Search Hendricks County Records Online
The primary online access channel for Hendricks County court records is MyCase, Indiana's public search for courts using the Odyssey case-management system. The Indiana Judicial Branch Hendricks County page links users to MyCase as "Search court cases," and the county courts page links the same public access case search. MyCase covers public, non-confidential case information from most Indiana Odyssey courts, including Hendricks Circuit Court, Hendricks Superior Courts, and the town courts that appear in the court dropdown.
Local court references include the Hendricks County Courts page and the Indiana Judicial Branch Hendricks County page, both of which connect county users to court contacts, case search, and local-rule materials.
Indiana's Odyssey information page explains that Odyssey is the statewide case-management system selected for Indiana courts.
That statewide system is why a Hendricks search may include county trial courts and town courts in the same public search interface.
Use the online result as a public case-search copy, not as the official court record. The MyCase help material warns that displayed information can contain errors or omissions and that official records must come from the court maintaining the file. For Hendricks County, that official copy route is usually the Clerk of the Circuit and Superior Courts for Circuit and Superior Court files.
- Open MyCase.
- Choose the Case, Name, or Attorney search tab.
- Enter a case number, citation number, cross-reference number, person name, business name, or attorney information.
- Use the Court dropdown to narrow from all Odyssey courts to Hendricks County, Avon Town Court, Brownsburg Town Court, or Plainfield Town Court when the venue is known.
- Use sounds-like searching for possible spelling variations, then expand advanced options for open or closed case status and filing-date ranges.
- Complete any captcha prompt, then open the result to review the summary, parties, CCS entries, charges, bonds, financials, and public document links.
Hendricks County Search Fields
The strongest MyCase search uses a case number or citation number. Name searches work when the spelling is reliable, but common names and older entries may require the court filter, birth date, or sounds-like option. For Hendricks County court records, the court dropdown is especially important because the same county includes Circuit Court, five Superior Courts, and town courts in Avon, Brownsburg, and Plainfield.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes / Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case Number | Text | No | Best when the Indiana Odyssey case number is known. |
| Citation Number | Text | No | Useful for traffic tickets, infractions, and ordinance matters. |
| Cross Reference | Text | No | Can capture another agency or legacy number when present. |
| Last / First / Middle Name | Text | No | Use for person searches; add birth date or sounds-like search when needed. |
| Business Name | Text | No | Searches organization names in public case data. |
| Attorney Name or Bar Number | Text | No | Works from the Attorney tab for counsel-linked cases. |
| Court | Dropdown | No | Filter to Hendricks County, Avon, Brownsburg, or Plainfield where appropriate. |
| Status and Filing Dates | Dropdown / Date | No | Advanced options can narrow all, open, closed, and filing-date ranges. |
Hendricks County Record Types
Hendricks County court records are not one single file type. The Clerk of the Circuit and Superior Courts is the records office for county-level civil, criminal, estate, probate, guardianship, juvenile, paternity, and traffic-ticket records. Local rules then route different case types to Circuit Court, Superior Courts 1 through 5, magistrates, or town courts.
Indiana's Public Access to Court Records Handbook page gives statewide context for public access and privacy limits.
That public-access framework applies alongside Hendricks County's local routing rules and Clerk copy procedures.
- Civil records: civil plenary, tort, collection, foreclosure, small claims, evictions, tax deeds, judgments, garnishments, and miscellaneous civil matters.
- Criminal records: felony, misdemeanor, miscellaneous criminal, charging documents, CCS entries, pleas, dispositions, sentencing, bonds, warrants when shown, and financial obligations.
- Family records: divorce, paternity, reciprocal support, child support, grandparent visitation, custody, and parenting-time orders, with limits for minors and confidential information.
- Probate and guardianship records: estates, trusts, adult guardianships, minor guardianships, protective proceedings, inventories, accountings, orders, and letters.
- Traffic and ordinance records: infractions, ordinance violations, tickets, and some payment-eligible cases. OWI is treated as criminal, not ordinary traffic.
- Restricted categories: juvenile, adoption, mental-health, sealed, expunged, and protected-party information may be absent from public search results.
What Hendricks Court Records Show
A public MyCase result may contain a summary rather than every document in the file. It can still provide a detailed field inventory: case status, filing date, court, parties, attorneys, hearings, CCS events, charges, bonds, financials, and online documents when the document is public and available through MyCase.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Case Number | The Indiana Odyssey case identifier, with format varying by court, year, and case type. |
| Court and Judicial Officer | Hendricks Circuit, Superior 1 through 5, magistrate, or town court details when public. |
| Status | Open, closed, disposed, sealed, expunged, or other status indicators where available. |
| Parties and Roles | Plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, respondent, appellant, appellee, attorney, or other listed role. |
| CCS / Events | Chronological entries for filings, hearings, orders, judgments, dispositions, sentencing, violations, and payments. |
| Documents | Public online PDFs or images when linked; otherwise the Clerk is the copy source. |
| Charges and Bonds | Offense date, statute, degree, description, citation number, bond number, amount, and status date when present. |
| Financials | Amounts owed, credits, payments, balances, and payment buttons, subject to the MyCase warning about current balances. |
Hendricks County Access Channels
The online portal is only one route. A user who needs an official copy, a document not linked online, a current balance, or a record excluded from online public access should move to the maintaining office. For court files, that is the Clerk of the Circuit and Superior Courts. For incident reports, crash reports, body-camera video, photos, or sheriff case materials, the request goes to the Sheriff's Office under the public-records request process.
Indiana's court rules site includes the Rules on Access to Court Records and related statewide court-record rules.
Those rules explain why some Hendricks County documents are public, while others must be separated, redacted, or withheld from public viewing.
- County online portal: MyCase for Hendricks Circuit, Superior, and town-court case data.
- Different court level: select Avon, Brownsburg, or Plainfield Town Court for town-level matters when the local rules or citation point there.
- Statewide tools: Indiana public-record resources include MyCase plus separate tools for protection orders, marriage lookup, traffic citation services, DOC, BMV, and INjail.
- In person: Clerk of the Circuit and Superior Courts, 51 W Main St #104, Danville, IN 46122, Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
- By phone or fax: Clerk phone 317-745-9231 and fax 317-745-9306.
- Mobile app: the Hendricks County Clerk app advertises court-record search, marriage license, payments, jury duty, courtroom procedures, elections, voter registration, and tax warrants.
Indiana Public Access Rules
Indiana's Access to Public Records Act, IC 5-14-3, generally covers public agency records. Court records also operate under the Indiana Rules on Access to Court Records, court orders, and confidentiality statutes. In practice, a Hendricks police report or body-camera request is not the same channel as a divorce decree, criminal judgment, probate order, or court docket.
Indiana's excluded-records page identifies categories maintained under Access to Court Records Rule 10.
The exclusion list is one reason an online Hendricks County court record may show a case without exposing every filing or personal identifier.
Note: MyCase is a public-service copy. Certified copies, current balances, and official records come from the maintaining court or Clerk.
Restricted Hendricks County Records
Restricted court records include juvenile delinquency, CHINS, termination, some paternity records, adoption cases, mental-health matters, sealed cases, and expunged records. MyCase help distinguishes juvenile paternity access by filing date, and the research notes that older juvenile paternity files remain confidential even though later entries may sometimes be public unless excluded.
Indiana expungement is controlled by IC 35-38-9. Pending or denied expungement cases may appear in MyCase, while a granted expungement can remove the original case from public access depending on the relief. Hendricks County public pages should treat expungement as sealing or restriction from general public access unless the official source says otherwise.
Hendricks Clerk Record Requests
The county-specific copy route is the Clerk of the Circuit and Superior Courts. The Clerk page identifies Marjorie Pike as Clerk and says the office keeps county-level court cases, including civil, criminal, estate, probate, guardianship, juvenile, paternity, and traffic-ticket records. Sheriff Jack Sadler's office is the separate records route for law-enforcement materials. Visitors to the Hendricks County Courthouse should use the West Security Entrance. Superior Court 5 also has a no-cell-phone warning in the Clerk material.
The Apple App Store listing for the Hendricks County Clerk app advertises mobile access to court records and Clerk services.
The app is a convenience channel, but official copies and record questions still route to the Clerk when online information is incomplete.
The Google Play listing for the Hendricks County Clerk app presents the same Clerk service concept for Android users.
Mobile access does not override Indiana confidentiality rules or the Clerk's role as the official record source.
Clerk of the Circuit and Superior Courts
51 W Main St #104
Danville, IN 46122
317-745-9231
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.