Court Specific Help - Circuit 36

36TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (Butler & Ripley counties)

Butler County (Popular Bluff, MO)

CIRCUIT CIVIL

Circuit and associate civil case information is available for all public cases that were pending as of, or filed after, September 26, 2005. All civil judgments entered prior to September 26, 2005 are not included in Case.net, unless the judgment was revived after September 26, 2005. If you are looking for a judgment entered prior to September 26, 2005 you must review the judgment index located at the Butler County Courthouse, Circuit Division, in Popular Bluff, Missouri.

CIRCUIT PROBATE

Probate case information is available for all public cases that were pending as of, or filed after, September 26, 2005. Probate judgments entered prior to September 26, 2005 are not included in Case.net. If you are looking for a judgment entered prior to September 26, 2005 you must review the judgment index located at the Butler County Courthouse, Probate Division, Popular Bluff, 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, September 26, 2005. All Criminal judgments entered prior to September 26, 2005 are not included in Case.net. If you are looking for a judgment entered prior to September 26, 2005 you must review the judgment index located at the Butler County Courthouse, Circuit Division, in Popular Bluff, Missouri.

TRAFFIC

Traffic tickets and infraction case information is available for all public cases that were pending as of, or filed after, September 26, 2005. Judgments entered prior to September 26, 2005 are not included in Case.net. If you are looking for a judgment entered prior to September 26, 2005 you must review the judgment index located at the Butler County Courthouse, Circuit Division, in Popular Bluff, 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 Butler County are available electronically for the above referenced case types beginning February 4, 2013. 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 September 26, 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 September 26, 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

Butler Circuit: 05BT-XX00001
Butler Probate: 05BT-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 Ordinace 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.

Case Type Manual Format Prior to JIS Converted Format
Circuit Civil CV105-001CC 36V010500001
Associate Civil CV105-001AC 36V010500001
Domestic CV105-001DR 05BT-CV00001
Small Claims CV105-001SC 05BT-CV00001
Traffic 105-001T Ticket Number - OR- 05BT-TR00001
Criminal - Misdemeanor N/A 36R010500001
Criminal – Felony CR105-379 36R010500001
Criminal – Felony bound over to Circuit CR105-379FX 36R010500001-01
Circuit – Muni Cert/Trial De Novo MU302-IMT 36M010500001
Probate CV105-001P 36P010500001
Mental Health CV105-0001MH 36H010500001
Miscellaneous - Admimistrative Order AO-05-41DR 36AO0500001
Miscellaneous - Transcript Judgments T7727 36TJ0500001
Miscellaneous - Mechanics Lien ML776 36ML0500001

Ripley County (Doniphan, MO)

CIRCUIT CIVIL

Circuit civil case information is available for all public cases that were pending as of, or filed after, September 26, 2005. Circuit civil judgments entered prior to September 26, 2005 are not included in Case.net, unless the judgment was revived after September 26, 2005. If you are looking for a judgment entered prior to September 26, 2005 you must review the judgment index located at the Ripley County Courthouse, Circuit Division, in Doniphan, Missouri.

ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT CIVIL

Associate circuit civil case information is available for all public cases that were pending as of, or filed after, September 26, 2005. Associate/Small Claims judgments entered prior to September 26, 2005 are not included in Case.net, unless the judgment was revived after September 26, 2005. If you are looking for a judgment entered prior to September 26, 2005 you must review the judgment index located at the Ripley County Courthouse, Associate Division, in Doniphan, Missouri.

CIRCUIT CRIMINAL

Circuit criminal case information is available for all public cases that were pending as of, or filed after, September 26, 2005. Circuit criminal judgments entered prior to September 26, 2005 are not included in Case.net. If you are looking for a judgment entered prior to September 26, 2005 you must review the judgment index located at the Ripley County Courthouse, Circuit Division, in Doniphan, 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, September 26, 2005. Associate Circuit Criminal judgments entered prior to September 26, 2005 are not included in Case.net. If you are looking for a judgment entered prior to September 26, 2005 you must review the judgment index located at the Ripley County Courthouse, Associate Division, in Doniphan, Missouri.

PROBATE

Probate case information is available for all public cases that were pending as of, or filed after September 26, 2005. Probate judgments entered prior to September 26, 2005 are not included in Case.net. If you are looking for a judgment entered prior to September 26, 2005 you must review the judgment index located at the Ripley County Courthouse, Probate Division, in Doniphan, 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 Ripley County are available electronically for the above referenced case types beginning October 28, 2013. 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 September 26, 2005 will be assigned a new JIS case number. Traffic uses the actual traffic ticket number. Therefore, all new cases filed in JIS after September 26, 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

Ripley Associate: 05RI-XX00001
Ripley Probate: 05RI-PR00001
Ripley Circuit: 05RI-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 Ordinace 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 CV0505-00CC 03V0199155262
Associate Civil CV0505-00AC 03V0199155268
Domestic CV0505-00DR N/A
Small Claims CV0505-00SC N/A
Traffic CR0505-00T 03T02981631
Criminal – Misdemeanor Circuit CR0505-00MX 13R01994752-01
Criminal Misdemeanor Associate CR0505-00M 13R01994752
Criminal – Felony CR0505-00F 03R01981361
Criminal – Felony b/o over to Circuit CR0505-00FX 03R01981361-01
County Ordinances MU0505-00MO N/A
Municipal MU0505-00MT 03M02155894
Family Court N/A 03F0199155262
Protection Orders CV0505-00DR N/A
Mental Health CV0505-00P 03P069815578
Misc. - Administrative Orders AO99-1 or 99AO1 03AO015991
Misc. - Transcript Judgments TJ99-15 or 99TJ15 03TJ059915
Misc. - Mechanic Lien ML99-14 or 99ML14 03ML059914
Probate CV502-200P 17P050200200