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About the Blackford County Clerk's Office

The Blackford County Clerk is the recordkeeper for Blackford Circuit Court and Blackford Superior Court files. The Indiana court directory lists Kimberly Pitts as the Blackford County Clerk. The office is in the Blackford County Courthouse in Hartford City, the same courthouse used by the Circuit Court, Superior Court, and Probation Department. For court records, the Clerk is the office to contact when Indiana MyCase does not display a document, when a certified copy is needed, when a filing fee or case-cost question requires an official answer, or when an older file must be located locally.

The Clerk's work is broader than case-copy service. The county Clerk page identifies the office as the place for court costs, traffic-violation payments, child-support payment handling, and marriage licenses. That combination matters in Blackford County because residents may see one case record online, one payment rule on the county page, and one certified-copy need at the courthouse counter. The practical route is to search public case information through Indiana MyCase first, then use the Clerk's Office for official copies and local payment instructions.

The Indiana Judicial Branch forms page is one statewide source the research identified for court forms and public-access confidentiality materials. The manifest image below comes from that official forms resource, which is useful when a Blackford County filing or record issue requires statewide court paperwork rather than a local copy-request form.

State forms do not replace the Blackford County Clerk's local role. They are a support channel for filings, confidentiality forms, and court access paperwork, while certified copies and official Blackford Circuit or Superior Court records still come from the maintaining court office.

What the Clerk Does in Blackford County

The Clerk's Office maintains the working court files for the county trial courts. Those files may include civil complaints, criminal filings, dissolution cases, small claims, eviction actions, probate estate materials filed through Circuit Court, traffic and ordinance cases, and court financial records. MyCase can show public case information and some public documents, but the Clerk remains the official local source for certified records and for documents that are public but not posted online.

• Maintains Blackford Circuit Court and Blackford Superior Court case files.
• Collects court costs and maintains local payment information for court matters.
• Accepts traffic-violation payments by cash or money order under the county Clerk page instructions.
• Handles child-support payments at the Clerk counter by cash only, with a state phone payment option listed at 866-972-9427.
• Issues Blackford County marriage licenses under the local rules published on the Clerk page.
• Provides local assistance when a public court document, older case, certified copy, or current balance is not available through MyCase.

Marriage-license business has several county-specific rules. One party must be a Blackford County resident, both applicants must appear together before 3 pm, the license is valid for 60 days, and the local license fee is $29 cash. Certified marriage license copies should be requested from the clerk in the county where the license was issued, so a Blackford-issued license routes back to this office even if the couple later moved elsewhere.

How to Request a Certified Copy

A certified copy is a court document copy that the Clerk certifies as an official copy from the court file. People commonly need certified copies for divorce decrees, name-change orders, probate orders, guardianship documents, final judgments, and other records that must be presented to another agency, employer, financial institution, or court. MyCase may be enough for a quick public lookup, but a printed online page is not the same as a certified Clerk copy.

1. Identify the case. Search MyCase by name, case number, citation number, attorney, business name, or cross-reference when available. Note the Blackford Circuit Court or Blackford Superior Court case number, party names, and document title.
2. Decide what document is needed. Ask for a specific decree, order, judgment, probate letter, filing, or chronological case summary rather than a vague "whole file" when possible.
3. Call the Clerk at 765-348-1130 before visiting or mailing a request. Confirm the file is held locally, whether the document is public, the copy and certification cost, accepted payment method, and expected turnaround time.
4. Submit the request in person at 110 W. Washington Street, Hartford City, or use the Clerk's confirmed mail or fax instructions if the office permits that for the requested record. The court directory lists fax 765-348-7234, but the research did not locate a dedicated public copy-request form or email address.
5. Pay using the method the Clerk confirms. Some Blackford County transactions have specific cash or money-order rules, so do not assume card, check, or online payment is available for every Clerk service.
6. Review the certified copy when received. Make sure the certification, seal or stamp, case number, names, and document title match the purpose for which the copy is needed.

Records Request Form Fields

No Blackford County-specific court-record request form or certified-copy request form was located on the official Clerk page during the research review. The safest request channel is to contact the Clerk directly and provide enough information for staff to identify the file. If a formal written request is needed, the fields below reflect the information a practical request should include, not a discovered local form.

Blackford County Clerk Fees

The official Blackford County Clerk page publishes a court-cost schedule rather than a full public-copy price chart. Use the schedule below for filing and case-cost context, then call the Clerk for current plain-copy, certified-copy, search, postage, and payment-method rules before submitting a copy request. Fee amounts can change, and MyCase financial balances may not include recent payments, interest, or all charges.

The Clerk page also gives transaction-specific rules that should not be overlooked: traffic violations are paid by cash or money order, child-support payments at the Clerk are cash only, and a Blackford County marriage license is $29 cash. Those local payment details are more precise than a generic courthouse payment assumption.

Common Clerk Forms

The research did not locate a Blackford County local copy-request form on the Clerk page. For court filings and public-access confidentiality forms, the Indiana Judicial Branch forms page is the statewide source identified in the research. It includes forms and references for public access and confidentiality issues, including Form ACR materials. Those forms are filing tools, not a substitute for asking the Blackford County Clerk for certified-copy procedures.

• Indiana Judicial Branch Forms - statewide court forms, including confidentiality and public-access filing materials.
• Indiana E-Filing - statewide e-filing information for parties and attorneys filing in Indiana courts.
• Indiana Marriage License Public Lookup - public lookup for many Indiana marriage records from 1993 to present, with Clerk confirmation recommended.

Indiana public-record statutes also shape Clerk work. The Indiana Access to Public Records Act, Ind. Code 5-14-3, broadly governs public agency records, but court records are also controlled by the Indiana Rules on Access to Court Records. Rule 5 excludes or redacts categories such as sealed matters, confidential filings, many juvenile records, mental-health cases, protected-person information, and personal identifiers.

The official Indiana legislative title page is one manifest source for the Clerk page because it anchors the public-records law context used across Blackford County court-record requests.

For a practical request, statute citations help explain why some records are public and others are not. The Clerk still applies the court rules and any case-specific confidentiality order before releasing a document.

Mail and Online Filings

Indiana MyCase is the main online public case-search path for Blackford County trial-court records. It can be searched by case, name, business, attorney, citation number, or cross-reference where available. Public documents may appear online, but MyCase warns that it is not the official court record and that financial balances may not be fully current. For official records, certified copies, old files, and current balances, use the Blackford County Clerk.

Indiana statewide e-filing applies to court filings, not ordinary public-copy requests. Parties and attorneys should use the state e-filing resources when a case filing must be submitted electronically. People requesting copies should not assume e-filing is the same channel as a certified-copy request. If mailing a request, call the Clerk first to confirm copy cost, certification cost, postage, payment form, and whether the requested record can be released by mail.