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Rush County Clerk Office

Rush County has one unified clerk for Circuit Court and Superior Court records. The official county title is Clerk of the Circuit and Superior Courts, and the current clerk listed by Rush County is Jenny Sammons. The office is a constitutional office elected countywide for a four-year term, with the county page stating that the clerk is prohibited from serving more than eight years in a twelve-year period. In daily use, the office is also called the County Clerk.

The clerk administers official court records for all court cases with jurisdiction in Rush County, prepares permanent historical court records, processes and issues court documents, collects and distributes case money, registers bail agents, records judgments, administers elections and voter registration, performs marriage ceremonies, processes marriage applications, and issues marriage licenses. The clerk page is the local source for court forms, filing rules, payment links, marriage records, traffic payments, and local rules.

The official Rush County Clerk page is the primary local source for clerk services, court records, filing notices, forms, payments, marriage licensing, and local rules.

The clerk page ties together MyCase lookup, no-email filing rules, payment links, and the court-record categories kept in Room 209.

Rush County Clerk Records Kept

The clerk's record scope is broad because Rush County has a unified clerk. Criminal records include felonies, misdemeanors, miscellaneous criminal matters, arrest warrants, bond changes, release and forfeiture forms, bondsman ordered-to-produce notices, and transport orders. Traffic records include infractions, local ordinance violations, and exempted ordinance violations. Civil records include tort, civil plenary, protective orders, miscellaneous civil, reciprocal support, small claims, garnishments, proceedings supplemental, writs, body attachments, contempt citations, and orders to appear.

Family and probate work also runs through the clerk. Domestic relations, divorce, legal separation, child support, paternity, mental health, adoption, supervised and unsupervised estates, guardianships, trusts, CHINS, juvenile delinquency, juvenile status, juvenile miscellaneous, juvenile paternity, wills, inventories, final reports, and estate publications all appear in the clerk's described record universe. Some of those records are public, some are partly redacted, and some are confidential under Indiana court-access rules.

• Public online case lookup uses MyCase, not a county-built search portal.
• Certified court records, divorce decrees, marriage records, wills, and estate documents come from the clerk.
• Older court records and non-linked documents should be checked with Room 209.
• Official balances should be verified with the clerk, even if MyCase shows financial entries.
• Judicial Branch agency-record requests use state OJA forms, but county case documents route to the clerk or court reporter.

Request Rush County Certified Copies

Certified copies are needed when a record must be accepted as an official court document. Rush County users should not treat MyCase downloads as certified records. Indiana public-record guidance says certified marriage-license copies and certified divorce decrees must be requested from the clerk in the county where the marriage or divorce was issued. The same local clerk fallback applies to certified case documents, wills, estate papers, and official court copies.

1. Search MyCase first, when the matter is public, to find the cause number, court, case title, filing year, and document name.
2. Contact the Clerk of the Circuit and Superior Courts in Room 209 by counter, phone, mail, or fax as appropriate.
3. Give the case number if known, party names, record type, document title, copy type, and a return contact or mailing address.
4. Ask the clerk to confirm copy cost, certification availability, processing time, and whether the record is public or restricted.
5. For filings rather than copy requests, use an allowed filing channel and do not email the clerk or either court.

Rush County Clerk Filing Rules

The clerk has a strict local filing notice. Rush County Clerk's Office does not accept emailed filings. Self-represented parties must file in person at the clerk's office, by fax at 765-932-4165, by U.S. Mail, or through the state e-file system. The 2026 local rules repeat that pro se litigants may file through the State e-filing system, in person, or by facsimile, but may not file documents by emailing the clerk, Circuit Court, or Superior Court.

Fax filing is narrow. It is only for pro se litigants. The fax cover sheet must include the document title, case number, number of pages, sending party identity and voice telephone number, and filing instructions. Fax filings must not exceed ten pages including the cover sheet, must not require fee payment, and the original must be sent or delivered to the clerk as soon as practicable.

Rush County Clerk Payments

The clerk payment page uses PayGov and related links for traffic violations, small claims, child support, restitution, and criminal court costs and fines. Rush traffic and small-claims payments require a cause number, and traffic violations also require the exact dollar amount. The clerk FAQ states that personal checks are not accepted for criminal or traffic cases. Users should confirm official balances with the clerk because online financial entries may not be the final amount due.

Problem-solving court fees are in the local rules rather than the clerk payment page: a $100 Drug Court administration fee and a $50 monthly user fee beginning with the second month may apply to Addictions Intervention Court participants.

Rush County Clerk Forms

The clerk's form library is strongest for small claims and evictions, but it also links broader court forms. General forms include Order to Guardians, Options for Completion of Required Divorcing Parents Program, Motion for Continuance and Order, Motion to Dismiss, and additional court forms through Indiana Legal Help. Small-claims and eviction forms include self-represented appearance forms, business-entity information sheets, eviction forms, Statement of Claim, agreed judgment, wage assignment, CCS entry, default judgment, continuance motions, lost title, garnishment, writ of attachment, proceedings supplemental, rule to show cause, and the small-claims manual.

For a form that starts a new case, the filing channel still matters. A form can be correct but still be rejected if submitted by email or faxed outside the local fax rule. The safer approach is to pair the form with the clerk's current filing instructions, fee requirements, and case-number rules.

Rush County Marriage and Elections

The clerk processes marriage applications, issues marriage licenses, performs marriage ceremonies, and supplies certified marriage-license copies. Indiana's marriage guidance says certified copies of marriage licenses and divorce decrees must come from the clerk in the county where the record was issued. Date information may be searchable online through statewide tools, but certified Rush County records come from Room 209.

The clerk also administers elections and voter registration. The phone directory lists April Hatfield as bookkeeper and Angela Buckley as election deputy, while the clerk page places election duties within the constitutional office. Those duties are separate from court-record access, but they explain why the clerk's office handles more than case files.

Rush County Judgment Docket and CCS

The clerk records judgments, including state income and unemployment tax warrants, public-official bonds, and miscellaneous records. The Judgment Docket is used by abstract companies to show liens against real estate and by credit companies for searches. That is separate from, but related to, the CCS. The chronological case summary tracks court events in a case, while the Judgment Docket helps locate recorded judgment and lien information.

Rush County Court Services is not the clerk's office, but it is tied to court records through probation, community corrections, Addictions Intervention Court, pretrial release, and electronic monitoring.

Those supervision programs can create docket entries, fees, and court orders that are later maintained in the court record.