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 on September 24, 2026.
Scott County, Mississippi, has about 28,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Scott County Circuit Court and the Justice Court and County Court, and the file of each case, kept by the Circuit Clerk for criminal and civil cases and the Chancery Clerk for divorces, estates and land records, 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, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Scott County public records, Scott County arrest records, Scott County warrants, Scott County criminal records, Scott County police reports, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Scott County
In Scott County, the Scott County Circuit Court hears felonies and the larger civil cases.
The Justice Court and County Court take misdemeanors, traffic cases and small claims in the Justice Court; the County Court, where the county has one, takes eminent domain, juvenile and mid-sized civil cases.
A city with a municipal court of its own tries the tickets written under its ordinances.
Divorces go to the Chancery Court, and the file stays with the Chancery Clerk.
The Circuit Clerk for criminal and civil cases and the Chancery Clerk for divorces, estates and land records keep the files, and a copy of anything in a file comes from that office, under the court's own rules rather than the Mississippi Public Records Act.
Looking Up a Case from Scott County
For Scott County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at scottcountyms.gov/courts (page title: Courts | Scott County, Mississippi), phone 601-469-1922, 100 E 1st St Forest MS 39074, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Mississippi has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The Mississippi court page SearchSystems verified is at courts.ms.gov.
What Reaches the Court from Scott County
Together, the two agencies in Scott County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 1,307 arrests to the FBI that year; the District Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Scott County Circuit Court or the Justice Court and County Court.
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 Mississippi Department of Public Safety Driver Service Bureau, and an eviction or a lien on land.
The other Scott County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Scott County criminal records, Scott County divorce records, Scott County traffic tickets and Scott County property records.
Cities in Scott County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Scott County Circuit Court or the Justice Court and County Court; tickets under a city's own ordinances go to its municipal court where it has one.
The cities and towns in the county are Forest, Morton, Lake and Sebastopol.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Scott County?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at scottcountyms.gov/courts, phone 601-469-1922.
Which court hears felonies in Scott County?
The Scott County Circuit Court, which hears felonies and the larger civil cases. The Justice Court and County Court take misdemeanors, traffic cases and small claims in the Justice Court; the County Court, where the county has one, takes eminent domain, juvenile and mid-sized civil cases.
Who keeps the court records in Scott County?
The Circuit Clerk for criminal and civil cases and the Chancery Clerk for divorces, estates and land records. Copies come from that office under the court's own rules.
Is there a statewide court case search in Mississippi?
No. Each court's records are looked up through that court.
Is this the official Scott 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.