About the Harrison County Clerk's Office
The Harrison County Clerk is Debbie Dennison. The Clerk's official page describes a unified Clerk office for Harrison County residents, the Indiana Judicial System, and the State of Indiana. Indiana does not split Harrison County trial-court records between a district clerk and county clerk. The Harrison County Clerk serves both Harrison Circuit Court and Harrison Superior Court record functions, while also administering services that are not limited to lawsuits, such as marriage licenses, tax warrants, passports, and elections.
The official Clerk page appears in the manifest image below through Harrison County Clerk.
This page is the local starting source for Clerk duties, contact information, office hours, marriage links, MyCase links, child-support payment information, and office addresses.
Harrison County Clerk, Courthouse
Clerk: Debbie Dennison
300 North Capitol Ave., Room 203
Corydon, IN 47112
812-738-4289
Fax: 812-738-3126
ddennison@harrisoncounty.in.gov
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday
Harrison County Clerk, Gardner Lane
Clerk: Debbie Dennison
1445 Gardner Lane NW, Room 3126
Corydon, IN 47112
812-738-8149
Fax: 812-738-2459
ddennison@harrisoncounty.in.gov
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday
What the Clerk Does in Harrison County
The Clerk administers official court records for cases with jurisdiction in Harrison County and prepares the courts' permanent historical record. That includes receiving and distributing court documents, collecting and reconciling court money, supporting certified-copy access, and directing users to MyCase when online case information is available. The office also processes marriage applications, issues marriage licenses, processes passport applications, processes Indiana Department of Revenue tax warrants for collection, and administers federal, state, county, municipal, and special elections.
- Maintains official court records for Harrison Circuit Court and Harrison Superior Court.
- Processes and distributes court case documents, including filings and copy requests.
- Collects and reconciles court-related money, including filing fees and certain service fees.
- Processes marriage applications and issues marriage licenses.
- Processes Indiana Department of Revenue tax warrants for collection, which are financial enforcement records and not arrest warrants.
- Processes passport applications and administers elections.
- Provides child-support payment information, with cash-only payments at the Clerk's Office and credit-card payment options through Indiana's child-support payment channels.
How to Request a Certified Copy
Certified copies are used when a plain printout is not enough, such as for divorce decrees, probate letters, orders, judgments, name changes, or other court documents that need the Clerk's certification. MyCase should be used first when it can identify the case number and court, but certified copies and non-downloadable documents come through the Harrison County Clerk.
- Search Indiana MyCase by case number, party name, citation number, business name, or attorney information when the case is public.
- Confirm whether the case belongs to Harrison Circuit Court or Harrison Superior Court and note the case number, party names, filing year, and document title.
- Decide whether to appear in person, call the courthouse Clerk at 812-738-4289, call the Gardner Lane Clerk location at 812-738-8149, or mail a written request.
- Ask the Clerk for the correct copy fee, certification fee if any, accepted payment method, and mailing instructions before sending payment.
- Submit the request with case identifiers, requested document type, number of copies, certification request, return address, phone or email, and payment.
- For domestic relations, juvenile, adoption, guardianship, sealed, or older paper files, expect review before release and possible limits on what can be copied.
Records Request Form Fields
No county-specific court-record request form was located in the research. A written request should still provide the same data a Clerk needs to identify the file, calculate cost, and determine whether the document can be released.
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Case number | Helpful if known | Use MyCase to locate the Indiana-style case number before requesting copies. |
| Party names | Yes | Include all known names, including former names in marriage or divorce matters. |
| Court | Helpful | Identify Harrison Circuit Court or Harrison Superior Court when MyCase shows it. |
| Filing year or approximate date | Yes if case number unknown | Narrows older paper-file and name-based searches. |
| Document type | Yes | Examples include decree, order, judgment, letters, docket, complaint, or certified marriage license. |
| Certification needed | Yes | State whether a certified copy is required or a plain copy is enough. |
| Return contact and delivery method | Yes | Include mailing address, phone, and email for fee and release questions. |
Harrison County Clerk Fees
The county fee page provides filing fees for court case types and sheriff service. Copy and certification fees for specific documents were not located in the official Harrison research set, so users should confirm those amounts with the Clerk before mailing payment.
| Filing / case type | Fee | Fee with service by sheriff |
|---|---|---|
| Circuit Court civil cases, including adoptions | $157.00 | $185.00 |
| Circuit Court mortgage foreclosures | $157.00 | $185.00 |
| Circuit Court juvenile cases, including paternity | $176.00 | $204.00 |
| Circuit Court probate cases, including guardianships and PL contested estate matters | $177.00 | $205.00 |
| Superior Court small claims, paper | $97.00 | $125.00 |
| Superior Court small claims, e-filed | $87.00 | $115.00 |
| Superior Court civil cases | $157.00 | $185.00 |
| Superior Court criminal cases | $185.00 | $213.00 |
| Post-judgment service of process | Additional $28 per case | May be paid to Clerk |
The official note in the research says the $10 Civil Service Fee for small claims, additional defendant fee for civil cases, and $10 garnishee defendant fee are eliminated on e-filed small claims and civil cases. Additional fees may still apply as determined by the judge, charge, and outcome.
Common Clerk Forms and Self-Help Packets
The Clerk links Indiana Legal Help packets rather than hosting one universal form library. The packet list covers court users who need to file or respond to a case, not only people searching records.
The manifest image below is linked from Harrison Clerk Indiana Legal Help packets.
These packets are important for self-represented users preparing divorce, guardianship, expungement, eviction, fee-waiver, protection-order, and name-change filings.
| Category | Packet examples listed by Harrison Clerk |
|---|---|
| After a case is filed | Appeal, appear by phone/computer, contempt, continuance. |
| Debt, housing, estate | Debt letters, mortgage foreclosure settlement request, eviction settlement, small claims eviction complaint, eviction expungement. |
| Driving and expungement | BMV reinstatement fee waiver, specialized driving privileges, court costs letter/fee waiver, expungement of conviction, expungement of non-conviction. |
| Family law | Divorce with or without children, agreed or contested divorce, child support modification or termination, custody, parenting time, paternity, relocation. |
| Guardianship | Guardianship of minor with consent, guardianship of minor without consent. |
| Name and gender marker | Adult name change, minor name change, adult and minor gender marker change. |
| Protection order | Protection order packet category listed. |
Mail, Online, Marriage, Tax Warrant, Election, Passport, and Child Support Channels
Online case access runs through MyCase, which the county and Indiana Judicial Branch link as the main public case lookup for Harrison County. Attorneys are required to e-file in Harrison County, and other users are encouraged to e-file. If a document is not online, Indiana court guidance says to contact the Clerk in the county where the case is heard. Bulk court data requests are handled by the Office of Court Services under Administrative Rule 9(F), not by a routine Clerk copy request.
Marriage licenses begin online through Indiana's marriage application link but are completed through the Clerk. Tax warrants processed by the Clerk are Indiana Department of Revenue collection matters and should not be confused with arrest warrants. The Clerk also processes passports and administers elections. For child support, the Clerk page says child-support payments in the Clerk's Office are cash-only, while credit-card payments are handled through the Indiana Child Support Payment website or by phone. The Clerk page lists 1-866-972-9427, while a separate county child-support payment page lists 1-855-972-9427; because the official sources conflict, confirm the phone number before payment.
Jury and Courthouse Service Notes
The Clerk's jury-duty materials provide practical courthouse information for people whose record search turns into a court appearance. Juror parking is available around Courthouse Square and side streets, subject to posted restrictions. Prospective jurors are paid $15 per day or part day, selected jurors are paid $40 per day or part day, and mileage is listed as .36 cents per mile. Business attire or casual business attire is recommended, with no muscle shirts, cutoff shorts, hats, or distracting attire.
The manifest image below is linked from the Harrison County jury duty FAQ.
Jury information is not a records request channel, but it helps identify the same Clerk office and courthouse system that maintains trial-court records.