Access Carroll County Circuit Clerk Records

Carroll County Circuit Clerk

Janet Horine is listed as Carroll County Circuit Clerk at 8 S Main, Suite 3, Carrollton, Missouri 64633. The Circuit Clerk office is open 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Monday through Friday. The main number is 660-542-0615 Ext. 1, with local options for Janet Horine, Cristi Drake, and Melanie Higgins. The office fax is 660-542-1444, and the court email is carroll.county@courts.mo.gov.

The Circuit Clerk files and processes all cases for the Circuit Court. The local office description includes civil and domestic relations cases, adult and child protection orders, juvenile cases, criminal cases, mechanic liens, garnishments, juror selection and processing, court costs, filing fees, and child support. The office also tells public users to search public Missouri cases through courts.mo.gov by clicking Case.Net.

The image sourced from the Carroll County Clerk page is useful here because it shows the separate county-government clerk office that should not be confused with the Circuit Clerk.

That separation is important for users who need court files instead of election, commission, tax, payroll, or county-license records.

Carroll County Court Record Duties

The Circuit Clerk is the court filing and case-processing office. A person looking for a civil judgment, criminal docket, divorce file, protection-order case, probate docket, garnishment, child support file, or juror-processing question should start with the Circuit Clerk or Missouri Case.net. Some documents may be visible remotely, while older files and certified copies often require clerk contact.

• Files and processes Circuit Court cases.
• Handles civil, domestic, criminal, juvenile, protection-order, probate, mechanic lien, and garnishment records.
• Collects and disburses filing fees, court costs, and child support payments.
• Processes juror selection and juror records for the court.
• Supports public case access through Case.net and courthouse clerk service.

The Recorder of Deeds page is also a local-office image source because Janet Horine serves in both roles.

The same suite can serve different record systems, so requesters should name the exact record type when calling or visiting.

Search Carroll County Clerk Records

For public court case lookup, the Circuit Clerk directs users to Missouri Case.net. Case.net is the statewide public case information portal for Missouri circuit and appellate courts. Search by case number when the number is known, or use litigant name search when it is not. Case.net may show public party information, attorneys, docket entries, hearings, judgments, and document links for eligible public cases.

Request Carroll County Certified Copies

Certified copies come from the official custodian, not from a search result screen. For court files, that means the Circuit Clerk. For marriage licenses and recorded instruments, that means the Recorder of Deeds function in the same office. A certified copy proves the document was copied and certified by the proper office. It may be needed for legal filings, benefits, title work, marriage proof, appeals, or agency requests.

1. Search Case.net or the recorder index first, if the record type has an online lookup route.
2. Write down the case number, book and page, recording date, party names, or other index details.
3. Call the Circuit Clerk or Recorder line and confirm the custodian, copy cost, and certification cost.
4. State the exact document needed and whether it must be certified.
5. Ask how payment and delivery are handled before mailing money or visiting the courthouse.

Note: The county research says to contact the Circuit Clerk for court filing fees, so court copy costs should be confirmed directly.

Carroll County Clerk Fees

The research found a detailed Recorder fee schedule but not a local Circuit Court filing fee schedule. That means court filing fees, court copy charges, and probate filing charges should not be guessed. The table separates confirmed recorder fees from court fees that require clerk confirmation.

The iCounty source image is from the Carroll County Recorder iCounty login.

iCounty is for recorder indexes such as marriage, real estate, and tax liens, not ordinary Circuit Court case files.

Recorder Duties in Carroll County

The Circuit Clerk is also Ex-Officio Recorder of Deeds. The recorder function reviews, processes, records, and returns property-transfer documents. It also indexes, scans, microfilms, and provides certified copies for surveys, plats, deeds, deeds of trust, assignments, releases, powers of attorney, deed restrictions, federal and state tax liens, UCC fixture filings, and other writings. Military discharge papers are recorded at no charge, and marriage licenses are handled by this recorder function.

Recorder records date back to 1833. Public terminal land-record searching covers 1978 to current, while older records are searched by Grantee/Grantor Index. Marriage license records from 1950 to present are searchable on public recorder terminals. iCounty provides online indexed data without images to the public, and paid tiers provide image preview and print options.

The registration image is sourced from the iCounty account registration form.

Registration asks for account and contact fields before image or paid search features are used.

County Clerk Is Separate

Petal J. Stanley is the Carroll County Clerk and Election Authority, but that office is separate from court case filing. The County Clerk is in Suite 6 at 8 S Main, Carrollton, Missouri 64633, with phone 660-542-0615 Ext. 3 and email countyclerk@carrollcountymo.gov. County Clerk duties include elections, payroll, accounts payable, notary renewals, liquor licenses, auctioneer licenses, ATV licenses, commission agenda and minutes, assessed valuations, levy work, reports to the State Auditor, tax bills, school fund reporting, financial statements, and the annual budget.

Use the County Clerk for county administrative and election matters. Use the Circuit Clerk for court records, court costs, domestic cases, criminal cases, probate files, protection orders, and court-copy questions. Use the Recorder function for marriage licenses, land records, tax liens, military discharge recordings, and certified recorder copies.

Carroll County Related Offices

Some court files point to related offices without moving the court record itself. Juvenile matters are associated with the Juvenile Office on the third floor, and juvenile court records are generally restricted. Probate files may involve the Public Administrator when the court appoints a fiduciary. These offices may appear in a docket or order, but the Circuit Clerk remains the custodian for the Circuit Court file.

The Juvenile Office image comes from the official Carroll County Juvenile Office page.

Juvenile records should not be treated like ordinary public civil or criminal records because Missouri law restricts many juvenile materials.

The Public Administrator image comes from the official Carroll County Public Administrator page.

Public administrator appointments may appear in probate files, but copy and certification questions still go through the court clerk.