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Gibson County Clerk Office

Gibson County uses a unified Clerk of the Circuit Court structure. The elected clerk is Sherri Smith, CPM. The clerk is a constitutional officer elected countywide for a four-year term, with Indiana limits on serving more than eight years in a twelve-year period. The office is located in the Gibson County Courthouse in Princeton and is the public-facing counter for many court record and filing tasks.

The county's official Gibson County Clerk page identifies the office's local functions and contact options.

The county clerk page is the best local source for the clerk's role, while the IN.gov contact page supplies the structured phone, fax, email, and hours block.

What the Clerk Does

The Clerk of the Circuit Court files, records, and enters petitions, motions, and orders in civil, juvenile, and criminal matters. The office issues marriage licenses, handles certified marriage certificates, processes support payments, receives and pays out restitution and judgment payments, and holds bond payments until a judge orders disbursement. Probate duties are also part of the clerk's work, including letters testamentary, letters of administration, letters of guardianship, wills, final accounts, and reports of distribution.

The clerk's election role is separate from court records but belongs to the same constitutional office. The clerk serves as secretary of the County Election Board and clerk of the County Board of Canvassers, receives candidacy filings, and issues local election certificates. The office also files notary bonds, administers oaths, keeps naturalization records where there is no federal court, and serves on the County Commission on Public Records.

For court-record users, the important point is that one Gibson County office connects many record categories. The same clerk counter may be involved in a divorce petition, traffic payment, small claims filing, probate letter, judgment payment, bond disbursement, or certified marriage certificate. That unified structure reduces the need to choose between separate district and county clerks, but it also means the request should clearly name the record type and case number.

• Files and preserves civil, criminal, juvenile, probate, divorce, and small claims records.
• Issues marriage licenses and certified marriage certificates.
• Receives support, restitution, judgment, and bond payments tied to court orders.
• Maintains probate letters, wills, final accounts, and distribution reports.
• Supports election, notary, oath, naturalization, and public-record commission duties.

Request Certified Copies

Certified copies prove that a document is an official copy from the court or clerk record. They may be needed for name changes, marriage proof, divorce proof, probate authority, judgment records, or other official uses. Indiana court guidance says that when documents are not available online, the person should contact the clerk in the county where the case is heard. For Gibson County, that is the Clerk of the Circuit Court.

Requests work best when they are framed around a specific record rather than a broad background search. For a criminal or civil case, provide the cause number, court, party names, and filing date if known. For a marriage certificate, provide both applicants' names and the license or ceremony date. For probate letters, name the estate, decedent or protected person, and representative if known.

1. Search MyCase or gather the case number, party names, filing date, and court if those details are already known.
2. Identify the exact document needed, such as decree, order, judgment, marriage certificate, probate letter, or docket entry.
3. Contact the clerk by phone, email, web form, mail, or in person to confirm copy availability and current fees.
4. Submit payment using an accepted method and include mailing instructions if the copy will not be picked up.
5. Ask whether certification is included, separate, or unavailable for the record type requested.

The official IN.gov Gibson County Clerk page lists court case lookup, payments, forms, child support, voter registration, marriage license, and the mobile app among clerk services.

That service list is useful for routing a request, but the clerk remains the local fallback when the document itself is not online.

Clerk Contact Form Fields

The county clerk page includes a web contact form with a category dropdown. For records work, the most relevant category is Court Documents, though General Question or Other may fit if the request does not match the visible categories. The form should include enough detail for staff to identify the record, but it should not be used as a substitute for filing legal pleadings unless the clerk specifically directs that route.

Gibson County Clerk Fees

The research file captured a local fee set for services and case types commonly handled through the clerk. A full court-copy fee schedule was not located, so copy and certification costs should be confirmed before mailing a request. Published fees are still useful because they show which payments the clerk handles directly and which payment channels may add a processing charge.

Note: Plain-copy, certified-copy, and certification costs for non-marriage court records should be verified with the clerk before payment.

Common Clerk Forms

The Clerk-Courts page is the main local page for court service links. It includes MyCase, BridgePay, local rules, marriage license information, forms, protective orders, small claims, traffic court, and divorce materials. It also states that clerk staff cannot give legal advice. That limit matters for people preparing filings, because the office can provide or receive forms in some areas but cannot choose legal claims, calculate strategy, or predict a judge's ruling.

The Gibson County Clerk-Courts page is the local source for court service forms and filing guidance.

The Clerk-Courts page is especially important for marriage, divorce, small claims, traffic, protective order, local rules, and case-allocation links.

• Marriage license information and the statewide application start point.
• Divorce forms for cases with children and without children.
• Protective order packet links, including access-to-court-records exclusion forms.
• Small claims forms, examples, and title-related small claims materials.
• Local rules and Gibson CAP Notice 2026 links.

Mail and Online Access

Online access starts with MyCase for court case lookup and publicaccess.courts.in.gov for certain infraction payments. BridgePay is used for existing judgments when the user has a cause or case number. The clerk's IN.gov page also lists Make a Payment, Look Up Court Cases, Forms, Child Support Payments, Voter Registration, Marriage License, Mobile App for your Phone, Amendment to Local Court Rules, and Case Allocation Plan.

Mail is still used for some court business. Traffic mail payments use Gibson County Clerk's Office, 101 N Main St., Suite 9, Princeton, IN 47670, and should include a copy of the ticket or cause number, defendant name, payment, and a self-addressed stamped envelope if a receipt is wanted. For copy requests, confirm the required fee, certification wording, and mailing method before sending payment.

The online route and the clerk route should be used together. MyCase is best for finding the cause number, court, case status, hearing date, and public docket entries. The clerk is the fallback for non-posted documents, certified copies, local forms, filing cutoffs, and payment questions. If a ticket is not assessed online, the traffic office uses the same main clerk number, so the caller should have the ticket number, defendant name, and expected filing date ready.

For mailed requests, include a clear return address and ask whether a self-addressed stamped envelope is needed. That detail is required for traffic payment receipts and may also help with copy mailings.

The IN.gov clerk contact page names Sherri Smith and gives the courthouse contact block used for official requests.

The IN.gov contact page is the cleanest source for the clerk's address, phone, fax, child support number, election number, email, and hours.