Franklin County Criminal Docket Searches
MyCase is where a Franklin County criminal docket search begins. The state system covers non-confidential cases. You can search by case number, citation, cross-reference, party name, or attorney. A case number gives the cleanest match. With only a name, pick Franklin County. Choose Criminal & Citation, then trim the results by status and filing date. The official search tips describe wildcard and sounds-like tools. Those two cannot be combined in one query.
Treat the screen as a pointer, not the record itself. A missing filing, a converted event, an uncertain balance, or a document with a dead link calls for the Clerk of the Franklin Circuit Court. The counter works, and so do the public terminal, phone, fax, email, and a focused mail or electronic request. Hearing coordination goes through the court office. Transcripts come from a court reporter, and e-filing is reserved for authorized filers.
- Use the Case tab for a known case, citation, or cross-reference number.
- Otherwise use Name and add enough details to narrow the result.
- Filter to Franklin County and Criminal & Citation.
- Check the court code, charge, events, hearing block, and disposition.
- Ask the clerk for the official record or certified copy when needed.
Note: MyCase stops at 1,000 results. Narrow any broad Franklin County docket search by court, status, and filing date before you run it.
Franklin Criminal Case Numbers
A Franklin County criminal court docket number is a map. The pattern runs 24C01-YYMM-XX-###### or 24C02-YYMM-XX-######. Here 24 marks Franklin County. C stands for Circuit Court, and 01 or 02 picks the division. YYMM is the filing year and month. XX is the case-type code. The trailing digits are the filing sequence.
The type codes you will see most are CM for misdemeanor, IF for infraction, F5 and F6 for lower felonies. F1 through F4 mark the higher ones. MR means murder, and RF flags a red-flag case. Administrative Rule 8 governs the whole system of case coding. A transfer can swap the court identifier. The filing sequence stays put, so always read the current court field.
Criminal Dockets: What They Show
One anonymized Franklin County infraction record shows how much sits behind a single search result. Its Case Summary listed the division, filing date, status, appear-by date, charge data, events, settings, document names with page counts, parties and counsel, cross-references, and a FeeSummary. Even so, a file name does not guarantee the PDF behind it is public.
| Header | Court code, filing and status dates, case type, style, and appear-by date. |
|---|---|
| Charge | Citation, offense date, statute, description, and degree. |
| Events | Filings, notices, motions, orders, continuances, judgment, and disposition. |
| Settings | Hearing type, time, judicial officer, and reset or cancellation fields. |
| Documents | Name, event date, page count, and access state. |
| Financial block | Transactions and a dated balance, subject to clerk confirmation. |
The CCS is the chronological index. A charging paper, plea form, sentencing order, or transcript can hold facts that no event line carries. When an official record is required, the clerk's copy controls.
Franklin Felony-Level Split
The current Franklin local rules draw a sharp line. Circuit Court 2 takes murder, older Class A through C felonies, Level 1 through Level 4 felonies, MC matters, related misdemeanors, and RF cases. Circuit Court 1 gets older Class D, Level 5 and Level 6 felonies, CM misdemeanors, related misdemeanors, infractions, and ordinance cases.
That split matters for searchers. A 24C01-only query can miss a major felony sitting in 24C02. It also explains why an infraction may appear beside criminal categories without becoming a criminal conviction. Both divisions run on Odyssey. They share the same clerk. Franklin County therefore offers no separate criminal clerk or criminal-only portal.
| Court | Typical categories | Search route |
|---|---|---|
| 24C01 | CM, IF, OV/OE, F5, F6, older FD | MyCase or shared clerk |
| 24C02 | MR, F1-F4, older FA-FC, MC, RF | MyCase or shared clerk |
| Batesville City Court | Qualifying city criminal and traffic cases | Check its own identifier |
Criminal Case Stages on the Docket
A Franklin County criminal court docket grows as filings are accepted and orders are entered. A typical path is Filing › Arraignment › Pretrial › Plea or Trial › Disposition › Sentencing. Citation cases may take a shorter path, and a dismissal may end a case before trial.
Franklin County dockets can show many kinds of events. Examples include new filing, electronic filing, summons, citation filing, hearing activity, continuance, notices, a motion to dismiss, an order granting dismissal, and judgment. Those are examples, not required steps. An appear-by date is not always a hearing. A status date is not the next court date. After any reset, compare the hearing block with the continuance order and later notices. When entries conflict, the current order and court confirmation control. For deeper detail on settings, see the Franklin County court schedule page.
Franklin Event Codes in Plain Terms
Short codes keep the Franklin County criminal docket compact. Read the full text and any linked order, because the same code can sit beside very different facts.
- HSACT
- Hearing scheduling activity.
- OCNT
- An order of continuance.
- NITPB / ENITPB
- Paper or electronic notice issued to parties.
- MTD / OGMTD
- A motion to dismiss and an order granting it.
- DET
- A judgment or disposition event.
- FeeSummary
- A public financial block that may not show the current balance.
A dismissed status records an outcome. It does not erase the file, and it does not guarantee every public document is gone. When you must prove the result, read the order and ask the clerk for an official copy.
Franklin County Criminal Docket Courts
Two courts handle felony work at the Brookville courthouse: Franklin Circuit Court and Division 2. One clerk serves both and keeps the CCS records for each. Look for the courtrooms on the second floor. The clerk's public counter sits in Room 104. The official court page names the judges along with the court's contact route.
Batesville is the odd one out. Its Batesville City Court reports handling qualifying criminal and traffic cases in both Ripley and Franklin Counties. The state directory still files it under Ripley County. Before assuming a Franklin-side event falls under 24C01 or 24C02, read the court identifier on the docket line first.
For that separate path, the Batesville court source spells out how the city court handles its share of the criminal docket.
The image confirms why court identity matters more than town name alone.
Franklin Docket Limits and Fallbacks
The public screen may name a filing it cannot display. Older files may not be digitized, converted events may be sparse, and some items are in-person only. The search-tips source lays out the tools for narrowing a Franklin docket search.
The Franklin County court docket tools can locate a case. Even so, MyCase is not a certified record. It is not a full criminal history either. Treat it as a working index. If a balance looks stale or a file seems missing, call the clerk at 765-647-5111. You can also email clerk@franklincounty.in.gov. Questions about settings go to the court office at 765-647-4186. Transcripts sit outside the CCS entirely. The local rule caps the listed transcript categories at $4.50 per page.
Access Rules for Criminal Dockets
Indiana sets the ground rules for criminal docket access in two places. Access Rule 4 gives the general standard for court records, while Access Rule 5 shields sealed matters, juvenile and mental-health files, pre-sentence material, victim or witness data, and account credentials. An expungement order can close off access as well.
That is why a public docket event line can exist while the document behind it stays restricted, and the Rule 5 source shows exactly which categories carry that limit.
This split is an access rule, not a portal fault.
Key rules: Rule 4 starts with access; Rule 5 lists exclusions; Administrative Rule 9 governs remote and courthouse access.
Federal charges follow a different path. They run through PACER and CM/ECF rather than Franklin's CCS. Franklin County sits in the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. The Southern District source lays out that separate federal route for a federal court docket.
A federal filing is not held by the Franklin clerk.