Schererville Town, Indiana Public Records

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 Schererville 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.