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Vermillion Circuit Court Clerk Office

The Vermillion County Circuit Court Clerk is the unified clerk office for Vermillion Circuit Court records. The clerk page names Clerk Tami Corado Lowry and lists deputy clerks Kena Bowman, Sheyanne Edwards (LaMeau), and Tammy Steinbrenner, with Nedra Tilley for voter-registration staff. The office is the filing and copy channel for public court records when MyCase does not provide the needed document.

The Circuit Court page confirms the clerk's court role: all documents to be considered by Vermillion Circuit Court must be filed with the Vermillion Circuit Clerk. That makes the clerk the practical source for certified copies, older files, local-rule paper copies, probate letters, divorce decrees, and non-online documents.

The Vermillion court local rules notice says paper local rules are available in the clerk's office.

That notice reinforces the clerk's in-person role for records and court materials that are not fully handled online.

What the Clerk Does in Vermillion County

The clerk receives Circuit Court filings, maintains court records, collects filing and copy fees, issues certified copies, handles marriage licenses, and routes public-records requests for clerk-held files. MyCase is the public online search channel, but MyCase help says public documents not available as links should be requested from the clerk in the county hearing the case.

• File pleadings and papers for Vermillion Circuit Court.
• Provide copy and certification access for public court records.
• Issue marriage licenses and certified marriage copies.
• Handle small-claims and eviction filing fee guidance.
• Route public-records requests when the Clerk's Office is selected.

How to Request a Certified Copy

A certified copy is a clerk-issued copy with certification that it is a true court record. Certified divorce decrees, probate letters, judgments, and orders are often needed for legal, financial, title, or agency use. A MyCase screen is not the official court record.

1. Search MyCase first if the case number is not known.
2. Identify the document, party names, case number, approximate date, and whether certification is needed.
3. Contact the Vermillion County Circuit Court Clerk by phone, mail, in person, or county public-records request form.
4. Pay copy and certification fees when the clerk confirms the record and amount due.
5. Use the certified copy supplied by the clerk for official purposes.

Records Request Form Fields

The county public-records request form cites Indiana Code 5-14-3-3(a)(2), asks the requester to choose the office, and warns that a request must describe the record with specificity. For court copies, choose the Clerk's Office and give enough details for staff to locate the file.

Vermillion County Clerk Fees

The Vermillion fee schedule covers court filings, copies, certifications, service fees, and several case classes. The amounts below are the fee facts most relevant to clerk records, marriage, probate, civil filings, and small claims.

Common Clerk Forms

The clerk page links local court rules and a small-claims manual rather than a broad clerk form library. Small claims and eviction users should use the Indiana small-claims manual linked by the clerk and confirm local filing fees before filing. Marriage applicants should use the Indiana marriage application service and then appear at the clerk.

The Doxpop image assigned to the clerk page comes from Doxpop, which Vermillion County links for recorder document access, not Circuit Court case files.

This distinction prevents a common wrong turn: Doxpop is relevant to recorder documents, while MyCase and the Circuit Court Clerk are the court-record channels.

Mail and Online Filings

The clerk mailing address is P.O. Box 10, Newport, IN 47966-0010. Public case search starts in MyCase, while Indiana e-filing is a filing channel for new or active court cases rather than a records-copy channel. For in-person visits, plan around the clerk's 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. weekday hours and noon-to-1:00 p.m. lunch closure.

The Vermillion County Recorder page explains recorder access, Doxpop availability dates, e-recording vendors, and deed-copy warnings.

Use the recorder for land and recorder instruments, but use the Circuit Court Clerk for Circuit Court pleadings, orders, certified court copies, and marriage licensing.

Clerk Service Boundaries

The Vermillion County Circuit Court Clerk is not the right office for every county record. Sheriff and jail records route to the sheriff. Recorder instruments route to the recorder or Doxpop recorder access. Traffic tickets are the notable court-related exception because the clerk page says those tickets are processed by Clinton City Court. Choosing the right office on the public-records request form saves time.

For clerk records, the request should be narrow. A strong request names the case or parties, gives a case number if known, states the record type, gives a date range, and says whether a certified copy is needed. A weak request asking for all records about a person may be delayed because the county form warns that vague requests may not identify the record well enough for a response.

Small-claims and eviction users should also distinguish filing help from legal advice. The clerk can point to forms, fees, local rules, and filing channels. The clerk cannot act as a lawyer or decide whether a claim, defense, garnishment, or eviction filing is legally sound. The Indiana small-claims manual linked by the clerk explains the process in plain terms.

Marriage and Small Claims Work

Marriage licensing is one of the clerk's public-facing services. Vermillion requires both parties to appear, a driver license, proof of how a prior marriage ended, and the local license fee. The license expires in 60 days, and the clerk office does not perform ceremonies. Certified marriage copies are available for a separate fee.

Small claims and evictions are also tied to the clerk because filing fees and local forms route through the court system. Vermillion's fee schedule lists $97.00 for small claims up to $6,000 with one defendant, $10.00 for each additional defendant, and $125.00 when sheriff service is included. After judgment, additional post-judgment fees and sheriff-service fees may apply.

Online Search vs Official Record

MyCase is the best first search for public Vermillion Circuit Court case information, but it is not the official record. It may show the case summary, docket entries, hearing dates, status, parties, case type, and some linked documents. It may also omit public documents that have not been placed online, older material, and restricted information.

The official record comes from the court maintaining the record. For Vermillion Circuit Court, that means the Circuit Court Clerk. A requester who needs a certified copy, file-stamped document, probate letter, divorce decree, or judgment should not rely on a screenshot. The clerk copy is the record that carries official value.

When a record is not found, the cause is not always privacy. The case could be under a different name, an older cause number, a changed case number, a local court such as Clinton City Court, a recorder document, or a sheriff record. Start with the record type, then pick the office.

The clerk's lunch closure is a practical access detail, not a minor footnote. A person traveling from Clinton or another part of Vermillion County should plan requests around the noon-to-1:00 p.m. closure, courthouse holidays, and the need to pay copy fees before copies are released. Calling first is often faster when certification is needed.

Mail requests should use the clerk mailing address rather than the courthouse street address alone. In-person visitors should use the courthouse location on South Main Street and plan for free curbside parking around the courthouse.