Indiana puts its trial courts, its prisons and its criminal history within reach of anyone. MyCase covers nearly every court with public case information and many documents at no charge, the Department of Correction database was updated the day SearchSystems read it, and the State Police sell a Limited Criminal History on a name and date of birth. The Professional Licensing Agency's search takes wildcards and searches by city, county or ZIP code.
The order to use: MyCase first, because it is statewide and shows the filings; the incarcerated search and the registry for status; the licensing search for a profession and a town; INBiz for companies; the Limited Criminal History when a name and birth date are known and the question is arrests and convictions in Indiana; then the county recorder and assessor pages SearchSystems lists for property.
- Courts, free: MyCase, public case information and documents from the Indiana courts.
- In custody: the Department of Correction Incarcerated Search, by name or DOC number, updated daily.
- Registered offenders: the Sex and Violent Offender Registry, searched by county.
- Licenses and companies: the Professional Licensing Agency verification, with wildcards, and INBiz.
- Criminal history, voters and money: the State Police Limited Criminal History, the voter portal and Indiana Unclaimed Property.
Written by SearchSystems.net from Indiana's own systems: the Indiana Judicial Branch, the Indiana Department of Correction, the Indiana State Police, the Professional Licensing Agency, the Secretary of State's voter portal, the Office of the Attorney General, the Public Access Counselor, each read on October 13, 2026 by the SearchSystems editorial team.
MyCase: public cases and free documents
MyCase is the Odyssey public access site run by the Office of Judicial Administration, and the Judicial Branch's guide to searching it says anyone may search for public, non confidential case information and documents, that many documents are available online free of charge, and that some documents are not online and older cases may lack them. Licensed Indiana attorneys who sign in get an attorney dashboard with access to all public documents in all public cases. What is public is decided by the Access to Public Records Act, Indiana Code 5-14-3, and the Supreme Court's Rules on Access to Court Records, which explain which court records are public and which are confidential. Online payment is available for traffic tickets in some courts and criminal fees in Lake County, for court fees and fines only. The search page itself noted that e-filing is available online around the clock. A name run in MyCase returns the person's cases across the participating courts, and the chronological case summary in each lists the events and filings.
The incarcerated search, updated daily
The Indiana Department of Correction's Incarcerated Search runs by last name, by first and last name, or by DOC number, and the department advises both names when known to narrow the results and the DOC number to skip a step. When SearchSystems read it the page stated the database was last updated 10/13/2026, the same day. Anyone who reuses or publishes the information is solely liable for any claim arising from it, including defamation and invasion of privacy, and complaints about accuracy go in writing to the department at 302 West Washington Street, IGCS Room E334, Indianapolis, IN 46204.
The Sex and Violent Offender Registry
Indiana's registry covers violent offenders as well as sex offenders. The Department of Correction's registry hub explains that Zachary's Law, effective January 1, 2003, required sheriff's departments to establish the registry jointly, that the department took over oversight from the Criminal Justice Institute on July 1, 2006 under Indiana Code 11-8-8, and that the registry's purpose is to inform the public about the identity, location and appearance of sex and violent offenders who live, work or study in Indiana. The registry is searched by county. A person listed who believes an entry is an error protests first to the local law enforcement authority and then by appeal to the department, and neighborhood associations can ask the department for information about offenders near them. The registry office is at 302 W. Washington St., Indiana Government Center South, E329, Indianapolis, (317) 232-1232.
Licenses with wildcards, and INBiz
The Professional Licensing Agency's Web Lookup/Verification searches with whatever is entered, and the agency's advice is that less is more. The fields are profession, license type, first or middle name, last name, attribute type, license number, license status, doing business as, city, county, state and ZIP code, and a wildcard asterisk after partial text covers spelling doubts, so Al* finds Alan and Allen. A facility search sits alongside the person search. The Secretary of State's INBiz business search page gave only its browser notice and a What Would You Like to Search prompt, so its fields are on the site.
The voter portal
The Secretary of State's Indiana Voters portal reported 4,765,024 registered voters when read. Its registration check takes a first name, last name, date of birth and county of current registration, entered exactly as on the record, without suffixes, and the polling place search takes the same fields with an optional driver's license number. The portal also lists who is on the ballot, elected officials, campaign finance records and election results back to 2002, with earlier results from the Indiana Archives and Records Administration. The check confirms a registration whose name, birth date and county are already known.
The Limited Criminal History, by name and date of birth
The Indiana State Police sell a Limited Criminal History report containing only felonies and misdemeanor arrests within Indiana, searched on the subject's name, date of birth, race and gender, with Social Security number and place of birth if needed. The State Police say it is not the most comprehensive product, since it excludes other states, and point to the fingerprint based national full criminal history for a complete report; completeness also depends on county participation. The system was recently updated with additional data fields, and a result reads ON FILE when a criminal record is found. Requests run online through Services.IN.gov or by mail with a request form and a money order payable to the State of Indiana, sent to Indiana State Police, Criminal History Limited Check, P.O. Box 6188, Indianapolis, IN 46206-6188; the fee is on the request form.
Vital records, unclaimed property, the ACP and public access
The Department of Health's Vital Records page and Indiana Unclaimed Property each answered SearchSystems with a title and no text, so their terms are on their own pages. The Attorney General's Address Confidentiality Program gives survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, harassment, intimidation or invasion of privacy a confidential address through the office: first class mail goes to a secure substitute address and is forwarded, and the substitute address is used for driver's license, vehicle, voter and school registrations and legal process. The office calls it one more tool, not a witness protection program or a guarantee of safety; applications must be signed by a trained victim advocate, and participants may be adults, a parent or guardian for a minor, or a guardian for an incapacitated person, with questions to confidential@atg.in.gov.
The Public Access Counselor gives advice on Indiana's public access laws to the public and to officials, publishes weekly reports, and when read carried an overview of changes to the Access to Public Records Act under HEA 1360, including new notices for a request denied due to suspicion and for a fulfilled request, along with a Public Access Handbook.
Indiana: MyCase and the limited criminal history
MyCase does the heavy lifting in Indiana: one name, nearly every court, the filings attached. The incarcerated search and the registry settle custody and registration, the licensing search finds a professional by name or by town, and the Limited Criminal History turns a name and birth date into the state's own arrest and conviction record. Deeds, assessments and local vital records are at the county recorder, assessor and health department, listed on the Indiana county pages at SearchSystems.
Paid people search reports on Hoosiers are built from these sources; MyCase and the Limited Criminal History are the state's own versions, and the first is free.
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