Clark County, Indiana Public Records

Investigations closed

89

Back wages agreed

$573,044

Workers due back wages

980

Civil money penalties

$8,274

Employers on the record

79

The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 79 on the Clark County record; 19 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 54 more with smaller records are on the Indiana wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.

Clark County court, land and vital-record request routes

Start court-file work with the Clerk of the Courts

The Clark County Clerk manages official trial-court records, maintains recorded marriages and performs election duties. The office is in the Judicial Center at 501 East Court Avenue, Room 137, Jeffersonville, with telephone 812-285-6244. Its official site links MyCase for case status and separates traffic, child support, marriage and other services. Start a document inquiry with the cause number and the exact order or pleading needed. A case-status result can help identify a file, but it does not itself replace a certified judgment. The Clerk's role in elections also means a voter-administration question is a different subject from a court-file request. Use the Clark Clerk service directory.

Separate an existing marriage copy from a new application

The clerk provides a search for marriage licenses from 1993 onward and a request route for marriage-license copies and divorce decrees. That stated search period should not be interpreted as the earliest marriage in county custody. New license applications have separate residency, identification and appearance requirements. The published application window is Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., with closure from noon to 1 p.m.; it is not established as the general court-copy counter schedule. The application price is not a certificate-copy quote. For an older marriage or a particular divorce order, describe the existing record when using the marriage and divorce-copy instructions.

Use the recorder at Corporate Drive for land instruments

The Recorder is at 300 Corporate Drive, Room 102, Jeffersonville. Its weekday office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with recording ending at 4 p.m. The published deed recording charge is $25 per instrument; mortgages are listed separately at $55. Ordinary copies no larger than 11 by 17 inches cost $1 per page, larger copies $5, and document certification is listed at $5. These categories should remain separate when estimating a transaction. The recorder also warns that its property alert service does not prevent a transfer and is limited by records available in its application. Review the Recorder services and fee schedule.

Compare the assessment with the recorded property description

The Assessor locates and values taxable property and conducts annual trending to account for market changes. The office also handles sales disclosures, omitted property and assessment-related exemption work. Its published location is the Government Center at 300 Corporate Drive, Room 104, Jeffersonville, and its telephone is 812-285-6225. The Assessor supplies values; the Auditor applies deductions and other credits after the gross assessed value is determined. Those functions explain why a valuation question, deduction issue and recorded-deed question may need different offices. Have the parcel reference, tax year and the portion of the assessment you are questioning when consulting the Clark County Assessor information.

Check eligibility for a Clark County birth certificate

The health department issues certified birth records for people born in Clark County and lists the relatives or representatives who may obtain them. Adults requesting their own records, parents and other listed relationships must meet the applicable identification and documentation requirements. A spouse may need a marriage record, while a guardian needs guardianship documentation. The department says an eligible in-person request can often be filled immediately, but that is conditional on the record and completed requirements. Mail requests need the completed form, identification, payment and a self-addressed stamped envelope. Ask the registrar about missing documents before sending an incomplete order under the local birth-record instructions.

Confirm the death occurred within the county

Clark Health maintains death records only for individuals who died in Clark County. Being a Clark County resident does not by itself place an out-of-county death in that collection. The registrar asks an immediate family member or another applicant with a vested interest to establish whether a certified copy can be issued. In-person availability depends on correct information and the confirmed relationship or interest. A mailed request needs the death application, identification or other required documentation, the appropriate payment and a return envelope. Identify the event location before choosing between this local office and another issuer. The eligibility and delivery steps appear in the Clark death-record guidance.

Use the local genealogy search as a distinct product

The health department dates its birth and death holdings from 1882 and asks genealogical researchers to supply the event date. Its genealogy search costs $5 for up to five names and is nonrefundable. The published genealogy instructions list certified copies as additional products: $12 for a birth copy and $15 for a death copy. Those amounts should be quoted with the search context rather than described as the cost of every online order. The department also identifies library microfilm holdings as another historical research route and directs marriage and divorce inquiries to the court clerk. Read the scope of the county genealogy service.

Plan the vital-record visit at Wall Street

The Health Department is at 1201 Wall Street, Jeffersonville, rather than the Judicial Center or the Corporate Drive offices. Its contact page gives 812-282-7521 for administration, vital records and environmental services. The published office schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Different numbers serve nursing and other health programs, so explain that you need the registrar when calling. Bring the identification and relationship documents called for by the birth or death instructions, not merely the name of the person on the record. For time-sensitive travel or an institutional deadline, confirm the intended service with the Health Department contact listing.

Ask for a court copy through the holding clerk

Indiana's judiciary directs requests for certified marriage records and divorce decrees to the appropriate county clerk and distinguishes those court products from birth and death certificates issued through health authorities. In Clark County, the clerk's own site supplies the local copy route, while the health department supplies its local vital routes. A request for a court record should say whether it needs certification and should identify the document within the case. A list of search results or an unofficial downloaded image may not satisfy an institution asking for a certified decree. Use the judiciary's subject-based instructions to resolve which office should receive a request through its public-records request guidance.