Indiana, Madison County
Where Pendleton's records are kept. The Town of Pendleton has its own town government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Pendleton's own offices, along with the Madison County and State of Indiana offices that keep the rest of its public records. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
Town of Pendleton site with the town office at 100 W State Street, 765-778-2173, online utility payments, permit applications, agendas and minutes, the town code and standards, the zoning map and job openings.
Open official site Town of PendletonCounty court
The Indiana Judicial Branch lists the federal courts that sit in Indiana: the Northern and Southern District Courts, their bankruptcy courts and the 7th Circuit. Federal case files are searched through PACER.
Open official site Indiana Federal CasesCounty court
Verify an attorney's licensing status with the State Bar.
Open official site Indiana Lawyer LookupVital records
Public access to marriage licenses issued in Indiana.
Open official site Indiana Marriage License Public LookupCounty court
If you need assistance finding records, consider seeking help from your local library, the Indiana State Library, or the Indiana Supreme Court Law Library. If the document you're looking for isn't available online, you'll need to contact the clerk's office in the county where the case is being.
Open official site Indiana Judicial Branch: Public RecordsState records
Search property and claim status by individual name or business through the Indiana Attorney General.
Open official site Indiana Unclaimed PropertyPolice & jail
In order to support our mission to provide the highest quality public safety, we provide a variety of services for Madison County.
Open official site Madison County Sheriff's OfficeVital records
Request birth certificates from the IN Dept. of Health.
Open official site Indiana Birth RecordsVital records
Online resource for finding death records from the IN Dept. of Health.
Open official site Indiana Death RecordsVital records
Indiana State Department of Health vital records for Anderson.
Open official site Anderson Indiana Vital RecordsState records
Verify a public school teachers credentials with the IN Department of Education.
Open official site Indiana Teacher LookupEverything else, organized
Local record guide
Local profile
The Town of Pendleton, a place of 4,717 people, is in Madison County, whose county seat is Anderson. Court and property records sit with Madison County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Indiana. Pendleton's own offices are in the cards above, and our Madison County page lists each county office.
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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 Pendleton police department records office for incident and crash reports if the town has its own force; otherwise the Madison 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 Madison County are heard by the circuit and superior courts for the county, and the Madison 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 Madison County Recorder. The Madison County Assessor sets property values, the county auditor keeps the tax rolls, and the Madison 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.