Indiana Asset Search

Every link in this guide was opened and verified on Sep. 17, 2026.

An asset appearing in a public record is not automatically available to pay a judgment. This guide separates the public-record search from private financial information and the Indiana collection process.

Follow the documents, not just the name

Start with deeds and company records, then use the court file to test whether the apparent asset belongs to the judgment debtor. A business may operate from a building owned by another LLC. Follow the deed owner rather than assuming that the storefront name owns the premises.

Indiana Trial Rule 69(E) governs proceedings supplemental. It calls for a verified motion in the court where the judgment was rendered, identifying the judgment and the grounds for requiring the debtor or a third party to answer about property.

Where a bank or other third party may hold the debtor's money, the motion and ensuing court process should identify that holder and the basis for the request. The court can require appearances or answers under the rule. This is a lawful information and enforcement route; it is not permission for a researcher to obtain private records by pretending to be the customer.

Serve the required court papers and follow the scheduled hearing or answer process. If money is identified, the court still must address the applicable collection order and any protections. A filed motion does not itself prove that the bank has held funds or that the creditor may withdraw them.

Track the court's actual orders and returns. The Rule 69 framework is statewide, but the clerk's filing and scheduling practices can be local. Arrange the sequence before assuming same-day service and payment are possible.

The applicable official starting point is Indiana Courts: Trial Rule 69, execution and proceedings supplemental. Use the current issuer's forms and instructions for the particular case.

Rule 69 also addresses execution against property. A land search should establish title, recorded claims and the debtor's actual interest before that route is considered. For a company owner, investigate the ownership interest separately from the company's equipment, bank balance and real estate.

The Census Bureau's 2020-2024 estimates report an owner-occupied housing rate of 70.6% and a median value of owner-occupied housing of $218,200 in Indiana. The rate refers to occupied housing units, not a percentage of people. The value is not an estimate of equity available to creditors. Census QuickFacts: Indiana.

Property ownership, company connections and postjudgment third-party information can work together. UCC collateral descriptions may help identify a lender or equipment lead, but require verification against current records.

The verified motion needs a factual basis and the correct court case. Do not substitute a speculative list of bank names for properly identifying the third party and following the court's order.

An Indiana dissolution of marriage is heard in the county's trial court, circuit or superior, and the Clerk of the Circuit Court keeps the file. Access is governed by the Indiana Rules on Access to Court Records. Rule 4 makes all court records, regardless of how they were created or are stored, accessible to the public except as Rule 5 provides, and Rule 5 does not exclude dissolution cases; its exclusions are specific case types such as juvenile, adoption and mental health matters, and under Rule 5(C) specific data within documents, including complete Social Security numbers and the complete account numbers of specific assets, loans, bank accounts and credit cards, along with personal identification numbers and passwords. The rest of the divorce file is public.

The sworn money forms

Indiana has no statewide sworn financial affidavit; the Supreme Court's forms do not include one, and financial disclosure in dissolution cases is set by county local rules, Marion County's family law rules with their Financial Declaration Form among them. Whatever a local rule requires to be filed is public under Rule 4 unless a court excludes it by order under Rule 6 or a local rule provides otherwise, with the account numbers inside it reduced under Rule 5(C). The decree of dissolution, the settlement agreement, the property division order and any filed child support worksheet, which records each parent's income, are public, and mycase.in.gov states that some types of documents are available as links in the chronological case summary without signing in.

Finding and reading the file

mycase.in.gov at public.courts.in.gov/mycase is the statewide Odyssey case search of the Indiana courts, covering most trial courts; anyone may search it for public case information and documents, and dissolution cases appear. Rule 4 gives the public access to the court record at the county clerk's office, and the commentary to Rule 2 says access does not depend on who is asking or why, so the full file is read at the Clerk of the Circuit Court or on the clerk's public terminal. Under Rule 6 a party who wants a record excluded from public access petitions the court, the court holds a public hearing, and it may exclude the record only on clear and convincing evidence that one or more grounds in Rule 6(A) are met, such as a public interest substantially served by prohibiting access or a substantial risk of harm, balancing the public interest, using the least restrictive means and duration, and issuing a written order stating its reasons.

Bankruptcy files for Indiana residents

Indiana has two bankruptcy districts: the Northern District at innb.uscourts.gov, with offices in South Bend, Fort Wayne and Hammond, and the Southern District at insb.uscourts.gov. Their schedules name deposit accounts and the employer and are public under 11 U.S.C. 107.

After the file: proceedings supplemental

Under Indiana Trial Rule 69(E) a judgment creditor files a proceedings supplemental and the judgment debtor is ordered to appear in court and answer questions under oath about his or her ability to pay based on income, assets, liabilities and family size, and interrogatories may be served on the debtor's employer or another garnishee defendant. The Indiana judgments and liens page covers the procedure.

• Public Access to Court Records Handbook, Indiana Office of Judicial AdministrationRules 4 and 5, what is open and what data is excluded
• Access to Court Records bench cardThe Rule 6 hearing and the clear and convincing standard
• mycase.in.gov help, Indiana CourtsWhat the public can see in the statewide case search
• Indiana Small Claims ManualHow the proceedings supplemental hearing works

The national guide covers what stays private, the collection tools for every asset class and what a search and levy can cost: Asset Search, what public records reveal and what stays private.