Indiana, Lake County
Where Merrillville's records are kept. The Town of Merrillville has its own town government, municipal court and clerk's office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Merrillville's own offices, along with State of Indiana offices; the Lake County offices are on our Lake County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Court records
The Merrillville Town Court: traffic, misdemeanor and ordinance cases, small claims and civil cases filed in the town, with fines paid online and case records through the state mycase portal.
Open official site Merrillville Town CourtCity records
The Town of Merrillville site: the police department, the town court, public records requests, council agendas and minutes, zoning and the town ordinances.
Open official site Town of MerrillvilleProperty records
The Merrillville clerk-treasurer: business certificates, council agendas and minutes, the town ordinances, the fee schedule, tax and utility payments and Access to Public Records Act requests.
Open official site Merrillville Clerk-TreasurerCourt records
The Indiana judiciary's directory of the federal courts that sit in Indiana: the Northern and Southern District Courts, their bankruptcy courts and the Seventh Circuit, with each court's address and link; case records come through PACER.
Open official site Federal courts in Indiana (state court directory)State records
Indiana unclaimed property from the Attorney General: dormant accounts, uncashed checks and deposits searched free by name, with claims filed online.
Open official site Indiana unclaimed property searchCounty court
The Indiana Roll of Attorneys from the Supreme Court: every lawyer licensed in Indiana with status, admission date and public discipline history.
Open official site Indiana Roll of AttorneysVital records
The Indiana marriage license public lookup from the state courts: marriage licenses issued by Indiana county clerks since 1993, searched by name, with the license date and county; certified copies come from the issuing county clerk.
Open official site Indiana marriage license public lookupPolice & jail
The Indiana Sex and Violent Offender Registry, kept by the county sheriffs with the Department of Correction: registered offenders by name, address, city or zip code, with photos and offense details.
Open official site Indiana sex offender registryPolice & jail
The Indiana Department of Correction offender search: people in state prisons or on parole by name or DOC number, with the facility, sentence and earliest possible release date.
Open official site Indiana corrections offender searchPolice & jail
Limited criminal history searches from the Indiana State Police: statewide felony and class A misdemeanor arrest records by name, requested online for a fee, plus fingerprint based full checks.
Open official site Indiana criminal history record checkState courts
MyCase, the Indiana courts public case search: civil, criminal, traffic and small claims cases from nearly every county's trial courts by name or case number, from the Office of Judicial Administration.
Open official site Indiana court recordsVital records
Indiana birth and death certificates from the Department of Health Vital Records division, ordered online, by mail or in person, with births from 1907 and deaths from 1900. Marriage and divorce records come from the county clerk.
Open official site Indiana vital recordsState records
INBiz, the Indiana Secretary of State business search: corporations, LLCs, partnerships and assumed names by name or business ID, with filings, status and the registered agent.
Open official site Indiana business entity searchLocal record guide
Local profile
The Town of Merrillville, a place of 36,444 people, is in Lake County, whose county seat is Crown Point. Court and property records sit with Lake County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Indiana. Merrillville's own offices are in the cards above, and our Lake County page lists each county office.
Straight answers
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Inspecting records is free under Indiana's Access to Public Records Act, which bars any charge just to look, and copies may not exceed 10 cents a page. MyCase court lookups are free, a certified Indiana birth certificate costs $10 and a death certificate $8 from the state, and county health departments set their own fees.
Ask the Merrillville police department records office for incident and crash reports if the town has its own force; otherwise the Lake County Sheriff's Office keeps reports for the area. Indiana State Police crash reports are sold online through BuyCrash, and local agencies must charge at least the state minimum $5 for a crash report.
Cases filed in Lake County are heard by the circuit and superior courts for the county, and the Lake County Circuit Court Clerk keeps the files. MyCase, the Indiana courts' public portal, searches cases from nearly every county free.
Deeds, mortgages and liens are recorded by the Lake County Recorder. The Lake County Assessor sets property values, the county auditor keeps the tax rolls, and the Lake County Treasurer mails tax bills and collects payments.
Birth and death certificates are sold at the local health department in the county where the event happened, often the same day, or by mail and VitalChek from the Indiana Department of Health, which has no walk-in service. Marriage records are kept by the clerk of the circuit court where the license was issued.
Yes. The Indiana State Police Limited Criminal History search returns Indiana felony and class A misdemeanor arrests by name online for a fee. MyCase also shows criminal court cases by name free.
Indiana agencies must respond within 24 hours to a request made in person or by phone and within seven days to a mailed, faxed or emailed request under the Access to Public Records Act. The records themselves must then be produced within a reasonable time.
Same county
Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.