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.
Dearborn County, Indiana, has about 51,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Dearborn 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: Dearborn County public records, Dearborn County arrest records, Dearborn County warrants, Dearborn County inmate search, Dearborn County criminal records, Indiana arrest records and Indiana inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Dearborn County
In Dearborn County, the Dearborn Circuit and Superior Courts 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 Dearborn County
For Dearborn County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at in.gov/courts/local/dearborn-county (page title: Indiana Judicial Branch: Dearborn 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 Dearborn County
Together, the two agencies in Dearborn County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,308 arrests to the FBI that year; the Prosecuting Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Dearborn Circuit and Superior Courts.
The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at dearborncounty.org/department/index.php?structureid=27 (page title: Prosecutor | Dearborn County, Indiana), phone (812) 537-8884, 165 Mary St Lawrenceburg, IN 47025, Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, 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 Dearborn County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Dearborn County criminal records, Dearborn County divorce records, Dearborn County traffic tickets, Dearborn County DUI and Dearborn County property records.
More Official Court Pages for Dearborn County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Dearborn County and Indiana. These court pages from its Dearborn County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Gabrielle Snyder v. Dearborn County Assessor (public.courts.in.gov)
Cities in Dearborn County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Dearborn 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 Dearborn County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own court records guide opens there:
- Lawrenceburg (5,216)
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Dearborn County?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at in.gov/courts/local/dearborn-county. Statewide, mycase.IN.gov is the Indiana courts' free statewide case search.
Which court hears felonies in Dearborn County?
The Dearborn Circuit and Superior Courts, which hear every civil, criminal, family, probate and juvenile case.
Who keeps the court records in Dearborn 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 Dearborn 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.