Search Montgomery County Court Dockets

Searching the Montgomery County Court Docket

Start your Montgomery County court docket search with the free Indiana MyCase public search. It is the main online tool for Odyssey cases. It lets you look up a matter by case number, citation number, party, or attorney. You can narrow results by court, case status, or filing date. Pick Montgomery Circuit, Montgomery Superior 1, or Montgomery Superior 2 carefully. That way the docket you pull is the right one.

1. Select Case, Name, or Attorney mode.
2. Enter the strongest known value, preferably the complete number.
3. Narrow the search to a Montgomery court and date range.
4. Match the caption, case type, court, and filing date.
5. Open the Chronological Case Summary and save the full number.

Number searches can be forgiving. MyCase sometimes accepts omitted hyphens or leading zeroes. Adding a birth date helps narrow a name query, though that detail is never displayed to the public. Broad searches cut off at 1,000 results, so if your docket search stalls, add a court or a date range before concluding the case is missing.

Montgomery County Docket Search in MyCase

MyCase gives you three ways to search the Montgomery County docket. Case mode takes a case number, citation number, or cross-reference. Name mode works from a last name or business name. First and middle names are optional there. Attorney mode runs on a bar number or name. Before you treat a result as a match, confirm the Montgomery court code against the full entry.

For broader context on the system, the Indiana Odyssey courts list shows which courts run on Odyssey. It also shows how Montgomery fits in.

That official list carries the three active Montgomery codes and flags former courts as abolished. It comes in handy when an old paper names a court that no longer operates.

Inside a Montgomery County Court Docket

Indiana's docket event list goes by the name Chronological Case Summary, or CCS. Every pleading, hearing, order, transfer, and disposition lands on it in date order. Some CCS entries link to a public document. Others show no link at all. That absence proves nothing. The filing may be in-person-only, excluded, sealed, or simply not digitized.

Watch the key words on the CCS. "Filed" only means a submission entered the record, not that a judge approved anything. "Disposed" marks a result, though later events can still follow. When an entry says "Continued," a setting moved by order. The order itself tells you the exact effect.

Montgomery County Docket Codes

Under Administrative Rule 8, a case number works as a routing tool. Montgomery is county 54, so Circuit cases carry 54C01. Superior Court 1 uses 54D01, and Superior Court 2 uses 54D02. A number like 54D02-2608-IF-000123 shows the infraction format, though it is synthetic, not a real case.

54C01

Montgomery Circuit Court.

54D01

Montgomery Superior Court 1.

54D02

Montgomery Superior Court 2.

IF and OV

Infraction and ordinance cases.

F1 through F6

Felony-level case codes.

SC

Small claims.

Cases can move between courts by order. When they do, trust the code on the live docket, not a guess based on the charge.

Courts That Keep Dockets in Montgomery County

A single Clerk keeps the records for all three active courts, working from 100 E Main Street in Crawfordsville. The Indiana court directory names each court and its judge.

Local rules allow reassignment, and joined criminal charges usually follow the highest felony. The case caption, the code, and any transfer entry are what control.

Three Montgomery County Docket Courts

Montgomery sits in Indiana Judicial District 11 alongside Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, and Warren Counties. That grouping is administrative only. It does not create a shared docket. A Montgomery case keeps its own county and court number. Only a transfer or an appeal produces another record.

The Indiana judicial districts page lays out how these districts are organized across the state.

District organization stays separate from the county file itself. Most appeals go to the Court of Appeals of Indiana, with transfer possible to the Indiana Supreme Court.

How to Find Court Dates and Settings

A court date can surface in MyCase, Doxpop, a court order, or court information. Administrative Rule 9 calls for public daily calendars to identify the case, caption, date, time, and location. Those listings are subject to access limits. Remember what a calendar actually tells you. It shows what was scheduled, not proof the event took place.

1. Match the full number and assigned court.
2. Check the newest CCS event and order.
3. Compare Doxpop if needed.
4. Call the court when dates conflict.
5. Review the CCS after the setting.

Continuance requests must be in writing under the local rules. The general lead times run five days before a court hearing and ten before a jury trial, excluding weekends and holidays. Good cause can excuse the timing. No date shifts until the court orders it. For a fuller walkthrough of the fields, see the Montgomery County court dates page.

Montgomery Docket Settings Are Not Orders

A scheduled event and a ruling are two different facts. "Pretrial conference" names a setting, not a plea or a judgment. A reset only moves the event; it never dismisses the case.

No official source promises a fixed online refresh time or remote links in every calendar. For live details, check with the assigned court.

Public Access to Court Dockets

Access Rule 4 starts from a presumption of public access. Other rules carve out the exceptions. Rule 5 protects sealed records. It also covers many juvenile and adoption cases, medical or treatment data, identifiers, and sensitive family records. So a public CCS can stay visible even while a document stays withheld.

The official Access Rule 4 text sets out these provisions in full.

Nothing in the rule authorizes disclosure of excluded files. A blank result, likewise, cannot prove a case never existed. Rule 9 offers a formal request route that can involve verification, an order, and a hearing.

Montgomery Docket Access Under Indiana Law

Indiana's Access to Public Records Act lives in Title 5, Article 14. Court files also answer to Supreme Court access rules. An APRA request cannot override Rule 5 or a sealing order. Need a CCS, a filing, an order, a transcript, an exhibit, or a certified copy? Use the court process.

The official Indiana public-records law contains the statute itself.

The framework keeps court records open while preserving legal limits. Never infer protected facts from a missing result, and never reproduce redacted data.

Docket Records at the Clerk's Office

Sondra Dittmer Sixberry, Clerk of the Circuit Court, holds the docket records for the county. You will find the office in Room 102. The address is 100 E Main Street, Crawfordsville, Indiana 47933. Hours run 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Legal holidays are excluded. Call 765-364-6430, or fax 765-364-6355.

When you contact the office, give the court, the case number, the caption, the document, and the entry date. Say whether you want inspection, a plain copy, a certified copy, a transcript, or an exhibit. The Clerk explains procedure but cannot give legal advice.

Montgomery Docket Help in Room 102

The official Montgomery County Clerk page is pictured below.

Official copies start at the right counter. The County Government Center and the Justice Center are not the routine spot for Montgomery County docket work.

Online, in-person, and phone access all work. Past that, less is settled. The county makes no promise that fax, email, mail, or a drop box accepts copy requests, and it offers no free lobby terminal. Ask about submission, ID, fees, payment, turnaround, terminal use, and delivery before you rely on any one channel.

Montgomery County Court Dockets by City

Montgomery County's five largest incorporated places are Crawfordsville, Ladoga, Waynetown, Linden, and Darlington. None runs a municipal court today. The Odyssey directory lists no city court for any of the five. The old codes trip people up. Crawfordsville City Court 54H01 and former County Court 54E01 are both abolished. City ordinance matters filed in court now move through the county system. These often land in Superior Court 2.

Where it happened does not pick the court. The live number, code, and orders control.

No Montgomery City Court Docket

Those abolished codes are why a present-day city-court search comes up empty. Each town keeps municipal offices. None certifies the Montgomery County court docket. The documented routes are MyCase, Doxpop, the county Clerk, and ePay for eligible tickets.

Town document centers may post ordinances or minutes. Once a violation becomes an IF or OV case, the county number and CCS track it, normally in Superior Court 2 subject to the record and any transfer orders.

Montgomery Dockets from Courthouse to Odyssey

Montgomery County mixes old stone with new software. The courthouse dates to 1876. Its renovation wrapped up in 2025. That work moved the Clerk to the first floor for easier access. Active courts now run on Odyssey and MyCase. The building remains the destination for official records even when a docket search starts online.

New tools did not blur one line. A search display is not the official file. MyCase exposes the nonconfidential case summary and some documents. The Clerk and the court keep the source record. Older material may need an archive check. A scan can carry a different access class from the docket entry that describes it. Anyone working across decades should note the court name, number format, and source date. An abolished code or later transfer can otherwise blur two records.

The county's revised local civil and criminal rules took effect January 1, 2026. They cover assignment, continuance timing, bond terms, jury procedures, exhibit retention, transfers, and specialty fees. A summary built on older rules can send you to the wrong court. Check the current caption and local rule first. State access-rule changes take effect in 2026. That makes the current Rule 4, Rule 5, and Rule 9 text more useful than an aging secondary summary.

For aggregate context, the Indiana Court Online Reports site posts statewide court activity figures through ICOR.

ICOR reports court activity, not party-level cases. It cannot replace MyCase or the Clerk. Reporting years may be provisional or final, so cite the year and status with any total. County totals can reveal workload trends, but they will not show a party's case, hearing date, filing, or outcome.

Verify a Montgomery County Docket

Follow a clean chain. Search MyCase, save the case number, compare the court and CCS, then contact the Clerk for the official record. Doxpop helps with hearings. ePay finds some eligible tickets. Neither is a certified file. A broad name search works better once you add the Montgomery court, case status, and a filing-date range one field at a time. With a known number, keep every group, because county, court, year-month, type, and sequence each help distinguish the record.

A blank screen has many causes. A new entry may not be visible yet. An older file may sit undigitized. Some documents are public at the counter but blocked from remote access, and juvenile, adoption, sealed, expunged, protective-order, medical, or treatment records can be restricted by rule. Ask the Clerk which access class applies rather than guessing from an empty result.

Know the document's title and entry date. Ask whether it sits online, in-person-only, archived, sealed, or restricted. Current copy and certification costs are not posted with certainty, and the county filing-fee page is marked effective July 2013. Confirm costs before ordering. A plain copy, certified copy, CCS, judgment, transcript, and exhibit are separate requests. The Clerk may hold the filing, while the assigned court or reporter directs transcript and exhibit access.

Phone and counter contacts serve different needs. Call the assigned court about a current setting, a courtroom, or a conflicting date. Call the Clerk about the official docket, a document's location, copies, or certification. Before mailing or faxing a request, confirm the channel is accepted and ask about identification, payment, postage, and processing time. Never send protected identifiers or medical and financial details through an unconfirmed method.

Check the CCS after every hearing. Compare the scheduled event with the later entry. A setting proves nothing took place. A payment line alone may not explain the disposition. The entered order is the better source for what the court decided. When two portals disagree, keep screenshots or notes for yourself, then ask the originating court or Clerk to resolve the difference.

Map and Directions to the Montgomery County Courthouse

Circuit Court, Superior Court 1, and Superior Court 2 all sit at the Montgomery County Courthouse, 100 East Main Street in downtown Crawfordsville. The county's 2025 State of the County reports completing a renovation of the roughly 150-year-old courthouse and relocating the Clerk's office to the first floor, Room 102, to improve accessibility. Because the renovation could change entrances or counter locations, confirm current visitor routing with the Clerk before traveling.

No official page located for this research gives a complete security-screening, public-terminal, parking, elevator, or ADA entry checklist for docket visitors, so call the Clerk at 765-364-6430 to confirm current access before an in-person visit.