Search Harrison County Court Dockets

Harrison County Court Docket Searches

Indiana MyCase is the official starting point for a public Harrison County court docket. Three search modes are offered: case, party, and attorney. Case mode wants a cause number, citation number, or cross-reference number. Party mode takes a business or last name first. First name, middle name, and birth date then narrow the results. Set the court filter, too, since Harrison County runs two current courts of record. A complete case number is the strongest key. Without one, type the exact name or citation from the source paper. Then add a filing-date range. Broad queries can return up to 1,000 Indiana results. Tight filters also keep unrelated cases out and stop repeated searches from triggering a captcha.

1. Open MyCase and choose case, party, or attorney mode.
2. Enter the best identifier and select Harrison Circuit or Superior when known.
3. Open the matching case and read the newest CCS entries.
4. Check the court, event, setting, document, and disposition fields.
5. Contact the court or clerk for an urgent date, missing item, or certified copy.

MyCase Fields for Harrison Dockets

The official search tips untangle look-alike numbers. A citation is not a cause number, and a cross-reference number may trace back to another agency. Case type, status, and file dates refine a query. A sounds-like option helps with tricky spellings, though it cannot be paired with a wildcard.

When the case type is unclear, search both Harrison County courts. The local allocation plan points the way. Even so, a judge may accept a filing in the other court, and older cases stay where they began.

Court Dockets: What They Show

Think of a Harrison County court docket as a timeline rather than the whole file. A CCS may list a complaint or an appearance. It can also show a motion, hearing, continuance, judgment, sentence, payment, and later order. An entry shows an event was recorded. That is all it shows. Allegations inside a pleading are not proven by the entry itself. Some entries link straight to public documents. Others take a request to the Harrison County Clerk.

MyCase money figures can run stale. A missing document link never means the filing vanished, because the Harrison County Clerk keeps the official court record.

Reading Harrison County Case Codes

An Indiana cause number encodes its first routing choice. Harrison is county number 31. 31C01 means Circuit Court; 31D01 means Superior Court. After that comes a year-month group, then the case type and a six-digit sequence. Common codes include CT for civil tort, DC for domestic relations, F6 for a Level 6 felony, IF for an infraction, SC for small claims, and EV for eviction.

CCS

The chronological case summary, Indiana's docket or register of actions.

Cause number

The full Indiana number assigned to a case.

Setting

A scheduled appearance or hearing, not always a trial.

Converted event

Data moved into Odyssey from an older system.

Disposition

The recorded outcome of a charge, claim, or case.

One legacy code still pops up. 31E01 belonged to the abolished Harrison County Court, so it may appear in archived history even though nothing is filed there today.

Harrison County Courts and Their Dockets

Under the January 1, 2026 caseload plan, most current Harrison County work splits between Circuit and Superior. Circuit carries the main civil, family, probate, guardianship, juvenile, protection-order, adoption, and expungement pools. Superior handles criminal, infraction, ordinance, small-claim, and eviction matters. One elected Harrison County Clerk serves both dockets.

Appeals normally land at the Indiana Court of Appeals. Federal Harrison County cases run through PACER and the Southern District of Indiana's New Albany Division, never the county clerk.

Harrison Dockets Went Digital in 2009

Harrison County's two active courts switched to Odyssey on December 14, 2009. That single date clears up a lot of confusion in an older case file. A newer docket may look full. An earlier one may show sparse or converted entries. The difference comes down to when the system arrived. The Odyssey court list shows 31C01 and 31D01 as current and 31E01 as abolished.

For anything else, try the Harrison judicial branch page. It gathers the local rules, MyCase, e-filing, and court statistics in one spot.

The county courts page routes visitors to each Harrison trial court. It also serves as an official checkpoint when a saved court link stops resolving.

Its division links help confirm which court owns the docket.

Court Dates and Settings in Harrison County

Harrison County posts no standalone searchable daily calendar. Open the case in MyCase instead and read the newest setting. Then check later CCS events that continue, reset, vacate, or complete it. A setting is not a judgment. A continuance is not a dismissal. When time is short, call the court listed on the docket. Circuit is 812-738-2191. Superior is 812-738-8141. The general clerk is 812-738-4289. A statewide stream may carry a live non-confidential hearing, but it keeps no archive. The Harrison County court schedule page walks through the full check and missed-date process.

When Harrison Court Dates Change

Local rules govern a continuance motion. It must state the date, the reason, the length of delay sought, and whether opposing counsel agrees. A request alone never touches the docket. The judge must act. The resulting order or new CCS entry controls the Harrison County court docket. Criminal jury-trial continuance requests generally face a 21-day deadline unless good cause supports a late filing.

After a missed setting, check the latest CCS. Ask whether a new date, a default, a warrant, or another order was entered, and never infer the next step from an old notice.

Docket Access Under Indiana Law

Indiana's Rules on Access to Court Records govern every Harrison County court docket. The public gets access by default. Even so, defined cases, records, and personal data stay excluded, and a public display may note an exclusion without exposing protected content.

Juvenile, adoption, protection-order, expunged, sealed, and other protected matters may appear limited or missing online. Rule 9 runs through the court, not around MyCase controls.

Harrison Public Links and Official Files

MyCase serves up case data and, for some matters, actual documents. What you can open depends on the case type and who you are. The document access matrix spells out the differences. An authorized party may see more. That extra view never turns a sealed item into a public one. The official local file stays with the Harrison County Clerk.

Numbers come from elsewhere. The trial-statistics portal tracks the courts' aggregate workload rather than any single case.

Those totals cannot answer for one case's current status. The statistics help page draws the line between official and provisional data.

That context prevents aggregate reports from being read as live dockets.

How the Clerk Keeps Docket Records

Debbie Dennison serves as Harrison County Clerk and wears several hats at once. She administers the court records and builds the permanent historical record. She also routes filed documents and reconciles the funds that move through the office. Want a plain or certified copy? Ask her staff which delivery methods they accept if an item is not linked online. Harrison County posts no general copy-fee table. Email or fax alone will not complete a request.

The county location list shows both destinations.

Use the case code to select the right court or clerk counter.

Harrison County E-Filing and Copies

Attorneys filing in Harrison County must work through the Indiana Statewide E-filing System. People without lawyers are welcome to use it too. A free state provider plus certified outside providers push filings into Odyssey. One caution: filing is not the same as public access. A document can land in the official file. Yet it may stay out of remote view for many users.

Requesting a copy works best with the right details. Supply the cause number, the court, the document title, and the filing date if you have it. Settle the fee and delivery method before any money leaves your hands. Transcripts belong to the court reporter. Local rules set $5 per page for an original transcript, $2.50 per copy page, a $45 minimum on small transcripts, and separate expedited rates.

Note: A MyCase printout helps for quick reference. But only the clerk can certify an official Harrison County court record.

Two Harrison Courts, One Clerk

Two courts split the work, and each sits in its own building. Circuit Court occupies the third floor at 300 North Capitol Avenue. Superior Court sits at the Justice Center, 1445 Gardner Lane NW, Suite 3018. Clerk counters sit at the courthouse and in Room 3126. Don't let the two addresses fool you. One Harrison County Clerk administers both sets of files. The locations do not create separate custodians.

The county prefix in a case number hints at where a matter is heard. A family or probate CCS usually means 31C01 and the courthouse. A criminal or traffic CCS usually means 31D01 and the Justice Center. A setting can move. Confirm on the newest order or by phone before you travel.

Harrison Traffic Dockets Use 31D01

Traffic infractions and ordinance violations land in Superior Court for the most part. Harrison County stopped taking online traffic payments. Phone payment through the Justice Center adds a 3 percent fee, while the counter takes cards, cash, money orders, and certified checks. Have the full name, birth date, cause number, and citation number ready before you call.

Do the lookup first. Search MyCase by citation, cause, cross-reference number, or name, then call about anything missing. Remember that the court file and the BMV driver record come from different custodians. The Harrison County traffic court page sticks to the citation CCS, the date, the disposition, and the clerk record.

Harrison Court Workload in Context

Indiana publishes quarterly statistics along with weighted caseload measures. The 2025 study put the need at 2.20 judicial officers against 2.00 available, for a 1.10 utilization rate. In 2024 the figures ran 2.44 needed against 2.00 available, or 1.22 utilization. Numbers like these gauge workload. They say nothing about delay in any single case.

For one case, trust the CCS and the court staff. County totals cannot predict when a hearing will occur.

City-by-City Court Dockets in Harrison County

All five of the largest incorporated places in Harrison County are towns on the 2020 Census list. The official directory lists no city or town court for any of them. So each local page maps the geographic route to Circuit or Superior rather than claiming a municipal docket exists.

Corydon holds the county seat. Residents of all five towns share the same MyCase, Harrison County court, and clerk channels.

Harrison County Jury Calendar Clues

Jury administration gives context, not a case calendar. Harrison Circuit draws its jury pool at least quarterly. It may tap that pool for petit or grand jury work. Superior draws a pool each year, or more often if needed. The Harrison County jury page covers parking, compensation, mileage, and service. It lists no case-by-case trial schedule.

A summons and a CCS do different jobs. Jurors should follow the summons and the clerk's instructions. Parties should follow the newest order and setting in their Harrison County court docket. When either paper looks stale, the assigned trial court is the sound place to confirm.

Map and Directions to the Harrison County Courthouse

Circuit Court files, the general Clerk's office, and the permanent historical record sit at the Harrison County Courthouse, 300 North Capitol Avenue, on the Corydon courthouse square, with Circuit Court on the third floor. Superior Court and the traffic clerk counter are a short drive away at the Justice Center, 1445 Gardner Lane NW. Both clerk locations keep the same weekday hours, so calling ahead confirms which building holds a given file.

Local rules bar firearms and explosive devices in or adjacent to the courthouse and Justice Center, and courtroom rules require cell phones and other electronic devices to be off. Public parking is around Courthouse Square and side streets subject to posted signs. The county publishes no general public-terminal guide, so calling the clerk before a visit is worthwhile.