Parke County Criminal Docket Searches
MyCase / Odyssey Public Access is the main online tool for a public Parke County criminal docket. Pick Parke County as the court. Pick Criminal & Citation as the category. A case number beats a name every time, since names get shared, misspelled, and formatted in more than one way. Parke cases usually carry the prefix 61C01, and a generic criminal number may look like 61C01-YYMM-CF-####, though the type code shifts with the filing.
The portal is only one channel. Nicole Collings, the Parke County Clerk, keeps the official Parke Circuit Court case record. The Clerk of the Parke Circuit Court handles ordinary copies, certified copies, payments, and anything the online summary leaves out. Counter and copy procedures are local too. For scheduling, call the Parke Circuit Court. A transcript request goes to the court reporter.
- Open MyCase and select the Case or Name search tab.
- Enter the full criminal case number, or use the fewest name fields needed for a focused search.
- Set Court to Parke County and Category to Criminal & Citation, then narrow status or filing dates if useful.
- Match the result by court, type, file date, and case style before opening its summary.
- Read the CCS, charges, documents, and disposition together, then request the official record from the clerk if needed.
Decode Parke Criminal Docket Numbers
Indiana Administrative Rule 8 makes a Parke County criminal docket number useful before the case summary even opens. Take 61C01-YYMM-CM-####. The "61" marks Parke County. The "C01" marks Parke Circuit Court. The next digits give the filing year and month, the letters name the case group, and the last digits are the sequence. Treat the type code as a routing clue only. It proves no charge, outcome, or public-document level.
- CF and F1-F6
- Criminal felony codes used for felony matters under the current coding system.
- CM
- Criminal misdemeanor, distinct from a felony filing.
- MC or MR
- Miscellaneous criminal or murder-related coding; read the portal's full case-type label.
- CCS
- Chronological Case Summary, Indiana's dated event history for the case.
When you lack the number, don't guess one code and stop there. MyCase's broader Criminal & Citation category can surface several criminal code groups. Once a result appears, check its case number and case-type description against the CCS. Two letters alone settle nothing.
Criminal Dockets: What They Show
A public Parke County criminal docket can show the court, type and subtype, file and status dates, case style, references, related cases, parties, and dated CCS events. Charge rows may list an offense date, a description, the statute, the degree, a citation number, the original charge, and any later modification. Bond details, financial information, or payment actions appear only if the portal makes them available. Some entries carry a linked document. Many do not.
| Case Number | The Parke court prefix, filing period, type code, and sequence, such as 61C01-YYMM-CF-####. |
|---|---|
| Charges | Numbered allegations with the filed-as description, statute, degree, and any later change shown publicly. |
| CCS Events | Dated entries for filings, hearings, orders, pleas, judgment, sentencing, fees, and appellate steps. |
| Bond | Type, amount, status, and posted date when those fields are displayed. |
| Disposition | The procedural result for a charge or case; the judgment and CCS text provide more context than a status label. |
A CCS event is not always the document behind it. MyCase warns that public document access varies by category, and some felony or misdemeanor categories may expose sentencing orders while withholding other filings. Need a complete pleading, signed order, or certified result? Give the Parke Clerk the exact event and date.
Parke Criminal Docket Charge Limits
A charge row is only an allegation filed with the court. It establishes no guilt. Read the Parke County criminal docket forward through the later CCS entries and the charge-level disposition, which may reflect dismissal, acquittal, conviction, diversion, probation, a sentence, or an unresolved case. An "active" or "closed" header can never replace the actual judgment.
Read the last relevant event. Compare each charge with the plea, judgment, disposition, and sentencing entries. If the words conflict or the record seems incomplete, obtain the official Parke Circuit Court record from the clerk.
The same caution applies to icons and balances. A warrant icon is an interface signal, not a certification that a warrant stands today. A financial panel can omit adjustments or later payments. Confirm warrant status with the court, and confirm the amount due with the clerk. An online flag is never final.
Criminal Case Stages on the Docket
A Parke County criminal docket grows as court staff add events. The initial filing opens the case. Its charge records follow. An arraignment logs the first formal appearance and the plea. Pretrial entries can bring counsel appearances, discovery, motions, bond review, conferences, continuances, and settings. Later, a plea hearing or trial produces findings. Judgment and sentencing entries then record the court's orders. After judgment, expect fee entries, probation matters, or an appeal.
Docket flow: Filing → Arraignment → Pretrial → Plea or Trial → Disposition → Sentencing
A Parke County criminal docket rarely moves in a straight line. One hearing can be continued and rescheduled several times. When a charge gets modified, the docket may list both the old and new versions. Nothing has vanished. A motion entry is only a filing until the judge acts. The outcome shows up later as a matching order or disposition on the court record.
Parke Criminal Docket Bail Entries
Parke Local Rule 15 sets a minimum bail schedule and conditions. Still, no docket becomes a fixed-price chart because of it. The judge may modify bail. Statutes or the case facts can change what applies. The rule covers offense levels, specified operating-while-intoxicated and misdemeanor categories, and violent offenses. It also reaches probation matters, qualifying percentage cash bonds, property bonds, and surety approval.
A bond amount or status in MyCase is one dated part of the court record. It may miss a later order, a release condition, or a transaction. Use the CCS to find the bond hearing and the signed order. The local schedule and that order control. Note: Never infer a person's present custody or release status from an old bond row.
Parke County Criminal Docket Courts
One trial court handles local criminal work here. Parke County routes its cases to Parke Circuit Court. That court is identified as 61C01. The current directory and service report list no separate Parke Superior, County, City, or Town Court. So a criminal case from Rockville, Montezuma, Rosedale, Marshall, or Bloomingdale usually travels the county court route, unless the clerk confirms some other statutory assignment.
In MyCase, pick Parke County when you search the criminal docket. The Parke Clerk manages filings, case records, copies, certification, payments, and what is available locally. Parke Circuit Court itself handles the courtroom and hearing calendar. Appeals leave the local trial docket and move to the Indiana Court of Appeals or another state appellate court. That appellate clerk keeps the separate record.
Parke Criminal Docket Drug Court
The statewide problem-solving-court directory places Parke Adult Drug Court under Parke Circuit Court. It is a program inside that court. It is not a second court or its own public portal. Whatever public case information exists stays tied to the Parke Circuit Court case number and CCS.
Program material is different. Supervision notes, treatment records, medical information, and substance-use details can be restricted. A thin public CCS does not mean nothing happened in the program. Ask the Parke Clerk about the public case record. Save program questions for the program contact. Trying to rebuild protected treatment details from scattered docket entries gets you nowhere.
Access Rules for Criminal Dockets
Indiana opens its court records through the Access to Public Records Act. The judiciary's court-record rules also apply. Rule 5 pulls certain material out of public view. Confidential cases, sealed files, and personal identifiers are excluded or limited. So are mental-health and medical records, supervision material, and victim or witness data. Juvenile and protection-order information may be missing or redacted too. Expungement can also change whether a case shows up in a public docket search at all.
Key Rules:
Indiana Code 5-14-3 supplies the general Indiana Access to Public Records Act framework.
Access to Court Records Rule 5 identifies excluded cases, documents, and information that must be withheld or redacted.
Access to Court Records Rule 6 sets the verified process and legal standard for extraordinary restriction.
An empty MyCase result does not prove a case never existed. Double-check the Parke County filter and the number format. Consider whether the record is older or was converted. Then call the Clerk of the Parke Circuit Court. If you need an authorized statewide criminal-history product, go to Indiana State Police rather than the court docket.
Get Official Parke Criminal Records
When you request a copy from the Parke Clerk, give the case number, the exact CCS event or document, the filing or order date, and whether you want an ordinary or certified copy. Say how you want it delivered. Transcripts, audio, and reporter-held items belong with the court reporter, not the clerk. For an exhibit, ask whether it is still in the file before assuming anything.
Indiana's judiciary offers an agency APRA form and a separate data application, but neither replaces the local clerk for one Parke criminal case file. MyCase is generally free to search. Copies, certification, postage, transcripts, exhibits, and special data can carry fees, and no official Parke fee schedule or guaranteed turnaround time exists. Ask the clerk for a current quote and estimate.