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Martin County Clerk Office

The official Martin County Clerk page identifies Julie Fithian as Clerk. Becky Sellers, Amanda Williams, and Penny Waggoner are listed as deputies. The Clerk describes the office as an elected official who acts as an officer of the court and manager of the court. In Martin County, there is no separate district clerk or county clerk split for trial-court records.

The Clerk administers official court records of all court cases, collects and reconciles money related to court cases, and administers federal, state, county, municipal, and special elections. The Clerk also provides local forms, accepts filings, supports marriage-license applications, and gives instructions for ticket, civil judgment, and child support payments.

What the Clerk Does

The Clerk is the first local office to contact for official court copies from Martin County Circuit Court. MyCase can help locate public case information, but certified documents, plain copies, and fee totals come from the maintaining court office. The Clerk also receives filings and payments connected to civil, small claims, divorce, estate, guardianship, paternity, traffic, and other court matters.

The local distinction is important because Indiana MyCase is a public access tool, not a certification office. A printed case screen may help identify the file, but it does not carry the Clerk's seal. When a record is needed for a bank, title company, licensing agency, another court, or a formal personal file, the request should be framed as a Clerk copy request rather than a portal search.

• Maintains official court records for Martin County Circuit Court cases.
• Collects, distributes, and reconciles court-case money.
• Processes copy and certification requests.
• Provides forms for small claims, divorce, protection orders, name changes, fee waivers, and small estate affidavits.
• Handles marriage-license applications and election duties.

Request Certified Copies

Certified copies are used when a bank, agency, court, employer, title company, or other formal recipient needs proof that a document came from the court file. The Clerk's fee list gives copies at $1 per page and certification at $3 each. Call before sending money by mail because the page count controls the final copy cost.

1. Find the case number in MyCase or from court paperwork if possible.
2. Identify the party names, filing year, and document requested.
3. Call the Clerk at (812) 247-3651 for page count, certification needs, and total fee.
4. Request the copy in person at 129 Main Street or by mail to PO Box 120, Shoals, IN 47581.
5. Use certified copies when an official seal or certification is required.

Records Request Fields

No separate online Martin County copy-request form was located in the official sources reviewed. A practical records request to the Clerk should include enough information to identify the file and calculate the copy fee.

Martin County Clerk Fees

The Clerk page publishes a useful fee list for common court filings and copy services. These are local Martin County amounts from the research source, not statewide estimates. Confirm totals with the Clerk before filing or mailing payment.

Common Clerk Forms

The Clerk page lists forms for lost titles, small estate affidavits, adult and child name changes, divorce fee waivers, non-divorce fee waivers, protection orders, small claims, evictions, proceedings supplemental, satisfactions of judgment, and divorce packets. Divorce packets are grouped by whether there are children and whether there is an agreement.

Protection order forms listed by the Clerk include adult and child petitions, modification, motion to reinstate, dismissal, request for hearing, extension, and contempt petition. Protection-order files can contain sensitive information, so public access may be limited by rule or court order.

For self-represented litigants, the form list is also a useful way to identify the correct case category before searching or filing. Small claims, eviction, name change, divorce, and protection-order filings use different packets and may create different public access limits. If a form raises a fee question, the local Clerk fee table should be checked before filing.

Tickets and Support Payments

Civil and small-claims judgments may be paid in person, by mail, or online through the Bridge Payment link on the Clerk page. Tickets may be paid in person with cash, money order, cashier's check, or credit card with matching picture ID; by mail with money order, cashier's check, or business check; or online at the Indiana public courts portal. Pre-trial deferral questions go to the Martin County Prosecutor at (812) 247-3500.

Child support payments can be made in person at the Clerk's Office with cash, by mail through the Indiana State Central Collection Unit, online at Childsupportbillpay.com/Indiana, or by phone at 855-972-9427. KIDSLINE and Childsupport.in.gov are listed as additional support information sources in the research.

Payment type matters because not every channel accepts the same tender. A person paying a ticket by mail should not assume personal checks are accepted when the Clerk's instructions name money orders, cashier's checks, or business checks. In-person credit card payments require matching picture identification. Civil judgment and child support payments also follow their own channels, so the case type should be confirmed before sending funds. Calling ahead is the safest path before mailing payment.