Noble County, IN Courts and Public Records

The Noble County Circuit Court is the county's main trial court, and the Clerk of the Circuit Court keeps its records. It hears felonies, misdemeanors, civil, family, probate, and juvenile matters, with superior courts sharing the workload where the county has them.

Have the person's full name, the case number if you know it, and approximate dates ready before you search. Noble County court records are kept by the Clerk of the Circuit Court.

Noble County trial courts recorded 7,051 new filings in 2024, down 1.5% from 7,161 in 2023, according to the Indiana Judicial Service Report. Totals include all trial courts in the county, including city and town courts, so infractions and ordinance violations make up a large share of the count.

New filings in Noble County trial courts fell 1.5% from 2023 to 2024, compared with 4.8% rose for Indiana statewide. Only two years of county data are published here, so the county trend covers 2023 to 2024. Figures marked with ~ are estimates based on the other years shown for this county.

Indiana statewide new filings, 2020 to 2024 (context)

The largest category in Noble County trial courts in 2024 is civil violations, at 37.5% of the 7,051 new filings.

Probate and adoption grew fastest at +14.4% from 2023, while civil violations fell fastest at -7.0%.

Noble County accounts for 0.7% of Indiana's population and 0.6% of the 1,144,342 new trial court filings statewide in 2024.

Noble County files fewer new cases per resident than Indiana overall, at 147.5 compared with 165.3 per 1,000 residents. The largest difference in case mix is civil violations, at 6.5 points higher than the state average.

These figures are Indiana statewide totals as reported to the FBI, not counts for Noble County. Agency reporting may be incomplete, and county crime counts are not available here. Statewide violent and property crimes combined fell 15.1% from 2024 to 2025. In 2025, reporting agencies covered about 87.8% of Indiana's population, so year-over-year changes can partly reflect which agencies reported.

Rates use the Indiana 2025 population of 6,973,333. County-level rates are not published, so this section does not compare Noble County with the state. The property crimes total includes arson, so it is larger than the sum of the property offenses listed above.

Noble County has 1 listed Clerk of the Circuit Court location in Albion. Check your notice or case paperwork for the location assigned to your case before you go.

Noble County trial matters are heard in the circuit and superior courts, with city and town courts handling local ordinance and traffic matters where they exist.

Federal cases are heard in the U.S. District Court for Indiana, not in the county courts.

Yes, most Noble County court records are public, with exceptions set by Indiana's court access rules. Indiana Supreme Court Administrative Rule 9 governs public access to court records.

Public records

Most case information and filed documents in the circuit and superior courts are open to the public, unless a rule or court order makes them confidential. The Indiana Access to Public Records Act covers executive branch records and does not itself govern court files.

Restricted or confidential records

Juvenile, sealed, expunged, adoption, mental health, protective-order-restricted, and other confidential records are not publicly available.

Online access

Search statewide case information at MyCase. Not every case or document is available online.

In-person access

Visit the Clerk of the Circuit Court at 101 North Orange Street, Albion, IN 46701 to view or request records. Call 260-636-2736 to confirm which office holds your case.

Fees

No fee amounts are listed for this county in the available records. Ask the Clerk of the Circuit Court for current copy fees before you request records.

Use the statewide MyCase search to look up Noble County cases by case type, and call the Clerk of the Circuit Court for documents that are not online.

1. Identify the case type, such as criminal, traffic, civil, small claims, family law, probate, or juvenile.
2. Go to MyCase at mycase.in.gov and choose the statewide public search.
3. Search by name or case number and note the case number from the results.
4. Review the case details shown for the parties and status.
5. Call the Clerk of the Circuit Court at 260-636-2736 to request documents that are not online.

Contact the Clerk of the Circuit Court at 260-636-2736 to confirm how to pay a traffic citation or criminal fine in Noble County.

1. Phone: Call the Clerk of the Circuit Court at 260-636-2736 to ask how to pay. Limits: confirm accepted payment types and amounts with the clerk.
2. In person: Go to 101 North Orange Street, Albion, IN 46701. Limits: call first to confirm accepted payment types.

Parking tickets are paid to the agency that issued them, not to the circuit or superior court. City or town court cases may be paid through the local court, so check your ticket.