Civil Court Records Help Text
If you have questions about the service or if you encounter any technical difficulty using the service, please contact CivicNet. Please telephone our office at 317.233.2010 (Indpls) or 800.236.5446 during our business hours of 8:00am - 5:00pm weekdays.
The online Civil Court services are available 24 hours per day. The information and records supplied are in "real time". In other words, the online access will retrieve exactly what is available in the Marion County Clerk's Office database at that moment in time based upon your search criteria.
The Marion County Civil Court database was established in 1991. All civil court cases which occurred from 1991 to the present can be obtained through CivicNet. Cases which occurred before 1991 will only be available through the service if there has been activity on the case since 1991.
There is no charge to conduct a name search. There is a $5.00 fee for each Civil Case Summary you select to view. There is a $3.00 fee for each Judgment Financial Activity you select to view.
If there is no information available for the specific Case Summary or Judgment Financial Activity record you select, there is no charge.
Civil Case Name Search:
The Civil Case Name Search identifies both plaintiff and defendant in Marion County Civil Court proceedings. You may conduct a search by individual name, business name, or cause number. There is no charge for this service.
The Civil Case Summary provides a synopsis of the case. It includes the case type, attorney details, motions, and disposition (court verdict). There is a $5.00 charge for each case summary you select.
The Judgment Financial Activity record provides data about the disposition (court verdict), the financial details, and the payments rendered (account balance). There is a $3.00 charge for each Judgment Financial Activity record you select.
Definitions:
Against/For - The "For" and "Against" parties may or may not be the same as the parties in the original civil suit.
| CV | Converted* |
| D | Disposed/Dismissed |
| E | Expunged |
| O | Open |
| RD | Re-Docket |
| VC | Void Case |
*CV: The most common reason for "converted" is the case was started before the current computer system was established. Later, when the computer system was installed, all the paper-based court cases were "converted into electronic format" (ie entered into the computer). A much less common reason for "converted" occurs when one court case is combined or consolidated into another court case.
Case Type - Optional search criteria. You may select from the following case type codes
| AD | Adoption |
| AH | Petition for release of Adoption |
| CC | Civil Collection |
| CO | Consolidated |
| CP | Civil Plenary |
| CT | Civil Tort |
| DR | Domestic Relations |
| EN | Environmental |
| ES | Estate / Inheritance Tax |
| EU | Estate - Unsupervised |
| FJ | Foreign Judgment |
| GU | Guardianship |
| IF | Infraction |
| IT | Inheritance Tax |
| JC | Juvenile Chins |
| JD | Juvenile Delinquency |
| JM | Juvenile Miscellaneous |
| JP | Juvenile Paternity |
| JS | Juvenile Status |
| JT | Juvenile Termination of Parental Rights |
| LP | Foreign Lis Pendens |
| MF | Mortgage Foreclosure |
| MH | Mental Health |
| MI | Civil Miscellaneous |
| OE | Exempted Ordinances Violations |
| OV | Local Ordinance |
| PL | Civil Plemary |
| PO | Protective Order |
| PT | Juvenile Paternity prior to 1987 |
| RS | Reciprocal Support |
| SC | Small Claims |
| TR | Trust |
| 98 | Parolee/Probationer Registrant |
| 99 | Converted Case |
Cause Number - The cause number is a statewide uniform case numbering system. The 17 digit cause number consists of four groups of characters arranged in a manner to identify the court, the year/month of filing, the case type and the filing sequence. The first group of give characters constitute the county and court identifier. (ex. 49F10 would mean "49" - Marion County and "D10" - civil court 10). The second group of four characters represents the year and month of filing. (Ex: 9403 - case filed in March of 1994). The third group of two characters designates the type of proceeding (Ex. DR - Domestic Relations). The 4th group consists of the numerical sequence that a given case is filed within a specific docket. Related cases may have the same cause number but be differentiated by a suffix number.
Client ID - Client ID is an optional field created to assist you with accounting and managerial reporting functions. Before submitting a search request, you can input a customer name, account number, department name, account executive, or etc. into the Client ID area. After submitting your search request, your online billing summary will provide not only a total of any fees you have incurred, but also provide sub-totals per Client ID. Client ID sub-totals are available only on the online billing summary. They are not provided on other invoicing statements.
This area is provided only as an aid to you. The Client ID will not appear on any records, licenses etc. that are a result of your search.
Company Name - To search on a company name or a business name. Valid characters are alphabets, space, period, hyphen and under score. No numbers or other special characters.
CourtID - A code identifying a specific court
| C01 | Marion Circuit Court |
| D01 | Marion Superior Court 1, Civil Division |
| D02 | Marion Superior Court 2, Civil Division |
| D03 | Marion Superior Court 3, Civil Division |
| D04 | Marion Superior Court 4, Civil Division |
| D05 | Marion Superior Court 5, Civil Division |
| D06 | Marion Superior Court 6, Civil Division |
| D07 | Marion Superior Court 7, Civil Division |
| D08 | Marion Superior Court 8, Probate Division |
| D09 | Marion Superior Court 9, Juvenile Division |
| D10 | Marion Superior Court 10, Civil Division |
| D11 | Marion Superior Court 11, Civil Division |
| D12 | Marion Superior Court 12, Civil Division |
| D13 | Marion Superior Court 13, Civil Division |
| F12 | Environmental Court |
| IVD | Title IV-D Court |
| PAT | Paternity Court |
First Name - The party's first name. Valid characters are alphabets. No numbers or special characters.
For / Against - The "For" and "Against" parties may or may not be the same as the parties in the original civil suit.
Last Name - The party's last name. Valid characters are alphabets, space, period, hyphen and under score. No numbers or other special characters.
| ADLT | Adult |
| AGST | Party against whom judgment rendered |
| BENE | Beneficiary |
| BIOF | Biological Father |
| BIOM | Biological Mother |
| BRID | Bride |
| CDEN | Plnt div of code enforcement |
| CHLD | Child |
| CLMT | Claimant |
| CPET | Cross Petitioner-Probate |
| CRTR | Creditor |
| DCSD | Deceased |
| DFNT | Defendant |
| FOR | Party for whom judgment rendered |
| GRAL | Guardian ad litum |
| GRDN | Guardian |
| GROM | Groom |
| HEIR | Heir |
| HHCP | Plaintiff-Health and Hospital Corp. |
| INDP | Plaintiff-City of Indianapolis |
| INTV | Intervenor |
| IPTY | Interested Party |
| IREV | Indiana Department of Revenue |
| MDCM | Plnt-Metropolitan Development Commission |
| OBJR | objector |
| OFND | Offender |
| PAYE | payee |
| PLNT | Plaintiff |
| PSRP | Personal Representative |
| PTNR | petitioner |
| PTNT | Patient |
| PYOR | Payer |
| RCFR | Received from |
| RCVR | Receiver |
| RESP | Respondent |
| SETT | Settler |
| SRTY | Surety |
| STND | State of Indiana |
| TRSP | Trusteeship |
| TRTE | Trustee |
| WARD | Ward |
| FSAT | Fully Satisfied |
| NSAT | Not Satisfied |
| PSAT | Partly Satisfied |
| SETA | Set Aside |
Suffix - A suffix is used when 2 or more court cases are related. The cases have the same cause number; the suffix makes each unique. The suffix is a 3 digit number. The cause suffix is blank for the primary or parent case and is incremented starting with a value of 001 for each companion case if any exist.
Tips for Performing a Name Search
This service is available 24 hours/day (except 6:00pm - 10:00pm Sundays for city/county maintenance) and enables the user to conveniently search the Marion County Court database to identify whether an individual has any civil court proceedings against him or her. A search may be performed by individual name, company name or court cause number. The database is updated continuously by the Clerk's Office. There is no fee assessed when the search button is clicked to perform the query. From the resulting page, you may then click Case Summary and/or Judgment Financial Activity Report for further information. There is an additional fee if you choose these options.
You may choose to use a credit card for instant access. There is a $6.12 charge assessed to your credit card when a Civil Case Summary Search is conducted.
Please contact the Township Small Claims Court for request for information on Small Claims Court proceedings. The Marion County Clerk's database does not maintain Small Claims Court information.
The Clerk's Office does not verify information in its database. It merely records information from the Marion County Court System. The database was established in 1988. Events that occurred prior to that year may not be included in the database. For a comprehensive limited criminal history, which includes events prior to 1988, please use CivicNet's Limited Criminal History service.
In order to maximize your chance of retrieving a match for the person you are researching, there are a few items to keep in mind:
The service only retrieves exact matches to your search criteria. For example, if your search criteria are: "Joe Perpetrator", the service will retrieve only those records which exactly match all criteria. If even one criteria item, is different or missing from the court database, the service will not return a match even though Joe may indeed have a civil record.
In the example, the service will only retrieve matches for Joe Perpetrator. It will not include listings for "Joseph Perpetrator" or "Joey Perpetrator".
To maximize the likelihood of retrieving a match for Mr. Perpetrator, we suggest searching solely by the last name, "Perpetrator". Leave all other optional criteria blank. The resulting list of matches will provide all people with the last name of Perpetrator, including Ann Perpetrator, Bob Perpetrator, Joey Perpetrator, and Joseph Perpetrator. You may then select the appropriate individual to further research.
If the last name is a common last name, the resulting list may be extremely large. In this case, you may decide to narrow your search parameters by using last name plus first initial, "J Perpetrator". The resulting list will include only Joey Perpetrator and Joseph Perpetrator.
Additionally, if you are searching by company name and you include other optional criteria such as party type, case type, court ID or date range, the service will only retrieve listings which exactly match.
You may also search by cause number. The 17 digit cause number is a statewide uniform case numbering system consisting of four groups of characters arranged in a manner to identify the court, the year and month of filing, the case type and the filing sequence.
When reviewing the list of potential matches to your search request, you may discover that 2 entries could match the person you are researching. It is also possible that the 2 listings are for the same person.
For example, Mr. Perpetrator could have multiple civil cases. During the first case, he stated his name was "Joey Perpetrator". During the second case, he stated his name was "Joseph Perpetrator". Each name would be entered into the database as a unique entry.
Clicking on the "Case Summary" button will provide the civil court cases. Clicking on the "Judgment Detail" button will provide the civil court judgements for the parties