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Janet S. Chadwell
Decatur County Clerk
150 Courthouse Square, Suite 244
Greensburg, Indiana 47240
Ph: 812-663-8223
E-mail:
clerk@decaturcounty.in.gov
Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Mon-Fri
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You may now pay the following items using your credit card:
Marriage
licenses, divorce packets, new case filing fees, passport processing fee,
copies and faxes as well as traffic tickets.
- The Clerk
administers the official court records of all court cases with
jurisdiction in that county.
- The Clerk
prepares the Court's permanent historical records:
- The Clerk is
generally responsible to:
- The Clerk processes
and issues documents for court cases:
- The Clerk
collects, distributes, and reconciles monies related to court cases and
is subject to regular audits by State Board of Accounts.
Criminal cases include felonies,
misdemeanors, miscellaneous criminals.
Traffic cases are comprised of
infractions, local ordinance violations and exempted ordinance violations
Civil cases include torts, civil
plenary cases, protective orders, miscellaneous civil, reciprocal support,
small claims, domestic relations, mental health, adoption, supervised and
unsupervised estates, guardianships, trusts, children in need of services
(CHINS), juvenile delinquency, juvenile status, juvenile miscellaneous and
juvenile paternity.
The Record of Judgments and Orders serves
as the historical record of the court's verbatim orders.
The Judgment Docket is used by
abstract companies to show liens against real estate, and information is
also recorded by credit companies to provide assistance to those who lend
money to individuals and entities.
The Chronological Case Summary serves
as the sequential record of the judicial events in a case.
Indexes are vital records for locating
cases and conducting criminal or civil record searches concerning
individuals or entities.
Perform marriage ceremonies; process marriage
applications and issue marriage licenses.
Prepare notary certifications, register bail
agents, and process applications for license for distress sale, passports,
hunting and fishing licenses.
Record certified breathalyzer operators,
judgments including State income and unemployment tax warrants, bonds of
numerous public officials, and other miscellaneous records.
Civil documents include summons, subpoenas,
garnishment orders, proceedings supplemental, writs of execution or
attachment, orders of sale, body attachments, protective orders, notice of
claim, contempt citations, orders to appear, SR33.
Criminal documents include arrest warrants;
jailer's releases commitments to jail and correctional facilities; change,
release and forfeiture of bond forms; bondsman ordered to produce
notification; and transport orders.
Probate documents include publications for
newspapers regarding the opening and closing of estates, notification of
heirs, wills, inventories, inheritance tax orders and final reports.
Juror names are drawn, and notices are
generated for prospective jurors and those assigned to panels.
Record of Proceedings for appeal to the
Appellate and Supreme Courts are prepared and/or approved.
Court costs, judgment money and many other
fees are collected on civil cases.
The Clerk collects fees and fines for city,
county and state, deferral and pre-trial diversion fees, and extradition and
restitution fees for criminal misdemeanor and infraction cases.
User fees for special interest groups
include: Conservation Officers Fish and Wildlife Fund, Public Defender
Fee, Marijuana Eradication Program Fee, Alcohol and Drug Services Program
User Fee, Law Enforcement Continuing Education Fee, Drug Abuse Prosecution
Interdiction and Correction Fee, Alcohol Abuse Deterrent Program and/or
Medical Fee, Alcohol and Drug Countermeasures Fee, Child Abuse Prevention
Fee, Domestic Violence Prevention and Treatment Fee, Highway Work Zone Fee,
Special Death Benefit Fee.
Child Support represents a significant
portion of collections made, and Federal Title IV D case processing
generates incentive monies to counties.
These Duties of Indiana Clerks were prepared
and written by the State of Indiana
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