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Clark County Clerk Contact

Clark County lists Ryan Lynch as the Clark County Clerk. The office is named the Clerk of the Courts in the State Court Structure Map and operates as the unified local clerk for Clark County court records. The official county page places the Clerk's Office in the Clark County Judicial Center, Room 137. The same office is the public point of contact for certified copies, records not available through MyCase, and case documents that require Clerk handling.

The Clerk's public-facing services also extend beyond court files. The state-hosted Clerk portal organizes services for courts, the Sheriff's Office, township trustees, traffic violations, child support, marriage licenses, filing fees and costs, self-service legal information, pro se court forms, voting and elections, and bonds. That mix is important because a person may need the Clerk for a court record, a marriage license, a traffic payment, or a bond-related question, depending on the underlying case.

What the Clark County Clerk Does

The Clerk administers official court records for trial court cases with jurisdiction in Clark County. The county page also states that the Clerk prepares permanent historical court records and processes or issues documents for court cases. That makes the office the key local record custodian after a case opens in the Clark Circuit and Superior Courts.

• Maintains court case records for the Clark Circuit and Superior Courts.
• Processes court documents, certified copies, bonds, and records requests.
• Supports traffic violation payments and traffic department questions.
• Handles marriage license services with the Indiana online pre-application process.
• Serves on the Election Board and oversees election results for federal, state, county, township, municipal, special, and school board elections.

MyCase and the Clerk have different roles. Indiana MyCase is the first search point for public non-confidential case information from Odyssey courts. The Clerk is the local fallback when a public document is not linked, when a balance needs official confirmation, when a file predates full online conversion, or when a certified copy must be issued.

That fallback role is especially important for Clark County criminal, probate, domestic relations, and traffic records. MyCase can show the case number, case type, court, filed date, parties, hearing entries, financial activity, and document links when public access is allowed. The Clerk handles the local copy request when the online summary is incomplete, when a certified record is needed, or when a court user needs the official record rather than a public search screen.

Request Clark County Certified Copies

A certified copy is a Clerk-issued copy that can be used when a plain online printout is not enough. Probate, divorce, criminal, civil, and traffic records may all require official handling if the copy will be filed with another agency, used in a legal process, or relied on as a complete court record. The research did not locate a certified-copy fee schedule, so the amount should be confirmed before the request is submitted.

1. Search MyCase first if the case number is not known. Use party name, business name, citation, attorney, or case number, then filter to Clark County when possible.
2. Write down the cause number, case type, court, party names, filing date, and the exact document needed.
3. Check whether the document is linked online. If it is not linked, it may still be public and available from the Clerk.
4. Call the Clerk at 812-285-6244, visit Room 137, or submit the AccessGov public records request form for Clerk-held records.
5. Confirm copy, certification, delivery, and payment details with the Clerk before relying on a mailed or picked-up copy.

The Indiana MyCase help page warns that balances may not reflect the latest payment, charge, or interest. For Clark County, official balances and certified documents should be confirmed through the Clerk rather than treated as complete solely because a public case summary appears online.

Clark County Records Request Form

The Clerk's online public records request uses Tyler AccessGov at the Clark County Clerk Public tenant. Static inspection found the form shell, JavaScript requirement, America/Indiana/Indianapolis time zone, upload support up to 40 MB, and Turnstile protection. Full live field labels were not exposed in the static HTML, so only confirmed form elements are listed here.

Good request details still matter even when the form labels are not visible in the research capture. Include the case number if known, party names, document type, filing or hearing date, court number, and whether a certified copy is needed. For an online case that shows no document link, mention that the request concerns a public document not available in MyCase.

Clark County Clerk Fees

Several Clark County Clerk fee amounts were found, but official plain-copy and certified-copy amounts were not located in the reviewed sources. The table separates confirmed amounts from known gaps so record requests do not rely on invented fees. Traffic and marriage amounts come from official Clark County Clerk sources; copy fees should be verified with the Clerk's Office.

Credit and debit card payments can add convenience fees, according to the Clerk traffic page. The Sheriff's bond page also says cash-only bonds must be paid directly to the Clerk of Courts. Bond questions should use the Clerk phone number when a cash-only court bond is involved.

Clark County Clerk Channels

The Clerk's state-hosted site groups public service pages by task rather than by a single record form list. Court records and traffic matters often use different channels, while marriage license applicants begin through the Indiana marriage e-file system and finish with the Clerk. These channels are not interchangeable.

• Clark County Clerk of Courts portal - court, traffic, marriage, forms, child support, bonds, and elections links.
• Clerk public records request - formal request channel for Clerk-held public records.
• Indiana marriage license e-file - online pre-application, with completion at the Clerk.
• Traffic violations page - traffic payment rules, fine schedule, traffic court dates, and traffic department contact.

Traffic department questions use a separate contact path: 812-285-6399 and traffic@clarkcounty.in.gov. The Clerk traffic page also warns that the Clerk's Office does not send text messages about traffic tickets, unpaid fines, or payment requests.

Marriage license work follows its own path. The Indiana marriage license e-file portal starts the application, but Clark County applicants still finish the license process with the Clerk. The research also found separate Clerk duties for child support, self-service legal information, pro se court forms, and bonds, so a records request should be aimed at the exact service rather than sent as a general question when a more specific Clerk channel exists. That keeps traffic, marriage, bond, election, and court-record requests from being mixed together.

Clark County E-Filing and MyCase

The Indiana Judicial Branch local page for Clark County identifies the county as part of Judicial District 23 and links to MyCase, e-filing, local rules, and court statistics. Attorneys are required to e-file in Clark County, while other users are encouraged to e-file. Self-represented users should use official court forms and Clerk channels when a filing must be made in the Clark Circuit and Superior Courts.

MyCase remains the public search tool, but it is not the Clerk's entire file room. Some public documents are online for free, some public documents are available only in person, and some records are confidential. The Clerk's Office in Room 137 is the local contact point when MyCase shows a case but not the document, when the record is too old to be fully online, or when a certified copy must be issued.

Note: The research source set did not identify a second Clark County clerk office for court records, so the unified Clerk of the Courts model is used.