Getting Cass County Court Records
MyCase is the first stop for a public CCS with linked documents. Not everything shows up there. Older Cass County court records can run thin online too. Is a document missing? Do you need an official copy? Did the record predate the web? Then contact Destry Richey, Cass County Clerk. The office sits at 200 Court Park, Room 407, Logansport, IN 46947. Phone (574) 753-7740. Weekday hours run from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Find the court and case number through MyCase.
- Name the exact filing, order, judgment, or date range.
- Choose a plain or certified copy.
- Call before mailing or faxing because no general court-copy procedure was published.
- Ask the court reporter, not the Clerk, for a transcript.
Start with the Clerk. The Indiana court-record request page says exactly that: every request begins with the Clerk who maintains the court file.
You can reach the Clerk in person or by phone. The office publishes no court-copy email, dropbox, self-service terminal schedule, or fixed mail routine. Ask which delivery and payment route staff accept before sending anything.
The Cass Clerk Serves Three Courts
One elected Clerk serves all three Cass courts. Cass Circuit Court, Superior Court I, and Superior Court II all keep their records in the same office. The staff accepts new case filings. It records judgments and orders, receives court money, and issues certified copies. Probate material and appeal records are preserved there as well. Staff assignments help route questions. Ask for criminal and child support, civil and child support, juvenile and estates, or bookkeeping and appeals.
Cass County Clerk
Destry Richey
200 Court Park, Room 407
Logansport, IN 46947
(574) 753-7740
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
The Clerk has no judicial authority. Staff can locate and copy a record, but they cannot change an order, interpret a ruling, or grant access the law bars.
Court Record Types
The CCS is a chronology, not the whole file. Behind those entries, a Cass case file may hold initiating pleadings, service papers, answers, motions, exhibits, notices, orders, judgments, sentencing papers, bonds, appeal material, probate instruments, and reporter certificates. What you can get depends on case type and access status.
- CCS: the date-ordered Odyssey event history.
- RJO: the Clerk's Record of Judgments and Orders.
- Judgment docket: the Clerk-maintained judgment record.
- Case file: documents behind the docket entries.
- Transcript: the reporter's record of spoken proceedings.
A public document link can save you a trip. But an unlinked CCS line may still match a document sitting in the official file.
Cass Copy Requests Need Precision
The Clerk offers no dedicated online court-copy form. So build the request yourself. Name the court, the complete cause number, the document title or date range, plain or certified status, your preferred delivery, and callback information. Requests are handled first-come and may face a backlog, so precision pays.
| Court | Circuit, Superior I, or Superior II |
|---|---|
| Case number | Include the 09C01, 09D01, or 09D02 court segment |
| Record | Name the motion, order, judgment, CCS, or date range |
| Copy status | Plain or Clerk-certified |
| Delivery | Confirm available pickup or sending method |
| Contact | Provide a way for staff to clarify scope and cost |
No fixed turnaround is published. A narrow request avoids clarification calls and spares staff from guessing which document you want.
Inside a Cass County Court Record
Record contents vary by matter. A public civil file might hold a complaint, summons, answer, motions, settings, and judgment. A public criminal file might include charging entries, hearing notices, motions, orders, disposition material, and financial entries. Probate and juvenile records look different and carry stronger restrictions.
| Case header | Court, cause number, type, filed date, and status |
|---|---|
| Parties and counsel | Public names, roles, and attorneys of record |
| Filings | Pleadings, motions, notices, and service events |
| Court action | Settings, orders, judgments, and dispositions |
| Money | Costs or balances where publicly shown |
| Documents | Images available only when remote access permits |
MyCase warns that its financial display may not be current. Confirm a live balance with the Clerk rather than trusting a cached figure.
Cass Record Terms in Plain Words
Four labels describe separate layers of one Cass case, and mixing them up invites the wrong request.
- Chronological Case Summary
- The electronic, date-ordered list of case events.
- Record of Judgments and Orders
- The Clerk's maintained record of judicial judgments and orders.
- Certified copy
- A reproduction authenticated by the Clerk.
- Transcript
- A written record prepared through the court reporter from spoken proceedings.
Ask for the CCS when the chronology is enough. When the actual filing or order is what you need, name it, and go to the reporter for testimony or hearing dialogue.
Fees and Certified Copies
Cass publishes its local copy and certification amounts. Payment options include cash, credit cards, certified checks, and cashier's checks. Personal checks are not accepted. Get a quote when the page count is unknown.
| Record or service | Published amount |
|---|---|
| Plain copy | $0.25 per page |
| Certified copy | $3.00 certification, plus pages as applicable |
| Certified marriage copy | $3.25 |
| Clerk Support Fee, docket fees | $55 |
| Reporter transcript | Local rule cap of $5 per page; request a quote |
| Search or exemplification fee | No amount located in official sources |
Online case payment is separate from document access. A payment receipt does not produce a certified filing, and paying does not turn MyCase into the official file.
Cass Transcripts Use Another Custodian
Indiana request guidance routes transcripts to the court reporter. The Clerk may hold reporter certificates or appeal records. Printing the CCS, though, gives no word-for-word account of a hearing.
| Need | Correct starting point |
|---|---|
| Docket chronology | MyCase or Cass Clerk |
| Filed motion or order | Cass Clerk |
| Certified document | Cass Clerk |
| Spoken proceeding transcript | Court reporter for the assigned court |
Give the reporter the court, case number, hearing date, and type of proceeding. A quote may hinge on transcript length and timing.
Sealed Records and Public Access
Indiana Access Rule 4 establishes the general public-access rule.
The rule does not put every document online. Access Rule 5 lists the excluded categories.
Juvenile, mental-health, sealed, expunged, and protection-order material often carries limits. The court may acknowledge an excluded record without disclosing its protected content.
Access is layered: remote public access can be narrower than courthouse access, and neither route overrides a statute, rule, or sealing order.
Rule 9 Requests in Cass
Access Rule 9 supplies a verified-request procedure for excluded records in qualifying circumstances.
Getting a court to unseal or restrict something takes more than a copy slip. The judge may want notice to the other side, written responses, and a hearing. You also have to make a clear-and-convincing showing before any written order issues. A routine request to the Cass County Clerk is not the same thing. Filing one does not promise you access.
Agencies hold some records. For those, Indiana Code 5-14-3, the Access to Public Records Act, does much of the work. Court files are different. They answer to the court-record rules and to their own custodian. The Public Access Counselor can explain public-access law. That office cannot force a court to hand over a record.
County Form Is Not Court Access
Cass County publishes a general public-information request page. It offers an Adobe form, plus email or Auditor counter submission. Custody controls the route. A county document held by the Auditor may fit that channel. A pleading, CCS, judgment, or certified order belongs with the Clerk. A transcript belongs with the reporter.
That form belongs to county-agency records, not the courtroom. A court file needs a request to the Cass Clerk. A transcript needs the court reporter. The online form never spells out court-copy fees, timing, or delivery rules. Treat it as the wrong door for those items.
What if a MyCase link to a document is missing? Write down the case number and the exact CCS entry, then call the Clerk. Sending a court request to the Auditor wastes days. A gap online does not mean the paper file lacks the document.
One more caution before you plan around a deadline. Released copies may need redaction first. Redaction strips protected details but leaves the releasable material intact. The first-come backlog also means no same-day promise is sound. Ask about cost, method, and timing up front.