White County Clerk Office
White County has a unified elected clerk structure. The official county page names Lori Austin as White County Clerk and places the Clerk's Office on the second floor of the White County Government Center in Monticello. The office is the practical counter for official court record copies, certified documents, older case files, and forms used in civil, family, small-claims, landlord-tenant, judgment-collection, probate, and traffic-related matters.
The Clerk of the Circuit Court name matters because Indiana does not use the same clerk labels as some other states. White County has White Circuit Court and White Superior Court, with one Clerk maintaining the local court record function. The clerk does not replace the judge, give legal advice, or decide a case. The office receives filings, keeps court records, links users to payment and filing systems, and provides certified copies when the record is available for release.
White County Clerk's Office
Clerk: Lori Austin
110 N Main St, 2nd Floor
P.O. Box 350, Monticello, IN 47960
(574) 583-7032
Fax: (574) 583-1532
Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-4:00 PM, closed holidays
The manifest image source for the clerk page is the official White County app listing on Google Play, which reflects a county mobile channel connected to local information.
For certified court records, the clerk's published phone, mailing address, and courthouse counter remain the record-request channel to verify.
What White County Clerk Does
The White County Clerk's Office serves both the court system and the public. It links to current court records through the Indiana Judicial Branch White County page and to older White County court records from 2017 and prior through an SBS document portal. It also links to local rules, payment tools, protective-order e-filing, and commonly used forms. These links show the office is not just a copy counter; it is the local access point for filings, record verification, payment routing, and court paperwork.
- Maintains court records for White Circuit Court and White Superior Court matters.
- Provides access paths for current MyCase records and older records from 2017 and prior.
- Handles certified-copy requests for official documents when public access allows release.
- Publishes local forms for small claims, evictions, proceedings supplemental, continuances, probate transfers, and judgment releases.
- Links users to traffic ticket payment, child support payment, and protective-order e-filing channels.
Indiana MyCase terms warn that online data is not the official court record. Indiana court public-record guidance states that official court documents, including certified marriage certificates, divorce decrees, wills, estate documents, transcripts, and case documents, generally must come from the clerk's office in the county where the matter was filed or heard.
Request White County Certified Copies
A certified copy is a court or clerk copy marked as official. It may be needed for estate administration, name changes, divorce proof, appeals, benefits, real estate matters, or other legal use. A printout from MyCase is useful for research, but it is not the same as a certified White County court record.
- Identify the case number, case type, party names, and court if known. MyCase can help find current public case details.
- Decide which document is needed, such as an order, judgment, divorce decree, estate filing, will, marriage certificate, transcript, or docket copy.
- Call the White County Clerk at (574) 583-7032 to confirm availability, copy fees, certification cost, payment method, and pickup or mail options.
- Submit the request in person at 110 N Main St, 2nd Floor, or by mail to White County Clerk, P.O. Box 350, Monticello, IN 47960, if the clerk confirms mail processing.
- Use the certified copy issued by the clerk or court. Do not treat a public portal screen as an official sealed record.
The Indiana Judicial Branch records request guidance supports this distinction between online access and official copies.
White County Request Fields
The research file did not find a single universal White County court-record request form. The best field inventory comes from the records and forms the Clerk links, plus Indiana MyCase search guidance. A strong request gives the clerk enough detail to identify the file without guessing.
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Case number or cause number | Helpful when known | Indiana case numbers can be searched with or without hyphens and leading zeroes in MyCase. |
| Party names | Yes | Use full names and roles if known, such as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, respondent, decedent, or guardian. |
| Case type | Helpful | Examples include estate, guardianship, divorce, small claims, felony, misdemeanor, infraction, civil collection, or eviction. |
| Document type | Yes | State whether the request is for a decree, order, judgment, will, estate document, transcript, docket, or certified marriage copy. |
| Copy type and quantity | Yes | Say whether plain or certified copies are needed and how many copies are requested. |
| Requester contact | Yes | Include name, mailing address, phone, and email so staff can quote fees or clarify the request. |
The small-estate affidavit form is more detailed than a record request. It asks for decedent, county, death date, residence, waiting-period and value declarations, entitlement basis, recipient details, property description, holder details, affiant contact, signature, and notary information.
White County Clerk Fees
The White County Clerk page reviewed did not publish a complete local copy and certification fee schedule. It did publish payment channels for child support and traffic tickets, while Indiana Judicial Branch and White County local rules provide several related amounts. Confirm current clerk copy charges before mailing payment.
| Item | Amount / Method |
|---|---|
| Clerk office copies and certifications | Not published on the White County Clerk page reviewed |
| Certified marriage license copy | $4 under Indiana Judicial Branch marriage-license guidance |
| Marriage license, Indiana resident couple | $25 under Indiana Judicial Branch statewide guidance |
| Marriage license, out-of-state residents | $65 under Indiana Judicial Branch statewide guidance |
| Child support by phone | (855) 972-9427 |
| Child support by mail | White County Clerk, P.O. Box 350, Monticello, IN 47960 |
| Traffic payments | Indiana ePay at public.courts.in.gov/pay |
| Transcript per-page maximum | $6.50 ordinary; expedited $8.50 with 24-hour notice or $7.50 with 3 days' notice |
Note: Marriage-license amounts are statewide guidance, while certified court-document costs should be confirmed with the White County Clerk.
White County Clerk Forms
The local form inventory is one of the clearest White County-specific resources. The Clerk page links paperwork for small claims, landlord-tenant filings, judgment collection, continuances, family matters, probate small-estate transfers, and judgment releases. Those forms help show which records the clerk sees at the counter and which filings route into White Circuit Court or White Superior Court.
- Affidavit for Transfer of Assets without Administration for eligible small-estate transfers.
- Notice of Claim and small claims packet for small claims and related filings.
- Motion for Continuance and Proposed Order for a written continuance request.
- Verified Motion for Proceedings Supplemental for post-judgment collection proceedings.
- E-file Protective Order through the Indiana public courts protective-order portal.
- Pay Ticket Online through Indiana ePay.
Several Clerk-linked forms are downloads. A browser may start the file download instead of showing an HTML page, which is normal for the White County PDF packets.
White County Mail and Online Access
Current public case lookups route through Indiana MyCase, with search help from the official MyCase tips page. The Clerk page also links to the Indiana Judicial Branch White County page, the Court Records 2017 and Prior portal, Indiana ePay, child support payment channels, and protective-order e-filing.
Mail requests and child support payments use White County Clerk, P.O. Box 350, Monticello, IN 47960. For in-person service, the Clerk's Office is on the second floor at 110 N Main St. Because copy fees were not published in the reviewed clerk page, callers should confirm the amount, acceptable payment method, and whether a self-addressed stamped envelope is needed before mailing a request.
White County's court structure places criminal, infraction, ordinance, expungement, post-conviction, small claims, evictions, and red-flag cases in Superior Court, while Circuit Court receives juvenile, domestic relations, adoption, estate, guardianship, mental-health, protective-order, reciprocal support, trust, and administrative-review matters. Civil plenary, mortgage foreclosure, civil collection, civil tort, and civil miscellaneous cases may be filed in either court.