Brown County Criminal Docket Searches
Indiana MyCase is the official online starting point. Pick Brown Circuit Court rather than searching all Indiana courts at once. A full cause number gives the cleanest match. A citation number helps when a case began with a ticket. A name plus a narrow filing range works when the number is unknown. MyCase may ask for a CAPTCHA. It also caps broad results, so tight search terms pay off.
Use the header to confirm the result belongs to Brown County. Then open the case detail. Read the Chronological Case Summary, or CCS, in date order. The official search tips explain wildcards and transferred case numbers.
- Open MyCase and choose the Case, Name, or Attorney tab.
- Select Brown Circuit Court and enter the number, citation, or narrow name terms.
- Confirm the court, case type, filing date, caption, and status.
- Read each CCS event, including settings, pleas, motions, and orders.
- Ask the Brown County Clerk for an available public or certified copy.
Brown Criminal Cause Number Codes
Brown Circuit Court uses 07C01 for its cause numbers. The first digits mark Brown County. C01 marks the Circuit Court. Indiana's Uniform Case Numbering Rule layers on the filing year, month, case type, and sequence. A sample like 07C01-2405-F6-000123 points to Brown Circuit Court. It shows a May 2024 filing and a Level 6 felony type. It is not a real case.
Type codes include F1 through F6 for felony levels. CM stands for misdemeanor. MC marks miscellaneous criminal, MR murder, PC post-conviction relief, and RF a red-flag firearm matter. IF marks an infraction. A type code is only a filing category, never proof of guilt. Read the charge block and the orders behind it.
Criminal Dockets: What They Show
A Brown County criminal CCS is a dated index, not the full text of each paper. Start with the header. Then compare each event against any linked public order. Indiana's CCS guidance explains how the summary and the formal orders fit together.
| Case number | The 07C01 code, date segment, criminal type, and sequence. |
|---|---|
| Charges | Offense description, level, count, and cited law. |
| Appearances | Parties, counsel, requests, and recorded appearances. |
| Settings | Initial hearing, pretrial, plea, trial, sentencing, or reset. |
| Outcome | Plea, dismissal, trial result, sentence, and later events. |
A missing document link can mean remote access is limited, the paper is confidential, or the item was never converted. It does not prove the record is gone.
Brown Criminal Hearings Without CourtCal
Brown does not take part in Indiana's public Court Calendar. That does not mean Brown County holds no hearings. Check the latest CCS setting and any notice. Then confirm with the court or the Clerk. The Brown Circuit Court page lists 20 E Main Street, Nashville, and phone 812-988-7557.
A reset can make an old notice stale. Read the entry date and the hearing date as distinct fields. Look for any later order. Staff may share general file information and the next hearing date. They cannot give legal advice, interpret a rule, or decide what a person should file.
Keep one caution in mind. A missing Brown result is not proof. No Brown entry in the statewide calendar does not confirm that a criminal hearing was canceled.
Criminal Case Stages on the Docket
The CCS begins at filing and grows with each court event. An initial hearing may cover advice of rights, counsel, release terms, and the next date. Brown publishes an initial-hearing waiver and a counsel request. Those forms explain entries you might see. They do not replace a signed case order.
Docket flow: Filing › Initial Hearing › Arraignment › Pretrial › Plea or Trial › Disposition › Sentencing
A motion, reset, diversion path, or dismissal can change this order. Post-judgment events may include payment, probation, community corrections, a corrected order, appeal, or transfer. Read through the last entry.
Brown Criminal Disposition Terms
Short outcome terms need context. A guilty plea or admission records an accepted plea. A bench trial is decided by a judge. A jury trial records a jury process. Bench disposition is a statistical label, and it does not reveal the result alone. Dismissed may apply to one count or the whole case, subject to the order.
- Deferred or diverted
- A path with set terms and a later completion or disposition entry.
- Default
- Action after a required response or appearance was missed.
- Closed
- An administrative status, not a substitute for judgment.
- Sentencing order
- The formal order stating sentence or judgment consequences.
Online access for many criminal types is generally limited to sentencing orders. The CCS can still show earlier public events, even when their papers have no download link.
Brown County Criminal Docket Courts
Brown Circuit Court is the Brown County court of record. Pearletta Banks is the Clerk of the Brown Circuit Court. Her office keeps the criminal, civil, infraction, and related records. Brown County has no separate felony clerk, misdemeanor court, Superior Court, or county criminal court. Search under 07C01.
The Clerk directory lists 20 E Main Street, Nashville, Indiana 47448. The phone is 812-988-5510, fax 812-988-5511, and weekday hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. A mailed request should name the cause number. Include the exact record and date, the copy type, and return details. Brown Court Services runs probation, community corrections, and pretrial services. The Clerk remains custodian of the CCS.
Brown Criminal Filings by the Numbers
Indiana's 2024 report counted 430 Brown County criminal filings. The mix included 215 misdemeanors, 107 miscellaneous criminal matters, 74 Level 6 felonies, 23 Level 5 felonies, five Level 4 felonies, one Level 1 felony, one Level 2 felony, three post-conviction cases, and one red-flag matter. Filings are not convictions. They are not a count of people, either.
This mix shows why a broad name search can return many matches. Filter by Brown Circuit Court, date, status, and type. Then verify the cause number.
Access Rules for Criminal Dockets
Indiana treats court records as open by default. A rule, a law, or a court order can carve out exceptions. Some files fall outside public access. These include juvenile files, mental-health records, sealed cases, certain protection-order papers, and granted expungements. So an event can stay visible on the docket while the paper behind it stays closed. A case header alone never guarantees every document is public.
Key access rules:
Access Rule 4 states the presumption of access.
Access Rule 5 identifies excluded records.
Access Rule 9 provides an extraordinary-access court process.
No linked paper means the docket stops short. Check the public-access table first, then call, visit, fax, or mail the Clerk, since older files may still live only on paper. Transcripts and audio go through the court reporter or a local written request, and remember the Clerk cannot undo a seal.
Brown CCS Versus Police Records
Think of the Brown County criminal docket as the court's own log. It shows filed charges, counsel, settings, motions, pleas, the disposition, the sentence, and public orders. It is not a police file, a jail file, or a prosecutor's file. Arrest reports, investigative records, and evidence sit with different offices. Each applies its own access rules. The CCS works well for tracking a public case or confirming a court date. Ask the Clerk for any nonconfidential court paper. When a record was never filed with the court, contact the agency that created it. That line matters because a single brief CCS entry is not the whole event. Read the entries with care. A charge line records what prosecutors filed, not proof of an established allegation. A warrant or bond event shows court action. It belongs alongside the later orders that follow. Pending or closed is one field. Before describing what Brown Circuit Court decided, review the disposition. Check the sentence and the post-judgment entries together. Older Brown County cases may hold converted data without every scanned page. Write down the full cause number and the event date you want. Check the public-access table. Ask the Clerk whether the nonconfidential record can be inspected or copied. The web display may be incomplete. That route keeps it separate from the official court file.