Circuit Clerk/Courts

Services

The Circuit Clerk is responsible for maintaining complete and accurate records of the court, collecting, accounting for, and disbursing all monies paid into the court; and performing other duties, as necessary to assist the court in performing its duties.

Some of the duties of a court clerk are:

1. Receive, process, and maintain the judgments, rules, orders, and all other proceedings of the court.
2. Issue process: summons, subpoenas, executions, garnishments, sequestrations, judgments, orders, and commitments.
3. Collect and disburse all fines and costs.
4. Collect and disburse other monies paid into court as ordered by the court.
5. Select and summon jurors.
6. Preserve the court seal and other property of the office.
7. Provide uniform case reporting.
8. Assist with genealogical searches including criminal records (excluding traffic and misdemeanors), civil ( excluding orders of protection, small claims, landlord-tenant issues, and judgments less than $25,000), dissolution's, name changes, juvenile, adoptions, financial, paternity, child support, and immigration records. Scott County Historical Society.
9. Process Passport Applications. Passport fee - Adults ages 16 and over $135.00; Children under age 16 $105.00.
   Additional fees apply for expedited service.