Hamilton County Courts Cease Sending Updates to Doxpop

Hamilton County and Doxpop have enjoyed a close partnership in providing public access to court records over the past two years. However, the Courts of Hamilton County are switching to the Odyssey case management system provided by the Indiana Supreme Court. As a result, Doxpop is no longer able to provide access to up-to-date public information for the Hamilton Courts.

Effective Monday, 9/21/2009 at 8:00 AM EDT, Hamilton County court records will no longer be updated on Doxpop. New cases and updates to existing cases for Hamilton County will not be available on Doxpop as of that date.

Access to other Doxpop partner courts is unaffected by this change. Access to Hamilton County recorded documents is also unaffected by this change.

Important Note: This county's data was restored to the Doxpop system in November, 2011. Read the details here: http://blog.doxpop.com/2011/11/long-odyssey-doxpops-4-year-quest-pays.html

Useful Tip for Adams County cases.

Our friends in Adams County have alerted us to a couple of frequently used acronyms that are useful to know about if you are researching cases in their county:

ACLEC = Adams County Law Enforcement Center (the location of the local jail.)
ACCC = Adams County Community Corrections.

Both Circuit and Superior Court in Adams County use these frequently.

Thanks to Clerk Gayla Reinhart and Judge Patrick Miller for passing along this useful information!

Adams County Records Now On Doxpop

Doxpop is pleased to announce the addition of the Adams County Courts as the newest local government information providers in the Doxpop community. With the addition of Adams County, Doxpop now provides access to Court information in 48 Indiana Counties.

The court information available for Adams County includes all court cases filed beginning in June of 1990. Tax Warrants begin in January of 2002. Foreign judgments go under the original case type. Lis Pendens cases are not available.

Adams and the many other counties working with Doxpop help serve the public interest by making information available via the web at no cost to the county. Doxpop provides a range of tools designed to facilitate timely and efficient communication between county agencies and those who use county data.

Doxpop has been providing public access to Indiana court records since 2002 and Indiana recorded documents since 2005. Adams County is the 48th court system to join the Doxpop network, which currently provides access to over 10.3 million court case records and over 3.0 million recorded documents.

Doxpop Cited in Interesting Article

The Doxpop service is cited in an interesting comment thread on Masson's Blog. Please visit the following link to learn more. http://tinyurl.com/lbxmd2. Be sure to leave your thoughts in the comments.

Vermillion County Records Now On Doxpop

Doxpop is pleased to announce the addition of the Vermillion County Courts as the newest local government information providers in the Doxpop community. With the addition of Vermillion County, Doxpop now provides access to Court information in 47 Indiana Counties.

The court information available for Vermillion County includes all court cases filed beginning in July of 1994. Lis Pendens and Tax Warrant cases are not available.

Vermillion and the many other counties working with Doxpop help serve the public interest by making information available via the web at no cost to the county. Doxpop provides a range of tools designed to facilitate timely and efficient communication between county agencies and those who use county data.

Doxpop has been providing public access to Indiana court records since 2002 and Indiana recorded documents since 2005. Vermillion County is the 47th court system to join the Doxpop network, which currently provides access to over 10.2 million court case records and over 2.9 million recorded documents.

How to Use "My Calendar"

Doxpop provides a calendar feature that can help organize your saved cases and any cases associated with your State Bar ID. Enabling email notifications allows you to be quickly notified whenever a change has been made to a calendar event you are associated with.

To set up your calendar:

1) From the "My Doxpop" screen, click "My Bar IDs", then click "Add New ID"
2) For "ID Type", select "State Bar Id"
3) Select the state your bar ID license is assigned.
4) Enter your Bar ID number exactly as written, including a dash or space, into the "ID number" field
5) If you wish to receive email notifications when hearings are scheduled or cancelled, select the box that says "Upcoming hearings will available in the calendar and also will be emailed to you as they are scheduled". Otherwise, select "View events in calendar only".
6) Click the "Done" button
7) You can now view your calendar by selecting the "My Calendar" link at the "My Doxpop" screen. Viewing case details from your calendar screen does not cost you a search.

Tired of checking service on a case?

Are you tired of checking service on a case? By setting an "alert" on a case, you will be notified by email every time a change occurs for that record. You choose to be notified immediately or on a daily basis.

To set an Alert on case:

1. Click on the "Court Cases" tab.
2. Type a name in the "Search by Party Name" box or a cause number in the "Search by Case ID" box and click the [Search] button.
3. If the case you want appears in the result, click the drop down arrow in the box labeled "+Add" for the case you wish to set an Alert on.
4. Select "Set Alert" by clicking on it.
5. You may continue searching and adding Alerts to cases in this manner.
6. When you are ready to see the list of your cases, click on the "my saved cases" link in the green bar near the top of the page.

The notification emails arrive at no cost to you.

The number of case alerts allowed on an account is equal to the number of searches in your plan.

Reading An Indiana Cause Number

Have you ever wondered where the numbers come from for an Indiana Cause Number? Allow us to break it down for you:

For example: 89C02-0512-IF-00016

89 is the county number (Wayne County)
C02 is the court in which the case is filed (Circuit 2)
05 is the year the case is filed (2005)
12 is the month the case is filed (December)
IF is the case type (Infraction) View a list of case type abbreviations here.
00016 is the annual sequence number. This is the 16th infraction cased of the year in Wayne County.

The annual sequence number is five digits with or without leading zeros. Some counties "pad" this number with leading zeros to make it exactly 5 digits long (see example above), while other counties leave out the leading zeros. (89C01-0512-IF-16)

When searching using Doxpop, adding the percent sign (wild card) in front of the annual sequence number ensures you a successful search result. (89C02-0512-IF-%16)

10 Million Cases!

10 Million Cases! Doxpop reached this impressive milestone early this morning. Doxpop now provides access to over 10 million cases from 138 courts in 46 Indiana counties.

We would like to thank all Doxpop partner courts, county officials, and our loyal subscribers for helping make this possible. We at Doxpop remain determined to provide you with the most valuable, accurate, and timely access to the public records you need. Keep an eye out for additional counties and service features to be added in the near future.

Fun Fact:

Assuming that each CCS is about two pages, all cases stacked on top of each other would reach approximately 5,833 feet. That's taller than 3 Sears Towers!

Thank you for using Doxpop.

Allen Criminal Records Now On Doxpop

Doxpop is pleased to announce that the Allen County Criminal Court Records are now available on Doxpop. Searches in Allen County will now include Civil and Criminal cases.

The court information available for Allen County includes all court cases filed beginning in October of 1995 and any older cases still open at that time.

Tax Warrants are filed under the MI case type and begin in November of 1995. Foreign Judgments (in and out of state) are also filed under the MI case type.

Clerk's records are complete for all civil cases. However, the Superior Courts of Allen County do not enter all actions on the electronic CCS. For a more detailed explanation of what information is available for each of the civil case types in the Allen County courts, consult this PDF chart.

Allen and the many other counties working with Doxpop help serve the public interest by making information available via the web at no cost to the county. Doxpop provides a range of tools designed to facilitate timely and efficient communication between county agencies and those who use county data.

Doxpop has been providing public access to Indiana court records since 2002 and Indiana recorded documents since 2005. The Doxpop network consists of 46 Indiana court systems and currently provides access to over 9.9 million court case records and over 2.8 million recorded documents.