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.
LaGrange County, Indiana, has about 41,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the LaGrange 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: LaGrange County public records, LaGrange County arrest records, LaGrange County warrants, LaGrange County inmate search, LaGrange County criminal records, Indiana arrest records and Indiana inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from LaGrange County
In LaGrange County, the LaGrange 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 LaGrange County
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at secure.in.gov/courts/local/lagrange-county (page title: Indiana Judicial Branch: LaGrange 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 LaGrange County
Together, the three agencies in LaGrange County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 562 arrests to the FBI that year; the Prosecuting Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the LaGrange Circuit and Superior Courts.
The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at lagrangecounty.org/department/index.php?structureid=58 (page title: Prosecuting Attorney | LaGrange County, Indiana), phone (260) 499-6326, 105 N High St 2nd Floor LaGrange, IN 46761, Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 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 LaGrange County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: LaGrange County criminal records, LaGrange County divorce records, LaGrange County traffic tickets, LaGrange County DUI and LaGrange County property records.
More Official Court Pages for LaGrange County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for LaGrange County and Indiana. These court pages from its LaGrange County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Indiana Courts Case Search (public.courts.in.gov)
Cities in LaGrange County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the LaGrange Circuit and Superior Courts; tickets under a city's own ordinances go to its city and town court where it has one.
The cities and towns in the county are Lagrange, Topeka and Shipshewana.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in LaGrange County?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at secure.in.gov/courts/local/lagrange-county. Statewide, mycase.IN.gov is the Indiana courts' free statewide case search.
Which court hears felonies in LaGrange County?
The LaGrange Circuit and Superior Courts, which hear every civil, criminal, family, probate and juvenile case.
Who keeps the court records in LaGrange 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 LaGrange 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.