Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Bartholomew County, Indiana, has about 85,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Bartholomew Circuit and Superior Courts, and the file of each case, kept by the Clerk of the Circuit Court, is the public record of it. This guide says which court hears what, where to look a case up and who keeps the files.
This guide covers the courts, the records page, criminal cases, kinds of files, directory links, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Bartholomew County public records, Bartholomew County arrest records, Bartholomew County warrants, Bartholomew County inmate search, Bartholomew County criminal records, Indiana arrest records and Indiana inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Bartholomew County
Court cases from Bartholomew County are filed in the Bartholomew Circuit and Superior Courts, which hear every civil, criminal, family, probate and juvenile case.
A city with a city and town court of its own tries the tickets written under its ordinances.
Divorces go to the Circuit or Superior Court, and the file stays with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
The Clerk of the Circuit Court keeps the files, and a copy of anything in a file comes from that office, under the court's own rules rather than the Indiana Access to Public Records Act.
Looking Up a Case from Bartholomew County
For Bartholomew County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at in.gov/courts/local/bartholomew-county (page title: Indiana Judicial Branch: Bartholomew County), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Statewide, mycase.IN.gov is the Indiana courts' free statewide case search.
The Indiana court page SearchSystems verified is at mycase.in.gov.
What Reaches the Court from Bartholomew County
Together, the two agencies in Bartholomew County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,449 arrests to the FBI that year; the Prosecuting Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Bartholomew Circuit and Superior Courts.
The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at bartholomew.in.gov/prosecutor.html (page title: Prosecutor), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
The Kinds of Court Files
The court file is one record with several readers: a criminal case from the arrest to the sentence, a divorce from the petition to the judgment, a traffic ticket from the citation to the conviction the court reports to the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and an eviction or a lien on land.
The other Bartholomew County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Bartholomew County criminal records, Bartholomew County divorce records, Bartholomew County traffic tickets, Bartholomew County DUI and Bartholomew County property records.
More Official Court Pages for Bartholomew County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Bartholomew County and Indiana. These court pages from its Bartholomew County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Court Services (bartholomew.in.gov)
- Indiana Courts Case Search (public.courts.in.gov)
Cities in Bartholomew County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Bartholomew Circuit and Superior Courts; tickets under a city's own ordinances go to its city and town court where it has one.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Bartholomew County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own court records guide opens there:
- Columbus (51,970)
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Bartholomew County?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at in.gov/courts/local/bartholomew-county. Statewide, mycase.IN.gov is the Indiana courts' free statewide case search.
Which court hears felonies in Bartholomew County?
The Bartholomew Circuit and Superior Courts, which hear every civil, criminal, family, probate and juvenile case.
Who keeps the court records in Bartholomew County?
The Clerk of the Circuit Court. Copies come from that office under the court's own rules.
Is there a statewide court case search in Indiana?
Yes: mycase.IN.gov, the Indiana courts' free statewide case search.
Is this the official Bartholomew County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.