Boone County Civil Docket Searches
MyCase publishes the public subset of Boone Circuit, Superior I, and Superior II cases. Start with a cause number and check for a court identifier such as 06C01, 06D01, or 06D02. Without that number, search by a person's name or a business or organization name. Court, status, and filing-date filters reduce false matches. Exact spelling should come before wildcard or sounds-like searches.
A public user needs no account. Yet online access is not the whole record. Lisa Bruder, Boone County Clerk, keeps the CCS and county trial-court files at 212 Courthouse Square, Lebanon, Indiana 46052. The office lists 765-482-3510, lbruder@co.boone.in.us, and weekday hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. A request can be made at the counter, by mail, by phone, or by email. Call first before expecting a public terminal, since Boone has not posted its terminal hours.
- Choose MyCase Search by Case and enter one cause number, with or without its hyphens and leading zeroes.
- If the number is unknown, search a party or organization name and narrow the result to Boone County.
- Match the caption, party role, case type, filing date, court code, and status.
- Read service, filings, settings, rulings, judgment, and later satisfaction or appeal entries in order.
- Ask the clerk for the exact paper, date, and copy type when the online image is absent.
Three Boone Civil Filing Courts
Boone County civil dockets have a local venue choice that can trip up a search. The county permits many civil cases to be filed in Circuit, Superior I, or Superior II at the filing party's discretion. Exclusive assignments still control. A search limited to one court can therefore miss an ordinary civil case, while a subject reserved to one court should lead the search there first.
| Court | Code | Exclusive or notable civil work |
|---|---|---|
| Boone Circuit Court | 06C01 | Paternity, juvenile-related matters, title cases, and name changes |
| Boone Superior Court I | 06D01 | Estates, guardianships, probate matters, and adoptions |
| Boone Superior Court II | 06D02 | Small claims, including the EV case type under the current plan |
Ordinary civil jurisdiction exists in all three courts. The filing code and cause number are better guides than a guess based on the parties or claim amount.
Civil Dockets: What They Show
A Boone County civil docket is the CCS, an official chronological list of judicial events. It briefly identifies filings, orders, rulings, judgments, and public financial entries. The actual complaint, answer, exhibit, order, return of service, or transcript belongs to the broader case file. MyCase may publish selected documents, but e-filing does not make each filed image open online.
| Cause Number | The court code, filing year, civil case type, and sequence that identify one file |
|---|---|
| Caption and Roles | Plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, respondent, counsel, and any other public party role |
| Service Events | Summons, return of service, appearance, or another event showing how notice progressed |
| Filings and Rulings | Complaints, answers, motions, orders, mediation, settlement, dismissal, or transfer entries |
| Judgment Activity | Final judgment, public receivable, satisfaction or release, execution, and appeal events |
The CCS entry date is when the notation was made. It may not be the date the hearing occurred or the order was signed. Read the named event and any linked order before treating the date as the date of the underlying act.
Boone Small Claims Forms and Fees
Superior II is Boone County's exclusive small-claims court. The clerk's small-claims forms page links an ejectment-for-damages complaint, hearing order, and manual. Those forms help identify what may enter the docket, but a blank form is not proof that a case was filed or served.
The assigned official capture below shows the Boone County small-claims form index. It supplies a direct route to the complaint and hearing materials tied to this local docket.
The county fee page lists $87 for a small claim with one defendant, $10 for small-claims service, and $28 for sheriff service. It is marked effective July 1, 2021, so confirm current charges with the clerk before filing.
What Cases Fill the Civil Docket
Boone County civil dockets use Indiana case-type codes. The code narrows the kind of matter and can affect document access. Common public-facing families include collection, tort, eviction, foreclosure, and small claims. Probate, estate, family, paternity, adoption, and juvenile-linked matters follow special court assignments and often stricter access rules.
- CC and CT
- Civil collection and civil tort matters.
- EV and SC
- Eviction and small-claims case types assigned to Superior II under Boone's current plan.
- MF
- Mortgage foreclosure.
- EM, ES, and EU
- Estate and probate families assigned to Superior I.
- DC, DN, and DR
- Domestic-relations types whose public online document access is limited.
A code describes the filing family, not the outcome. The event list must still show service, any response, the court's orders, and final judgment.
Service Before Boone Civil Judgment
A summons entry does not by itself prove judgment. Read for the return of service, appearance, answer, default request, and the court's later order. Likewise, a motion is not a ruling, a proposed order is not always entered, and a setting is not an outcome. These distinctions matter most when a quick search shows one dramatic line without the events around it.
After judgment, continue through the Boone County civil docket. A public receivable is a financial assessment, not the judgment itself. Satisfaction, release, execution, or appeal entries may change what the earlier judgment means now. MyCase warns that financial information can be incomplete, so an official payoff or certified judgment belongs with the clerk.
When a transfer appears, check both the old and new cause-number history. A moved Boone County civil case can leave useful entries under more than one court reference, and the later court controls the next setting.
Note: Request a specific cause number, document, and approximate date instead of asking for every file tied to a name.
Hearings on the Civil Docket
A civil setting can be a status conference, motion hearing, mediation-related event, pretrial conference, trial, or compliance date. Read the latest CCS entry and any scheduling order. A reset or continuance moves the event, but the replacement date may appear only in a later line. Boone is not currently exposed as a participating court in the statewide Trial Court Calendars list, so an empty calendar result cannot cancel a CCS setting.
Confirm an uncertain date with the assigned court and give staff the cause number. Circuit is listed at 765-482-0530, Superior I at 765-482-0450, and Superior II at 765-482-6502. The fuller fallback process appears in the Boone County court schedule. Routine staff can confirm public schedule facts, but the Superior I guidance says they cannot give legal advice.
Boone Civil Costs Are Separate
Filing, service, and copies are different transactions. Boone's posted fee schedule lists an ordinary civil filing with one defendant at $157, dissolution or separation at $177, paternity at $196, estate, trust, or guardianship at $177, and adoption at $157. Extra defendants add $10 each when not e-filed. These figures come from a page effective July 1, 2021 and need current clerk confirmation.
The assigned county capture shows the source table that separates civil filing and copy charges.
That source also lists certified pleadings at $3 plus $1 per page, ordinary copies at ten cents per page, and orders at $1 per page. A public MyCase view remains free, but it is not a certified copy.
Boone Civil Record Request Choices
The county's APRA form asks for a specific record and lets a requester choose inspection or a copy, with mail or PDF email delivery if possible. Copy fees may be due in advance. For a court filing or certified judgment, the clerk's direct case-file route is more precise. APRA does not bypass an Indiana court-record restriction.
Who Can See Civil Dockets
Indiana court records are presumed open unless a law, rule, or order excludes them. Boone civil access depends on both the case type and the document. Adoption has no general public access. Domestic-relations cases lack public online document access and may offer limited non-confidential counter access. Juvenile, protection-order, mental-health, sealed, and other sensitive records can be restricted. A visible case shell does not make every attachment public.
Indiana access framework:
Access to Court Records Rule 4 states the presumption of access.
Access to Court Records Rule 9 addresses requests for excluded records.
Trial Rule 77 defines the CCS, case file, orders, indexes, judgment docket, and receivables.
For a missing public paper, ask the Boone County Clerk about inspection or a plain or certified copy. Boone's APRA form also permits a specific public-record request for inspection, paid copy, mail, or PDF email if possible, but APRA does not override court-record exclusions. The court's access rule still controls.