Clinton County Circuit Court Clerk
The official Circuit Court Clerk page lists Misty Dean as Clinton County Circuit Court Clerk for the 2022-2026 term. The office is tied to the Clinton County Circuit Court and is the local public contact for civil court records, criminal court records, small claims, law days, adult abuse orders, traffic routing, probate routing, and certified court-copy questions. The court page lists Misty.Dean@courts.mo.gov as the Circuit Clerk email.
The Circuit Court Clerk is not the same access point as the County Clerk or Recorder of Deeds, even though Clinton County has overlapping officeholder roles. Court case records use Case.net and clerk procedures. Recorder documents, marriage licenses, tax liens, land records, and military discharge records use the Recorder of Deeds. County Commission and County Clerk records use the County Clerk Sunshine request channel. The secondary county clerk and recorder page explains those non-court records.
Clinton County Circuit Court Clerk
Clerk: Misty Dean
PO Box 275
Plattsburg, MO 64477
816-539-3731
Fax: 816-539-3893
Misty.Dean@courts.mo.gov
8:00-4:30, closed 12:00-12:30 for lunch
The Circuit Court Clerk page is the local source for Clinton County Circuit Court Clerk contact details.
That source is the best starting point before asking for a certified court copy or a clerk-routed case record.
Clinton County Clerk Duties
The Circuit Court Clerk keeps court case records for the local trial court system. The office is the practical bridge between public Case.net lookup and official court-file access. A public user can screen a case online, but the clerk is the office to contact when the record is missing, sealed, older, not remote, or needed as a certified copy. The clerk also routes court questions by division.
- Maintains civil, criminal, family, traffic, small claims, probate, and other court case records as assigned.
- Answers civil and circuit clerk questions at 816-539-3731.
- Routes criminal court and traffic matters through 816-539-3755.
- Routes probate questions through 816-539-3298.
- Handles adult abuse orders, small claims, and law day questions through the clerk office line.
- Provides certified-copy and court-file guidance when online records are not enough.
The court page also publishes visitor rules that affect clerk-counter visits. No shorts are allowed for court appearances, cell phones should be left in the vehicle, and metal detectors are used at courthouse entry. Those rules matter when a request requires public-terminal use, a file review, or an in-person certified-copy pickup.
Request Clinton County Certified Copies
A certified court copy is different from an online Case.net printout. The certified copy comes from the clerk and carries the official status needed for legal proof, agency filing, appeal work, name changes, background documentation, or other formal uses. The research did not locate a complete Clinton County court-copy fee schedule in accessible official sources, so the amount should be confirmed with the clerk before payment is mailed or brought to the courthouse.
- Identify the case number if possible. Use Case.net by case number, party name, filing date, or scheduled hearing search to narrow the file.
- Confirm the case division and document needed, such as judgment, docket sheet, sentence, order, decree, or probate letters.
- Call the Circuit Court Clerk at 816-539-3731, or use the criminal court phone when the request concerns criminal or traffic matters.
- Ask for the current copy cost, certification fee, payment method, pickup option, and mail process before sending funds.
- Use the certified copy from the clerk, not a public web printout, when an agency or court requires official proof.
Clinton County Copy Request Fields
Clinton County did not publish a separate court-copy request form in the accessible research. A clerk request should still give the facts the office needs to locate the correct file and produce the right document. Use the case number when known and keep party names exact. If the case is criminal, traffic, probate, family, or civil, say that clearly so the request can route to the right staff.
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Case number | Helpful | Best identifier for Case.net and clerk file lookup. |
| Party names | Yes | Use full names and spelling variants if the case number is unknown. |
| Case type or division | Yes | Civil, criminal, traffic, probate, family, small claims, or adult abuse. |
| Document requested | Yes | Docket sheet, judgment, order, sentence, decree, letters, or other named filing. |
| Certified or plain copy | Yes | Certified copies require clerk certification and may cost more. |
| Return method | Yes | Ask whether pickup, mail, or another delivery method is available. |
Clinton County Clerk Fees
The official research did not locate a current Clinton County Circuit Court copy or filing fee schedule. That gap should be preserved rather than filled with another county's prices. For certified court copies, filing fees, probate filings, and older file research, contact the Circuit Court Clerk. For Sunshine Law records held by county-government offices, RSMo 610.026 governs public-record copy and research charges.
| Request | Fee Status |
|---|---|
| Plain court copy | Confirm with Circuit Court Clerk. |
| Certified court copy | Confirm current certification and page charges with clerk. |
| Probate filing | Official Clinton County probate fee schedule not located in accessible sources. |
| County-government records | Fees governed by Missouri Sunshine Law and county policy. |
| Recorder documents | Use Recorder of Deeds or iCounty fee information, not court-clerk fees. |
Note: Confirm clerk fees before mailing payment because the research did not locate a full official court-copy fee schedule.
Clerk Records vs Recorder Records
Clinton County's structure can be confusing because Misty Dean is listed as Circuit Clerk and Ex-Officio Recorder of Deeds. The role does not merge all records into one search path. Court files, case dockets, judgments, charges, probate dockets, traffic cases, and certified court copies route through court channels. Land records, marriage licenses, state and federal tax liens, military discharge documents, and public-use recorder terminals route through the Recorder of Deeds.
The recorder accepts cash, credit or debit cards, and business checks for general recorder work, but no personal checks as of June 1, 2024. Marriage licenses remain cash only. iCountyTechnologies supports eRecording, online search and purchase, and fraud notification. Those recorder rules do not set the court clerk's copy fee or court filing process.
Clinton County Case.net Help
Case.net is the manual online lookup path before contacting the clerk. Use litigant name, case number, filing date, scheduled hearings, or Pay by Web when the search mode applies. Case.net can show docket entries, parties, judgments, scheduled hearings, charges, and costs where public. It may not show sealed files, juvenile matters, restricted documents, older files, or documents that require terminal or clerk access.
The clerk is the fallback when Case.net is not enough. Call the civil/circuit clerk line for civil, small claims, law days, adult abuse, or general file questions. Call the criminal court line for criminal and traffic matters. Call the probate phone for estate, guardianship, conservatorship, and probate docket questions. That routing is more accurate than treating one search box as a complete file system.