Greene County Court Record Requests
Any Greene County request should name the court and the case number. It should also list the document type and a rough filing date. For a Circuit civil or criminal file, check MEC/PAMEC first. If the docket or document is missing, old, or restricted, contact the Greene County Circuit Clerk. The clerk also handles files that need certification. Chancery matters take the Chancery route. That covers domestic, probate, guardianship, equity, and land-related court cases. Justice Court handles traffic and lower-court matters through its own office. Youth Court material is not an ordinary public case-file request. City ordinance issues belong with the applicable city office.
- Identify whether the request is for a docket sheet, filed document, plain copy, certified copy, inspection, or clerk survey.
- Check the proper Circuit or Chancery MEC/PAMEC district route for eligible electronic case material.
- If the record is not available remotely, ask the correct clerk whether it is paper-only, older, restricted, or available through a written request.
- For a Circuit request, use the public-record request form or the office’s mail, fax, email, phone, or in-person route.
- Ask for a current cost estimate and state the certification needed before paying by the method the office confirms.
The PAMEC registration page is the official Greene County remote-account starting point.
Remote registration for Greene County opens access under the service terms. It does not replace a clerk-certified Greene County court record.
Greene County Court Record Form
The Greene County Circuit Clerk's public-record request form wants your name and address. Also list the records you seek. Give a clear description with dates. Notification choices run $10, $25, and $50. Office fields cover response date, production, fees, referral, denial reason, and comments. A separate page is allowed when more detail is needed. The form does not mention a government-ID or notarization step, a subject-of-record certification, a special certified-copy checkbox, or a drop-box procedure. The form sets a seven-day rule. The office should answer or refer a request within seven days of receipt. That is a response promise only. It does not guarantee every record will be produced inside seven days, and it is a Circuit office process rather than a pledge that any court file can be had through a generic request. Describe a specific case and document. Keep the response date and any restriction explanation from the office. The PAMEC payment-method page shows the account payment choice.
Online account payment is separate from local copy, certification, and clerk-survey charges.
Kinds of Court Records
"Court record" covers more than one product in Greene County. A docket sheet is the dated index of filings, settings, orders, and case events. The filed document is the real thing underneath. Think complaint, petition, answer, motion, judgment, indictment, exhibit, or order. A certified copy is one the clerk authenticates. An image pulled from an eligible PAMEC result is not automatically certified. A plain photocopy is the same.
- Circuit civil and criminal case files, indictments, motions, judgments, executions, and appeals are routed through the Circuit Clerk.
- Chancery domestic, probate, guardianship, equity, and land-related court cases are routed through the Chancery Clerk.
- Justice Court traffic, DUI, ordinance, preliminary felony, and small civil matters use the Justice Court route.
- Youth Court records have confidentiality limits and should not be handled as adult docket records.
- Transcripts are ordered from the court reporter, not from either clerk, and a local rate or turnaround was not published.
The Nineteenth Circuit CourtInfo page identifies Greene’s Circuit electronic-court setting.
Its public information can point you to the Greene County Circuit route. Whether a document is actually available still depends on the case and its access status.
Greene County Land Records Are Not Cases
The Greene County Chancery Clerk wears a second hat. The clerk serves as public recorder for deeds, mortgages, liens, lis pendens, and military discharges. That is why a Greene County land-record search gets confused with a court-case request. The county's Land Records and Historic Virtual Index is the right online starting point. Use it for a recorded instrument. It is not the place for a Chancery lawsuit, divorce, estate, or other court docket. A land case may have both a court file and related recorded instruments. Those stay separate searches with separate custodial roles.
The official Greene County land-index landing page serves instrument research well. It does not replace a Chancery case docket or a clerk request. An online Chancery instrument copy carries a card service fee of 3.5 percent. The fee is non-refundable. The minimum is $2. That charge belongs to the land-record service alone. Do not mistake it for a court-case copy or certification fee.
Court Records: What They Contain
What sits inside a Greene County court file depends on case type and access rules. A docket often lists the case header, dated entries, hearing settings, motions, orders, and status. The file behind it can hold pleadings and signed rulings. It may also hold something you cannot view remotely. An exhibit might sit in a physical file. Some material may be redacted or restricted. Ask for the particular entry or document title by name. Do not blanket-request every sensitive exhibit.
| Case number and court | The identifier and custodian needed to locate the right Greene County file. |
|---|---|
| Docket sheet | The chronological record of filings, settings, orders, and other entries. |
| Pleadings | Complaints, petitions, answers, motions, or indictments when the record is eligible for access. |
| Orders and judgments | Filed rulings, including a certification path through the appropriate clerk when needed. |
| Exhibits and transcript | May have separate handling; transcripts are obtained from a court reporter and exhibits can be restricted. |
A Greene County docket entry can point to a document. That does not make the document public, and it does not certify what the document means.
Older Greene County Court Records
How far back can a Greene County docket search reach online? The Circuit Clerk's notice puts criminal and civil electronic coverage at 2008 forward. Judgment enrollments run from 2005. For Chancery, the court family's own page gives an April 2019 launch. Treat these as the practical edges of the electronic system, nothing more. An older Greene County file may still exist in bound books, paper, or microfilm. A no-match online is not proof the record was destroyed or never scanned. Before giving up, ask the clerk about archive retrieval and any charge.
Greene County now runs on MEC/CM-ECF V4.0. The Nineteenth Circuit CourtInfo records a June 25, 2018 go-live. The Sixteenth Chancery page lists April 1, 2019. That history matters. It is why the online docket works best as a conversion route rather than a full archive. The Sixteenth Chancery MEC home is the right electronic door for that court family.
The interface opens the Chancery electronic route for a Greene County docket, but it does not promise that every case file is in it.
Copy Fees and Certification
Order the right product before quoting a fee. The Greene County Circuit Clerk's public-record form sets ordinary copies at $1 per page, clerical labor at $10 per hour, and technical or professional labor at $40 per hour. That local schedule took effect March 1, 2023. Confirm it with the office before you pay. Note what is missing: no separate figure for a plain docket sheet, transcript, archive retrieval, exemplified copy, or per-document electronic access. Ask the clerk for those amounts when a Greene County court records request needs them.
| Request | Local amount and caution |
|---|---|
| Ordinary public-record copy | $1 per page on the request form; certification is not included. |
| Certified Circuit Clerk document | $2, with each additional page $1 on the March 1, 2023 schedule; confirm currently. |
| Certified copy under Acts of Congress | $3 on the local schedule; verify current use and fee. |
| Circuit civil or criminal docket survey | $10 for each individual name; this is a clerk survey, not a PAMEC page charge. |
| PAMEC search result | $0.20 per page plus the $10 annual account fee; a no-match result can be billable. |
Greene County Circuit Clerk
400 Main Street, PO Box 310
Leakesville, MS 39451
601-394-2379
Fax: 601-394-2334
Greene County Chancery Clerk
PO Box 610
Leakesville, MS 39451
601-394-2377
Fax: 601-394-4445
Greene County Clerks Keep Court Records
Two offices hold Greene County court records, and each keeps its own side. Cecelia Bounds, the Greene County Circuit Clerk, holds Circuit civil and criminal suits, indictments, motions, judgments, executions, appeals, and jury records. Michelle "Shelley" D. Eubanks, the Greene County Chancery Clerk, holds the Chancery categories and serves as recorder for county land instruments. The split matters when you send a request. A deed or lien goes down the land-record route. A dispute that landed in Chancery goes to the court file instead. The official Greene County Chancery Court page lays out the court's categories and office context.
Unsure which office holds your Greene County case? Name the case type and the product you want, and let the staff route the request.
Access Rules for Court Records
Mississippi public-record law shapes Greene County access. The judiciary adds its own court rules and policies. The Greene County written form names categories that never open through that process. Among them: personal identifying information, grand-jury dockets, personnel files, and expunged files. Greene County Youth Court matters carry extra limits. So do sealed material, protected family content, minor identifiers, and some documents inside otherwise visible cases. When a record is restricted, ask about lawful access to that specific record. Never fish for protected details through a broad docket request.
Access boundary: Miss. Code §25-61-5 supplies the state public-access route and exemptions, while court access also follows judiciary rules and policy. The MEC Administrative Procedures address remote viewing, redaction, clerk-office access, and restricted electronic records. Miss. Code §99-19-71 is an expungement authority whose current effect and any access result require the controlling order and current law.
The PAMEC non-attorney terms explain the public-account route.
The terms open the door to eligible records only; they cannot make a protected Greene County case public.
Greene County Federal Court Records
A federal case tied to Greene County does not sit with the county's Circuit or Chancery clerk. Federal filings run through the Southern District of Mississippi's CM/ECF system. PACER handles public reading and docket search. PACER carries its own account rules and pricing. Keep the courts straight, too. A Greene County address or event alone does not put a state court file in federal court. Follow the court named on the notice. Confirm division routing with the federal clerk if the assignment is unclear. The Southern District of Mississippi is the official federal starting point.
This federal route sits apart from any request for Greene County court case records at the local clerk's office. PACER pricing information spells out the federal account fee structure.
Federal account charges never stand in for the local clerk's fees on a Greene County court record.