburgh, Lynnville, and Elberfeld have no separate court of their own. None appears in the state directory or the Odyssey menu. A city ordinance matter can still end up as a county case. So search the Warrick County court docket. Skip the hunt for a city docket that does not exist. Court offices set hearing schedules, while the clerk handles records and copies for everything.
Warrick Infraction Deferral Records
Infraction deferral is a prosecutor's program, not something you can filter for on MyCase. The clerk calls it voluntary and discretionary. It runs on a six-month clean-record period, and dismissal may follow once conditions are met. Public material gives no complete eligibility list, no current fee, and no universal deadline. Never assume a citation qualifies. The Warrick County Prosecutor posts the official program route.
Deferral review: the prosecutor decides who gets in, and case events plus any dismissal stay on the Warrick criminal docket.
Sealed Dockets and Public Access
Indiana Access to Court Records Rule 4 starts from a presumption of public access. That does not put every file online, though. Rule 5 carves out records made confidential by law or court order. Its reach is wide. It covers sealed material, personal identifiers, mental-health records, juvenile matters, and problem-solving-court supervision. Indiana's expungement law adds another limit. It can shrink what the public sees in a criminal record.
Key rules: Rule 4 states the access principle. Rule 5 defines exclusions. Rule 9 provides a verified-request path for certain confidential records.
Unsealing takes a verified filing. Rule 9 demands a showing tied to extraordinary circumstances or public interest, no significant harm, and no prejudice. The court may order notice and hold a hearing, and the clerk cannot waive a judge's confidentiality order.
Missing Warrick Criminal Cases
When a Warrick County case will not show up, work the basics first. Enter the exact cause or citation number, strip away extra filters, and search all Warrick courts. Then pick up the phone. Circuit is 812-897-6130. Superior 1 is 812-897-6140, its misdemeanor and infraction line is 812-897-6146, and Superior 2 is 812-897-6213.
Ask for the CCS and name the exact order or filing you need. A quick call or email can confirm availability and fees. In-person service starts at the clerk's counter. But the county posted a Judicial Center closure notice on July 24, 2026. Verify the current location before you drive over. Use mail or fax only after the clerk confirms the destination, payment, and delivery terms.
When you request, give the cause number, the court, the document title, and the CCS event date. Say whether you want a plain or certified copy. The county publishes no complete copy price. It posts no Warrick-specific web request form either, so settle cost and payment before sending anything. Keep this in mind. A general county-record request cannot override a seal, an expungement order, or a court access rule.
Older records may predate online coverage, and even a public case can appear without every document attached. A missing link is not proof. The order or judgment may still exist. Ask the clerk about the maintained file instead. A narrow request naming one document and its event date helps the clerk find the right item fast.