Hamilton County Clerk Office
The official Hamilton County Clerk page lists Kathy Kreag Williams as Clerk. The office is at 1 Hamilton County Square, Suite 106, Noblesville, IN 46060. The phone number is 317-776-9629. General office hours are 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, while court filing hours are 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday. Marriage license application hours are also 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday.
The Clerk is the record keeper for county-level civil, criminal, estate, guardianship, juvenile, and traffic ticket cases. The office also issues marriage licenses and warrants, oversees elections, oversees campaign finance reporting requirements, and processes child support, judgment, and probation payments. Hamilton County uses a unified Clerk structure, not a separate district clerk structure.
Hamilton County Clerk
Clerk: Kathy Kreag Williams
1 Hamilton County Square, Suite 106
Noblesville, IN 46060
317-776-9629
Office hours: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday
Court filing hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday
What the Clerk Does in Hamilton County
The Clerk is the county office that ties public case access to official court files. Indiana MyCase can show public case information, but the online display is not the official court record. Official records and certified copies come from the court maintaining the file. In Hamilton County, the Clerk is the practical copy channel for many county-level court records and related documents.
- Maintains civil, criminal, estate, guardianship, juvenile, and traffic ticket case records.
- Issues marriage licenses and records returned marriage licenses.
- Processes Clerk record requests for immigration, marriage, divorce, expungements, estates, wills, and criminal records.
- Issues warrants as part of Clerk services and maintains court-payment workflows.
- Oversees elections and campaign finance reporting requirements.
- Processes child support, judgment, and probation payments.
For traffic tickets, the Clerk payment page routes full online payments to public.courts.in.gov/pay. Judgment and copy fees are routed to PayGov, and the county instructs users to call for other options. E-filing is separate from public copy access; the Clerk page links Indiana E-File a Court Case and e-filing instructions for filing court documents.
The office is also distinct from Court Administration. Hamilton County Court Administration handles court administration and jury questions from Suite 313, but the research file warns that case documents emailed to the administrator will not be filed or sent to the court. Filing questions and official copy requests belong with the Clerk or the e-filing process, depending on whether the user is filing a new document or requesting an existing record.
Request Hamilton County Certified Copies
Certified copies are used when a court document must prove an official filing, order, decree, license return, or case action. A screen print from MyCase is not the same thing. The Clerk's Record Request page is the county source for document-copy requests involving immigration, marriage, divorce, expungements, estates, wills, and criminal records. Clerk staff cannot provide legal advice, so the request should identify the document, case, and copy need as clearly as possible.
- Search MyCase first when the case is non-confidential and a case number or party name is known.
- Identify the document type, such as divorce decree, criminal order, estate document, will, marriage copy, or expungement record.
- Use the Clerk's Record Request page for the county copy channel.
- Provide enough information for staff to locate the record, including party names, case number if known, and the requested document category.
- Pay the small fees outlined by the Clerk request process when the office provides the amount due.
- Use the certified copy issued by the Clerk for official use rather than relying on online case information.
Requesters should also separate search from certification. MyCase can help find the cause number, court, party names, case type, filing date, and public docket entries. The Clerk request then asks for the actual copy. If a case is sealed, expunged, juvenile, mental health, or otherwise excluded by Indiana access rules, the Clerk may be unable to release all or part of the requested material.
Hamilton County Record Request Fields
The research capture could confirm the Clerk's Record Request page and the document categories named by the county, but it could not inspect the full PDF form fields in browser capture. The inventory below stays within confirmed facts and practical identifiers that the Clerk needs to locate a record. Do not treat it as a full replica of the official form.
| Field or detail | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Document category | Yes | County names immigration, marriage, divorce, expungements, estates, wills, and criminal records. |
| Case number or cause number | If known | MyCase and Clerk records use Indiana cause numbers for court cases. |
| Party names | Usually needed | Names help locate a case when the cause number is unknown. |
| Specific document requested | Yes | Examples include decree, order, will, estate document, or certified marriage copy. |
| Copy type | Yes | State whether a plain copy or certified copy is needed. |
| Payment and delivery details | As directed | The page says small fees are outlined in the form and actual fees are provided at payment. |
The Clerk record request channel is one of the most important Hamilton County access points for official documents, especially when MyCase does not provide a public document link.
Hamilton County Clerk Fees
Hamilton County's official fee PDFs list many filing fees and court costs. Copy fees are handled through the Clerk request process, with small fees outlined by the form and exact payment information provided when payment is due. Filing fees below are included because they help identify the court-record category and cost context for Hamilton County Clerk filings.
| Item | Fee or rule |
|---|---|
| Civil plenary, commercial court eligible, or civil tort | $232 |
| Civil collection | $157 |
| Domestic relations with or without children | $177 |
| Estate supervised or unsupervised administration | $177 |
| Guardianship | $177 |
| Trust | $177 |
| Mental health | $157 |
| Small claim electronic filing | $87 |
| Small claim paper filing | $97 |
| Criminal filing fee | $189; $217 with sheriff service of process |
| Infraction or ordinance violation filing | $139; $167 with sheriff service of process |
| Sheriff service of process | $28 per case before judgment and $28 after judgment; $60 for non-Indiana sheriff service requests |
Hamilton County Clerk Forms
Hamilton County links several form and online-service paths from Clerk and court pages. The Clerk's Record Request page is the copy channel for court documents. Indiana MyCase is the search channel for non-confidential case information. Indiana E-Filing is the filing channel for many court documents. The county's traffic and prosecutor forms may route through other offices, but they still connect to court records once a case or deferral matter is created.
- Clerk's Record Request for court-document copies.
- Indiana MyCase for non-confidential public case searches.
- Indiana online court payment portal for full traffic ticket payments when available.
- Hamilton County Court Forms for probate, guardianship, small claims, and local rules forms.
- Infraction Deferral Request for eligible traffic deferral requests through the Prosecutor.
The manifest assigned the Infraction Deferral Request form as a successful image for this page.
That form is not a Clerk copy request, but it shows how Hamilton County routes some court-related requests through official county web forms.
Hamilton County Clerk Online Access
Hamilton County uses several online systems instead of a single county-built court-record portal. The county court page and Clerk page both direct public users to MyCase for non-confidential Indiana cases. If a document is not available online, Indiana public-records guidance says to contact the clerk in the county where the case is being heard. For Hamilton County, that is the Clerk in Suite 106.
The access channel depends on the task. Use MyCase to look up a public case or docket. Use Indiana E-Filing to file court documents when e-filing applies. Use the Clerk's Record Request page for copies of existing records. Use the payment portal for full traffic ticket payments when Hamilton County routes that ticket to online payment. In-person service remains available at Suite 106 during Clerk hours, with court filing hours ending before the general office day ends.
The manifest also assigned the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator to the Clerk page as a successful capture. That federal source is not a Hamilton County Clerk record channel. It is relevant only as a contrast: federal inmate custody is separate from Hamilton County Clerk court files, and sentenced state or federal custody searches do not replace the Clerk's certified-copy process.
Use federal or state custody sources only when the question is custody location; use the Clerk for Hamilton County court records and certified court copies.
Note: Failed manifest rows for Indiana DOC and the sex and violent offender registry were not used as images, and they are not Clerk copy channels.