Court Specific Help - Circuit 17

17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (Cass & Johnson counties)

Cass County (Harrisonville, MO)

CIRCUIT CIVIL

Circuit and associate civil case information is available for all public cases that were pending as of, or filed after, June 6, 2005. All civil judgments entered prior to June 6, 2005 are not included in Case.net, unless the judgment was revived after June 6, 2005. If you are looking for a judgment entered prior to June 6, 2005 you must review the judgment index located at the Cass County Courthouse, Circuit Division, in Harrisonville, Missouri.

CIRCUIT PROBATE

Probate case information is available for all public cases that were pending as of, or filed after, June 6, 2005. Probate judgments entered prior to June 6, 2005 are not included in Case.net. If you are looking for a judgment entered prior to June 6, 2005 you must review the judgment index located at the Cass County Courthouse, Probate Division, Harrisonville, Missouri.

CIRCUIT CRIMINAL

Criminal Traffic, Misdemeanor, Felony and DWI case information is available for all public cases that were pending as of, or filed after, June 6, 2005. All Criminal judgments entered prior to June 6, 2005 are not included in Case.net. If you are looking for a judgment entered prior to June 6, 2005 you must review the judgment index located at the Cass County Courthouse, Circuit Division, in Harrisonville, Missouri.

TRAFFIC

Traffic tickets and infraction case information is available for all public cases that were pending as of, or filed after, June 6, 2005. Judgments entered prior to June 6, 2005 are not included in Case.net. If you are looking for a judgment entered prior to June 6, 2005 you must review the judgment index located at the Cass County Courthouse, Circuit Division, in Harrisonville, Missouri.

MISSOURI ELECTRONIC FILING SYSTEM

Effective January 1, 2012, electronic records are viewable at the public access terminal at the court house. Case records in Cass County are available electronically for the above referenced case types beginning June 16, 2014. Contact the court for the availability of electronic records prior to this date.

CASE NUMBERING

Civil, Associate Civil, Small Claims, Criminal, and Probate cases filed after June 6, 2005 will be assigned a new JIS case number. Traffic cases use the actual traffic ticket number. Therefore, all new cases filed in JIS after July 6, 2005 will have the following format:

2 – digit year
2 – character location code
2 – character case type code (CV – Civil, CR – Criminal, PR – Probate, etc.)
6 – digit sequential case number

Cass Circuit: 05CA-XX00001
Cass Probate: 05P1-PR00001

Please substitute the case category listed below for the XX. Each of the following case categories will start with case #00001 at the beginning of each calendar year.

Case Category Code
Criminal CR
Civil CV
Municipal Ordinance MU
County Ordinance CY
Miscellaneous MC

Note: For Traffic cases, the citation or ticket number is the case number.

The court location is the location in which the case is initiated. The case is NOT assigned a new case number when it is bound over nor is it assigned a new case number when there is a change of venue within the circuit. This assures that as much as possible the original case number is carried throughout the life of the case.

Manual Format Prior to JIS Converted Format
Circuit Civil CV102-100CC 17V010200100
Associate Civil CV302-200AC 17V030200200
Domestic CV102-300DR 17V010200300
Small Claims CV702-400SC 17V070200400
Traffic CR702-100T 17T070200100
Criminal - Misdemeanor CR302-200M 17R030200200
Criminal – Felony CR302-300F 17R030200300
Criminal – Felony bound over to Circuit CR302-300FX 17R030200300-01
Circuit – Muni Cert/Trial De Novo CV102-100MT 17M010200100
Probate CV202-200P 17P020200200

Johnson County (Warrensburg, MO)

CIRCUIT CIVIL

Circuit civil case information is available for all public cases that were pending as of, or filed after, June 6, 2005. Circuit civil judgments entered prior to June 6, 2005 are not included in Case.net, unless the judgment was revived after June 6, 2005. If you are looking for a judgment entered prior to June 6, 2005 you must review the judgment index located at the Johnson County Courthouse, Circuit Division, in Warrensburg, Missouri.

ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT CIVIL

Associate circuit civil case information is available for all public cases that were pending as of, or filed after, June 6, 2005. Associate/Small Claims judgments entered prior to June 6, 2005 are not included in Case.net, unless the judgment was revived after June 6, 2005. If you are looking for a judgment entered prior to June 6, 2005 you must review the judgment index located at the Johnson County Courthouse, Associate Division, in Warrensburg, Missouri.

CIRCUIT CRIMINAL

Circuit criminal case information is available for all public cases that were pending as of, or filed after, June 6, 2005. Circuit criminal judgments entered prior to June 6, 2005 are not included in Case.net. If you are looking for a judgment entered prior to June 6, 2005 you must review the judgment index located at the Johnson County Courthouse, Circuit Division, in Warrensburg, Missouri.

ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT CRIMINAL

Criminal Traffic, Misdemeanor and DWI case information is available for all public cases that were pending as of, or filed after, June 6, 2005. Associate Circuit Criminal judgments entered prior to June 6, 2005 are not included in Case.net. If you are looking for a judgment entered prior to June 6, 2005 you must review the judgment index located at the Johnson County Courthouse, Associate Division, in Warrensburg, Missouri.

PROBATE

Probate case information is available for all public cases that were pending as of, or filed after, June 6, 2005. Probate judgments entered prior to June 6, 2005 are not included in Case.net. If you are looking for a judgment entered prior to June 6, 2005 you must review the judgment index located at the Johnson County Courthouse, Probate Division, in Warrensburg, Missouri.

MISSOURI ELECTRONIC FILING SYSTEM

Effective January 1, 2012, electronic records are viewable at the public access terminal at the court house. Case records in Johnson County are available electronically for the above referenced case types beginning November 16, 2015. Contact the court for the availability of electronic records prior to this date.

CASE NUMBERING

Civil, Associate Civil, Small Claims, Criminal, and Probate cases filed after June 6, 2005 will be assigned a new JIS case number. Traffic uses the actual traffic ticket number. Therefore, all new cases filed in JIS after July 6, 2005 will have the following format:

2 – digit year
2 – character location code
2 – character case type code (CV – Civil, CR – Criminal, PR – Probate, etc.)
6 – digit sequential case number

Johnson Associate: 05N2-XX00001
Johnson Probate: 05P2-PR00001
Johnson Circuit: 05JO-XX00001

Please substitute the case category listed below for the XX. Each of the following case categories will start with case #00001 at the beginning of each calendar year.

Case Category Code
Criminal CR
Civil CV
Municipal Ordinance MU
County Ordinance CY
Miscellaneous MC

Note: For Traffic cases, the citation or ticket number is the case number.

The court location is the location in which the case is initiated. The case is NOT assigned a new case number when it is bound over nor is it assigned a new case number when there is a change of venue within the circuit. This assures that as much as possible the original case number is carried throughout the life of the case.

Manual Format Prior to JIS Converted Format
Circuit Civil CV402-100CC 17V040200100
Associate Civil CV602-200AC 17V060400200
Domestic CV402-300DR 17V040000300
Small Claims CV602-400SC 17V060400400
Traffic CR302-100T 17T030200100
Criminal – Misdemeanor CR602-200M 17R060200200
Criminal – Felony CR602-300F 17R060200300
Criminal – Felony b/o over to Circuit CR602-300FX 17R060200300-01
Circuit – Muni Cert/Trial De Novo CV402-100MT 17M040200100
Probate CV502-200P 17P050200200