Harrison County Criminal Docket Searches
Indiana MyCase is the main public search channel. It takes several entry points: case number, citation number, cross-reference number, party name, or attorney. Pick Harrison Superior Court, 31D01, first. The county's current plan puts the active criminal case pool there. A broad name search benefits from a first name. Date of birth, case type, status, or filing range help narrow it further. Expect a captcha sometimes. Note that a single search caps out at 1,000 results.
When the result is absent or muddled, call Superior Court at 812-738-8141. The Harrison County Clerk can be reached at 812-738-4289. The clerk also staffs the Justice Center counter. The address is 1445 Gardner Lane NW, Room 3126, Corydon. Published hours run 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. Indiana routes requests for public documents that are not online to the county clerk. Ask the office how to submit yours. No local mail form or terminal instructions are published.
- Choose a MyCase search mode.
- Select Harrison Superior Court 31D01.
- Enter the strongest known identifier.
- Read the newest CCS events.
- Ask the clerk for an official copy.
Why Harrison Cases Use 31D01
A plan effective January 1, 2026, routes Harrison Superior Court's way the heavy criminal work: murder, felony Levels 1 through 6, misdemeanors, miscellaneous criminal cases, and firearm-warrant matters. Older felony files carry labels like FA through FD, or CF. Cases already filed stay put. Probation revocation and post-conviction work follow the original case, so digging through history may mean visiting both courts.
Superior case numbers now start with 31D01. Circuit numbers start with 31C01. Then there is 31E01, the code of the abolished Harrison County Court. It still lives in archived Odyssey cases. When one filter comes up empty, try the other courts and the legacy code before concluding anything.
Criminal Dockets: What They Show
Indiana names the event list a chronological case summary, or CCS. A public Harrison criminal docket can show the court, filing date, case type, parties, counsel, charges, hearings, motions, pleas, judgment, disposition, and sentence events, with some public orders linked. One caution: MyCase is not the official court record, and balances shown there can lag.
| Case number | County, court, date group, type, and sequence, such as 31D01-YYMM-F6-######. |
|---|---|
| Charge | The filed classification, not proof of guilt. |
| CCS event | A dated filing, setting, order, plea, or judgment. |
| Setting | Hearing type, date, time, judge, and location when shown. |
| Disposition | The outcome, best checked against the signed final order. |
A motion only asks the court to act. A proposed order is not a signed ruling. Before assuming a date moved or a charge was resolved, read the newest entry and any linked order.
Harrison Criminal Codes Explained
Current felony levels run F1 through F6. The rest of the family: CM for misdemeanor, MC for miscellaneous criminal, MR for murder, and RF for a firearm-warrant matter. Older records may carry FA, FB, FC, FD, or CF. Keep in mind the code names the clerk's case family, not the counts, amendments, pleas, or results inside it.
- CCS
- Indiana's ordered list of case events.
- Converted event
- Older data moved into Odyssey, sometimes with less detail.
- Disposition
- The recorded resolution of a charge or case.
- Expungement
- A process that can restrict visibility after relief is granted.
Criminal Case Stages on the Docket
A CCS usually opens with a filing or charge, then tracks the initial appearance, bond terms, pretrial settings, motions, plea or trial, disposition, sentencing, and later activity. Cases skip steps, though. A dismissal can end one early, a setting can move, and post-conviction work can add events years later.
Docket flow: Filing › Initial Appearance › Bond › Pretrial › Plea or Trial › Disposition › Sentencing
When entries conflict, the newest signed order controls over an older setting. For a hearing close at hand, confirm the date directly with the court, above all when several CCS entries share it.
Harrison's 21-Day Criminal Rule
Harrison local rules set a hard plea deadline. A written, signed plea agreement is due no later than 21 days before trial. The state must state its final offer in open court. That comes about three weeks before a jury trial. A jury-trial continuance request is likewise due 21 days out unless good cause excuses the delay. That is why plea, continuance, and final-pretrial events tend to cluster at the same point in a CCS.
One quirk stands out. A Criminal Rule 4 speedy-trial motion needs personal delivery. Hand it to the judge or court reporter on its filing date. Anyone leaning on a deadline should confirm the filed record and current instructions rather than trust an old result page.
Harrison County Criminal Docket Courts
Superior Court at the Justice Center is the main current criminal court. The prosecutor does not keep the docket. Circuit Court handles post-conviction relief when the original case was pending there. Record and setting questions belong with the clerk or court.
The case number is the best tool. Use it for tracing older or post-conviction activity. The broader Harrison County docket search helps here. It walks through the statewide search fields. Need an unlinked document? Give the clerk the case number, event date, and the exact item.
When a Harrison Case Is Missing
A blank search proves nothing. Try alternate spellings, different statuses, a wider date range, both courts, the old codes, and 31E01. Several things can hide a case: a sealed warrant stage, an expungement, a protected case type, a conversion gap, or a delayed entry. The clerk can tell you whether the item is offline, sealed, expunged, confidential, or converted.
Verify the source. MyCase provides public access, but the Harrison County Clerk and court maintain the official record.
Indiana's Odyssey court list documents both current and abolished court codes, which is why getting the identifier right matters.
Access Rules for Criminal Dockets
Indiana Access Rule 5 shields certain material even in an open file. Treatment, medical, and substance-abuse records fall under it. So do some victim and witness data, plus problem-solving court supervision records. A Harrison County criminal docket can still show the charge, the setting, and the judgment without exposing any protected report. Redaction hides only the sensitive details. Sealing or exclusion goes further and limits access to the record itself.
Expungement can pull a case out of ordinary MyCase view. Juvenile, mental-health, protection, and sealed-warrant records each carry their own limits. Under Access Rule 9, a person can file a verified court request for an excluded record when circumstances are extraordinary. That is not routine docket search access. While the request sits pending, the record stays confidential. For the court itself, the official Superior Court page identifies the main local criminal court.
Harrison Bond Entries Need Context
Harrison County bond entries need context. The local rules publish a bond schedule, yet a warrant or a judge's order can override it. Categories shift by offense class. The schedule also accounts for no-bond or judge-set cases. Domestic-violence waiting periods, repeat arrests, and probation or parole holds are covered too. Remember, a general schedule is not the bond entered on a particular CCS entry for your case. Administrative Rule 8 supplies the statewide number and case-type framework for Harrison court records.
Verify Harrison Criminal Docket Details
A MyCase result makes a handy public reference. It is not a certified Harrison County criminal court docket. Sometimes a disposition, balance, sentence, or filing looks wrong or missing. Verify it with Superior Court or the Harrison County Clerk. Give staff the full cause number and the event date if you can. Those details separate your file from similar names. They also point staff to the exact CCS entry or document.
Older court records can hold surprises. Some show converted Odyssey events or the abolished 31E01 identifier. That clue calls for a clerk check. Do not guess the event was dismissed or removed. In every Harrison County case lookup, the signed order and the official clerk record control.