Tell City Court Docket Searches
Skip the idea of a city-court portal. A current Tell City docket search runs through Indiana MyCase, with Perry County selected in the court control. The active county court there is Perry Circuit Court, listed as 62C01. A case number is the best identifier; a party or attorney name works when you lack the number.
- Choose Perry County in MyCase so statewide matches do not crowd the results.
- Use By Case for one cause, citation, or cross-reference number. Use By Party or By Attorney when needed.
- Compare the court, case type, status, file date, and style before opening a record.
- Read the chronological case summary for events, hearings, and public document links.
- Call the Perry clerk at 812-547-3741 when a public item is missing or an older record is needed.
Need a court date fast? Call Perry Circuit Court at 812-547-7048. Remember, MyCase is not the official court record, so confirm any time-sensitive setting by phone.
Tell City Has No Active City Court
Tell City is Perry County's seat and its largest incorporated community, but that rank does not earn it a separate docket. Under Indiana Administrative Rule 8, 62H02 Perry/Tell City City Court is abolished. The current Odyssey court list includes Perry County yet shows no active Tell City court.
Myth: A case arising inside Tell City must be filed in a Tell City city court.
Fact: Current Perry trial matters generally use Perry Circuit Court, while the citation or filing controls the actual venue.
An old document marked 62H02 can still help historical research. It proves nothing about a present city court. Ask the Perry clerk where abolished-court records are held.
Inside the Tell City Municipal Court
There is no active Tell City Municipal Court to profile. The heading names a court level a reader might expect. The state abolished the former Tell City City Court. No current local judge, docket day, courtroom, or city-court search portal exists to find.
Cases arising in Tell City today are handled within Perry Circuit Court's jurisdiction, covering criminal, civil, family, probate, small-claims, traffic, infraction, and ordinance matters. Assign a case by its number and issuing document. Never go by city name alone. The prefix 62C01 marks Perry Circuit Court.
Tell City government pages remain useful for ordinances, meetings, departments, and other municipal records. They do not replace MyCase. Nor do they replace the official case file kept by the Circuit Court Clerk.
Tell City Hall Versus Courthouse
Two addresses in Tell City serve two different record systems. City Hall sits at 700 Main Street. The Perry County Courthouse and the Circuit Court Clerk are at 2219 Payne Street. The wrong building can stall a court docket search. Many people treat "city record" and "court record" as the same thing.
| Office | Address | Use It For |
|---|---|---|
| Tell City Hall | 700 Main Street | City government records and municipal agency questions. |
| Perry County Courthouse | 2219 Payne Street | Perry Circuit Court filings, case records, copies, and hearing questions. |
The official Tell City government entry appears below.
The city source covers municipal government only, and it neither publishes nor maintains the active Perry County court docket.
Finding Tell City Court Dates
Open the 62C01 case in MyCase and read its hearing or event rows. Copy the full case number and caption. Add the event type, date, start time, and location. Note the judicial officer, status, and any public notice. Be careful what each field means: a status date is not automatically the next hearing. A file date is not a trial date.
| Date | The scheduled day shown for the event. |
|---|---|
| Time | The listed start time, which may be a shared docket call. |
| Courtroom | The event location if shown; do not infer a room from the courthouse address. |
| Judge | The judicial officer displayed for the event, if listed. |
| Setting Type | The event label, such as pretrial, hearing, trial, or compliance. |
Call Perry Circuit Court if two dates conflict or a location is blank. No Tell City-specific daily calendar portal exists. Indiana requires daily calendar access in some form, electronic or otherwise, but not a city-branded website.
Tell City Records Trip Checklist
Before heading to a records office, verify five facts. Check the office name, street address, hours, phone line, and the office that holds the record. The courthouse and clerk list weekday hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Central Time; City Hall hours can differ. A map pin or building photo proves nothing about which docket is on hand.
Bring the full case number if you have it. Without one, carry the exact party spelling. Add a date range, the case type, and any citation number. Ask the clerk whether older paper or microfilm needs advance retrieval, and whether identification, copy costs, or a written request applies.
Note: the county confirms a tax-warrant terminal, not a general public MyCase terminal. Ask before counting on courthouse computer access.
Tell City Traffic Ticket Lookups
A ticket written in Tell City does not mean a city court will hear it. Read the citation for the court, the deadline, and the instructions. Then search the citation or case identifier. Use the official Indiana traffic public-access route or MyCase. If the court is unclear, contact the issuing agency or the Perry clerk.
Searching and paying are two different acts. The state payment search may ask for a driver's-license number or a name with date of birth. Anyone contesting a ticket should follow the citation and court instructions. A payment page is not a hearing request. A missed appearance or payment can carry case consequences. For citation fields, date checks, and payment details county-wide, see the Perry County traffic court records resource.
Tell City Ordinance Record Routes
An ordinance question can point to two places. City hall keeps the code itself. Ordinance text, council votes, and department files all live with Tell City government. The paper in your hand tells you which route to take. If it is a citation, a hearing notice, or a judgment, skip city hall and go to the court named on it, then run your case lookup through Perry County records. Do not guess between the two.
For the municipal side, the Tell City local source sets out what the city itself publishes, from council action to department records.
That page covers local government only. It creates no Tell City court. It cannot stand in for the filed case record itself.
If your paper lists no court number, call the office that issued it. Ask where the matter was filed. Plenty of local code issues never become a public court case at all. They stay administrative until someone actually files, so do not assume a docket entry exists.
How Tell City Cases Reach the County
A live Tell City matter enters the court system one way. It starts through a filing or a citation. Perry Circuit Court is the only current court of record in the county under the local rules. Its uniform case number does real work for you. With it, you can sort genuine Perry County cases from stale references. Those stale references point to courts that no longer exist.
Docket flow: Tell City incident or filing › Perry Circuit Court › Perry County Circuit Court Clerk.
MyCase shows the public the nonconfidential side of a case. Case information and selected documents are included. The official file stays with the clerk, who holds the pleadings, motions, orders, and judgments. For the wider picture of courts and records across the county, see the Perry County court docket overview. Appeals from here generally go to the Court of Appeals of Indiana. The route depends on the case and the governing law.
Tell City Older Court Research
Older research often starts with the 62H02 prefix, but that is only the first step. The Perry clerk is the present holder of the historical court records. Those records may sit on paper or microfilm. The Indiana State Library Perry guide steers researchers toward clerk-held court and marriage records. It also points to probate sources, microfilm, and newspapers. Transferred material may sit with the Indiana Archives instead.
History matters here too. Perry County was formed in 1814, and Tell City later became the county seat. Old court codes, shifting custodians, and renamed places can all throw off a search. Before asking anyone for help, write down the year. Add the court name, the party names, and the document type. And if MyCase turns up nothing, that does not mean the old record never existed.
Federal records run on a different system entirely. PACER covers federal courts, not Indiana state cases and not the abolished city-court docket.
Who Can See Tell City Court Records
Access turns on the record itself, not on the Tell City name attached to it. Indiana Access Rule 5 keeps certain categories closed. Among them are confidential, sealed, excluded, juvenile, mental-health, and protected records. A nonconfidential order may show up online. Other eligible papers can be read only in person. Protection orders sit behind their own official search route.
Key access rules:
Indiana Administrative Rule 9 governs electronic access, courthouse access, daily calendars, and bulk court data.
Indiana Access Rule 5 identifies confidential and excluded court records.
Indiana Code 5-14-3 supplies general public-record concepts, while judiciary rules control court-record access.
Getting excluded material unsealed takes a formal request, sometimes a verified filing, notice, a hearing, and a written court order. Knowing the case number alone does not entitle anyone to access, and the clerk cannot promise it.
Tell City State and Federal Split
Most current local cases run through Perry Circuit Court and MyCase. A federal case arising in Perry County belongs to the Southern District of Indiana's Evansville Division. You reach it through PACER or CM/ECF. Each system carries its own accounts, search tools, and fees. One more caution: a 62C01 state number will never work as a federal docket number.
The PACER entry point is where the federal side of that split begins.
That page is the federal starting point and nothing more. It will not help with a Tell City citation. It will not help with a Perry Circuit Court case or a city-government request.
The split is really three-way. Tell City holds its municipal records. Perry County holds the current state trial records. The federal judiciary keeps the federal dockets. Match the office to the record before you search, and the docket hunt stays clean.