Confirming a Clinton Docket Entry
Before trusting a result, check what you already know. Match the court code, party name, filing date, case type, and sequence against it. A result that matches on name alone is not enough. Later orders can change an older setting. So can corrective entries. Weigh the full CCS events against the summary field before relying on it. For City Court, call 765-832-9444 with the full 83H01 number. For Circuit Court, call 765-492-5350 with the full 83C01 number. When an order's image is missing online, ask the staff for that specific entry. A Clinton name search can pull up both city and county matters. The two-office check settles things quickly.
Searching the Clinton Court Docket
Begin at the official Indiana MyCase search. The Case tab takes a full case number or a citation number. If you have neither, use the Name tab. A common surname can drag in results from many courts and years. Pick the Clinton City Court entry with care. Do it only when the court field or case number backs that choice. A Clinton street address alone does not prove the city court filed the matter.
- Keep the full ticket, case number, and party spelling close at hand.
- Search the citation or case number before trying a broad name query.
- Check for court code 83H01 on a Clinton City Court matter.
- Read the latest Chronological Case Summary entry for status and settings.
- Call the named court before relying on a date that may have changed.
If no city result comes back, run the search again with Vermillion Circuit Court selected. The statewide system covers public, non-confidential Odyssey cases. Still, it is not the official record, and older filings or protected material may never appear online.
Clinton Court Codes Explained
An Indiana case number identifies the county and court first. The filing date, case type, and sequence come after. Clinton City Court cases carry 83H01. Vermillion Circuit Court cases carry 83C01. Those five characters are the fastest way to keep the two Clinton docket paths straight. The official MyCase search tips walk through full and partial number searches.
- 83
- Vermillion County's state court identifier.
- H01
- The local identifier for Clinton City Court.
- C01
- The identifier for Vermillion Circuit Court, the county court of record.
- CCS
- The Chronological Case Summary, a dated sequence of court events.
An entry like 83H01-202604-IF-000123 only shows the structure. It is not a real assigned record here. Always search the exact number printed on the citation or given by the clerk.
Clinton Municipal Court Basics
The court's official name is Clinton City Court. It sits at 259 Vine Street, Clinton, Indiana 47842, and the directory lists Judge Donald J. Bonomo. Reach the office at 765-832-9444. The Vermillion County Clerk sends traffic-ticket questions straight to this court, so the city office is far more than a geographic label.
Clinton City Court
259 Vine Street
Clinton, IN 47842
765-832-9444
Use for Clinton City Court cases and traffic matters assigned there.
This city court is separate from the Circuit Clerk in Newport. Infractions and ordinance cases can land on its docket. The ticket itself controls the response date, payment terms, and which court owns the case, so read it before picking a portal or office.
Clinton Docket Volume in Context
Clinton counted 4,831 residents in the 2020 Census, as reproduced by STATS Indiana. That makes it Vermillion County's largest incorporated place. Population and docket activity measure different things. The provisional 2025 state workbook lists 2,398 incoming matters and 2,114 disposed matters. It also counts 7,872 pending at year end for Clinton City Court. Treat those as workload categories rather than counts of distinct people.
The Indiana trial-court statistics page labels the data provisional. A disposed total says nothing about how each Clinton case ended. A pending total is not a headcount of active residents either.
Court Dates and Settings in Clinton
Clinton posts no official daily calendar. The sound route is to open the case and read the newest CCS event. Then confirm it with Clinton City Court. Keep in mind that a filed motion is just a request, not a hearing date. A reset moves a setting and a continuance delays it. Neither one means the Clinton docket was dismissed.
| Date | The date attached to the latest scheduled event. |
|---|---|
| Time | The listed start time, which may be a docket call rather than an individual appointment. |
| Court | Clinton City Court or Vermillion Circuit Court. |
| Judge | The judicial officer shown for that event. |
| Setting Type | Arraignment, pretrial, hearing, trial, or compliance event. |
Check the CCS again shortly before you travel. Court staff can confirm logistics but cannot give legal advice. Have the full Clinton case or citation number in hand when you call.
Clinton City and Circuit Dockets
A Clinton resident can have court records in either local layer. City Court is the named traffic route. It uses the 83H01 prefix. Vermillion Circuit, the county's only court of record, uses 83C01. An event that happened in Clinton can still end up as a county case. It may not be a City Court one.
| Clinton search clue | Likely first route | Confirm with |
|---|---|---|
| Ticket names Clinton City Court | MyCase citation search and 83H01 | Clinton City Court |
| Civil, family, probate, or felony matter | MyCase and 83C01 | Vermillion Circuit Clerk |
| Unknown court | Broad MyCase name search | The court shown in the result |
This split prevents a common mistake: calling the county clerk about every Clinton ticket. The citation and docket header show which office actually holds the record.
Traffic Tickets in Clinton
The Vermillion Circuit Clerk page states that traffic tickets are processed by Clinton City Court. Search MyCase with the citation number and check the court field. Indiana's ePay may offer a payment route for a participating account, but ePay is not a full Clinton CCS and it does not replace the ticket.
If ePay finds no ticket: do not assume the Clinton case was dismissed. Check the number, wait for filing if the citation is new, search MyCase, and call 765-832-9444.
Payment and contest instructions come from the ticket and the court. No deferral deadline or defensive-driving program appears for Vermillion County, so do not apply another county's program to a Clinton citation. For countywide routing detail, see Vermillion County traffic tickets.
Reading Clinton IF and OV Cases
Case codes tell you what kind of matter you are looking at in a Clinton court docket. IF marks an infraction. OV marks an ordinance violation. The CCS then lays out the life of the case: filings, notices, settings, admissions, hearings, judgments, and payment events. Read oldest to newest. Give the latest valid entry the most weight when a Clinton docket seems to conflict with itself.
Keep the limits in mind. A charge line is only a filed claim, never the final outcome. An FTA entry records that a failure to appear happened. The current consequence and how to fix it must be confirmed with Clinton City Court. A receipt proves one transaction, not the whole certified record. MyCase balances can also lag or miss adjustments. Check the amount and status with the court before you pay or show up.
Where Clinton Cases Go
Not everything tied to Clinton lands in City Court. Civil suits, probate, family matters, felonies, and other cases in county trial jurisdiction run through the unified Vermillion Circuit Clerk. Appeals ordinarily go to the Court of Appeals of Indiana. Federal cases sit in the federal system. They stay apart from either Clinton court layer.
Docket flow: Clinton City Court › Vermillion Circuit Court › Court of Appeals of Indiana
This flow is about jurisdiction, not a fixed path for every case. A Clinton City Court ticket may finish right there. A Circuit case begins at the county level instead. For the county route, start with the Vermillion County court docket overview.
Clinton Federal Records Stay Separate
Federal cases tied to Clinton live outside the city court entirely. The Southern District of Indiana handles them through its Terre Haute Division. That division serves Vermillion County. To search that layer, use PACER and CM/ECF, the official federal docket system. Appeals go to the Seventh Circuit. Bankruptcy matters follow the Southern District's assignment. None of these filings will ever show up in a Clinton City Court docket. The federal system is separate from city, county, and state case records.
The PACER court lookup confirms the Southern District docket. That page reflects the federal court's own records, not a Clinton docket search tool.
That source routes federal records while keeping them apart from Clinton City Court. PACER publishes its federal access pricing.
Fees and exemptions on PACER do not set Clinton City Court copy charges.
Clinton Appeals and Free Discovery
Federal appellate records remain outside MyCase. The Seventh Circuit maintains its official court site.
Use it for the federal appellate layer, never a local traffic setting. CourtListener and RECAP can aid federal docket discovery.
When a free mirror lacks an entry, the court and PACER stay authoritative. The Southern District Bankruptcy Court explains where bankruptcy cases are filed.
The Clinton federal routing set ends here, kept separate from the city docket.
Clinton Court Record Access Rules
Indiana court records start from a presumption of public access, with exclusions. Sealed files, confidential information, juvenile material, and anything restricted by rule or statute may not appear. MyCase itself warns that its online data is not the official court record. For the official file, ask Clinton City Court for a city case. For a Circuit case, ask the Vermillion Circuit Clerk.
Key rules:
Indiana Rules on Access to Court Records govern access and exclusions for judicial records.
Indiana Access to Public Records Act supplies the broader state public-record framework.
Indiana juvenile confidentiality law limits access to covered juvenile material.
Name the case and the document when you ask. A public docket entry can be incomplete or corrected later, so verify any Clinton record with the court that issued it before you rely on it.