Court filings for Grant County criminal cases live in two places: the statewide MyCase public access portal and the physical docket at the Grant County Courthouse, reachable by calling (765) 668-8121. The Courthouse operates Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with some sources noting a midday closure — confirm hours before driving. Booking-level records, including daily arrest logs, are maintained separately by the Grant County Sheriff’s Office, whose Jail Division publishes booked-in reports through the Grant County Sheriff’s Office Current Jail page. Note that cell phones are not permitted inside the Grant County Clerk of Courts building.
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Grant County’s court portal covers Indiana cases, but it won’t surface federal charges filed in U.S. District Court, records from other states where a person may have lived, or cases that predate the portal’s online window. A nationwide search may help fill gaps that local portals often leave — particularly for federal court cases that never appear in MyCase at all.
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How to look up arrest records in Grant County
Your access to Grant County arrest records depends on what you’re looking for and where the record originated — court-side docket entries and Sheriff-side booking entries live in different systems with different visible fields.
MyCase — court docket records online. Indiana’s statewide court portal, MyCase, covers Grant County Circuit Court and Superior Court filings. Search by name or case number at no cost. MyCase shows charges, hearing dates, dispositions, and attorney of record for cases the court has entered into the system. It does not show booking photos or Sheriff-generated arrest logs.
Grant County Courts Clerk — in-person and phone requests. The Grant County Clerk of Courts, located at the Grant County Courthouse, handles certified copy requests and records not yet digitized. Call (765) 668-8121 to reach the Courthouse. Staff can process document requests the same day by phone. Bring valid ID for certain in-person transactions. The Clerk’s office operates Monday through Friday; some sources indicate a midday closure between noon and 2:00 p.m., so call ahead to confirm. The Grant County Courts Clerk page on IN.gov lists quick-information links including an advanced search tool.
Grant County Sheriff’s Office — booking records and arrest logs. Booking-level records are the Sheriff’s domain. The Grant County Sheriff’s Office Current Jail page publishes booked-in reports and daily arrest logs. The Grant County Jail is located at 214 East Fourth Street, Marion, Indiana 46952. The Sheriff’s Office maintains multiple phone lines; confirm numbers and hours before visiting or calling. The Grant County Sheriff’s Office Divisions page lists all operational units including the Jail Division.
Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) — state prison records. For anyone transferred out of the county jail to a state facility, the IDOC offender search covers current and former state inmates. This is a separate system from both MyCase and the Sheriff’s booking logs. The Indiana SAVIN system at SAVIN Offender Look-up also allows custody-status notifications.
Indiana Judicial Branch — Grant County local courts page. The Indiana Judicial Branch Grant County page lists the county’s courts, judges, and clerk contact information. Use it to identify which court handled a specific case type before pulling the docket from MyCase.
Are Grant County arrest records public?
Does Indiana make arrest records available to anyone who asks — or only to the person named in the record? The answer is that Indiana defaults to public access for most criminal records, but other states operate differently.
Indiana’s open-records framework is governed by Ind. Code § 5-14-3, the Access to Public Records Act (APRA). Under APRA, booking records — including booking photos — are generally open to the public. Any person, regardless of their relationship to the subject, may request them. You do not need to be the named individual, an attorney, or a family member to obtain a Grant County arrest record under Indiana law.
The default-public rule has narrow exceptions. Juvenile records are not public. Records that have been expunged under Indiana’s Second Chance Law are removed from public view, though law enforcement retains access. Victim-identifying information may be redacted from records involving certain offenses. Cases sealed by court order are similarly withheld from public access.
Records from other states are a different matter. If you’re researching someone who has lived in multiple states, each state sets its own access rules. Some states restrict arrest records to the subject or authorized third parties. Others require a formal written request with a fee. Indiana’s open-records rules do not extend to records held by agencies in other jurisdictions — you’d need to request those separately under each state’s framework, or use a multi-state database search to identify where records may exist.
Federal arrest records follow yet another set of rules. Charges filed in U.S. District Court are not part of the Indiana court system and do not appear in MyCase or the Grant County Clerk’s docket. Federal court records are publicly accessible through PACER, the federal courts’ electronic filing system, but that’s a separate process entirely.
What’s in a Grant County arrest record?
“Booking record” and “court docket” describe two different documents that together make up what most people mean when they say “arrest record” — and the Grant County Courthouse is where the court-side half of that picture lives.
Sheriff-side booking entries are generated when the Grant County Sheriff’s Office processes an arrest at the jail. A booking entry typically includes: the subject’s full name and date of birth, booking date and time, arresting agency, charge or charges as listed at intake, bail amount set at first appearance, and a booking photo. The Grant County Sheriff’s Office publishes booked-in reports through the Current Jail page. These entries reflect what the Sheriff knew at the moment of booking — charges may later be amended or dropped by the prosecutor.
Court-side docket entries are generated by the Clerk of Courts as the case moves through Grant County Circuit or Superior Court. A docket entry includes: the case number assigned by the court, the formal charges as filed by the prosecutor (which may differ from booking charges), all hearing dates and continuances, attorney of record for both sides, and — critically — the disposition. The disposition is the final outcome of the case: guilty plea, conviction after trial, acquittal, dismissal, or diversion. It appears as a docket entry once the court enters its judgment. Dispositions are visible in MyCase for cases that have concluded. If a case is still pending, the disposition field will be blank or show the most recent hearing status.
The two systems don’t always sync. A booking entry may exist for an arrest that was never charged — the prosecutor declined to file. In that situation, the Sheriff’s booking record exists but no court case number was ever assigned. Conversely, a MyCase docket may show a case number with no corresponding booking record visible online if the arrest occurred before the Sheriff’s digital records window.
For Grant County’s mugshot release policy, call the Grant County Sheriff’s Office — the policy isn’t posted in detail on the current official web pages.
How to expunge an arrest record in Grant County
Indiana’s expungement law covers five distinct tiers of relief, and the tier that applies to your situation determines both the waiting period and whether the court must grant the petition or may exercise discretion.
Indiana handles all criminal-record relief through a single statute: Ind. Code § 35-38-9 (Indiana “Second Chance Law”). Unlike states with separate sealing and expungement tracks, Indiana uses one unified petition process. The petition is filed at the Grant County Circuit or Superior Court — whichever court handled the original case. For non-conviction records, you file in the county of arrest, which is Grant County. Indiana requires that all petitions in a given county be filed together in a single filing, so if you have multiple records in Grant County, they must be addressed in one petition.
Federal arrest records are a separate matter entirely. An Indiana state expungement under Ind. Code § 35-38-9 has no effect on federal charges or federal court records. If you were arrested on a federal matter, a separate petition in federal court — under federal law — would be required. State sealing does not reach federal databases.
Arrest without conviction. If you were arrested in Grant County but never convicted — the case was dismissed, you were acquitted, or charges were never filed — you can petition to expunge the arrest record one year after the arrest date. Dismissals and acquittals are expunged automatically by court order, with the order taking effect no sooner than 60 days after entry. The court must grant this petition if eligibility requirements are met.
Misdemeanor conviction. A misdemeanor conviction can be expunged five years after the conviction date. The court must grant the petition if the waiting period has passed and the statutory conditions are satisfied.
Class D or Level 6 felony conviction. The waiting period is eight years from the conviction date. The court must grant this petition as well, assuming eligibility.
More serious felony convictions. The court may expunge after the later of eight years from conviction or three years from completing the sentence. For the most serious felonies — those excluded categories include sex offenses, violent offenses, and official-misconduct offenses — expungement requires the prosecutor’s written consent in addition to the court’s approval, and the waiting period is the later of ten years from conviction or five years from finishing the sentence. Sex offenses, violent offenses, and official-misconduct offenses are excluded from eligibility entirely.
Indiana effectively allows one expungement petition per lifetime. Getting the timing right matters — filing too early can forfeit your opportunity. Confirm the current statute text or ask the Grant County Clerk of Courts at (765) 668-8121 before filing. The Indiana Public Defender Council can help identify whether you qualify for a fee waiver on the filing cost. If you want attorney-assisted help, the Indiana Roll of Attorneys search lists licensed Indiana lawyers by county.
After a successful expungement, the record is removed from public view — MyCase will no longer display it, and the Clerk’s public docket will not show it. Law enforcement agencies retain access to expunged records. The practical effect is that the record disappears from what a member of the public can retrieve through official channels.
| Resource | What it confirms | What it cannot confirm | Next step |
|---|---|---|---|
| MyCase | Grant County court charges, case numbers, dispositions, attorney of record | Booking photos; arrests never charged in court; pre-digital cases | Search by name or case number — free, no login required |
| Grant County Clerk of Courts 📞 (765) 668-8121 |
Certified copies of court records; records not yet in MyCase | Sheriff booking logs; IDOC state prison records | Call Mon–Fri during business hours; bring valid ID for in-person requests |
| Grant County Sheriff’s Office Current Jail | Booked-in reports, daily arrest logs, current custody status at county jail | Court dispositions; cases transferred to state prison | Check the Current Jail page for published booking reports |
| Indiana Department of Correction offender search | Current and former state prison inmates; IDOC facility assignments | County jail bookings; federal custody; court docket details | Search by name on the IDOC offender lookup tool |
| SAVIN Offender Look-up | Custody status notifications for Grant County Jail and state facilities | Court records; federal cases | Register for automated alerts on custody changes |
| Nationwide database search | May surface records from other states, federal cases, or name variants | Cannot guarantee completeness; not a substitute for official certified copies | Use as a supplemental check when records may exist outside Indiana |
Sources verified 2026-07-21:
- Indiana MyCase docket search — case search for Grant County Circuit and Superior Court filings
- Grant County Courts: Clerk — Clerk of Courts contact information and records access
- Indiana Judicial Branch: Grant County — local court directory and judge listings
- Grant County Sheriff’s Office: Current Jail — booked-in reports and daily arrest logs
- Grant County Sheriff’s Office: Jail Division — jail operations, commissary, visitation, and inmate mail policy
- SAVIN Offender Look-up — Indiana statewide custody notification system
- Indiana Department of Correction offender search — state prison inmate lookup
- Indiana Code — full text of Indiana statutes including Ind. Code § 5-14-3 (APRA) and Ind. Code § 35-38-9 (Second Chance Law)
- Indiana Public Defender Council — public defender locator and expungement resources
- Indiana Roll of Attorneys — licensed attorney search by county
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Frequently asked questions about Grant County arrest records
What’s the fastest way to find my own Grant County arrest record?
Search your name in MyCase — Indiana’s statewide court portal covers Grant County Circuit and Superior Court cases and shows charges, dispositions, and case numbers at no cost. For booking-level records not yet in the court system, check the Grant County Sheriff’s Office Current Jail page, which publishes booked-in reports. For a certified copy of a court record, call the Grant County Courthouse at (765) 668-8121 during weekday business hours.
How do I get a Grant County arrest record expunged under Indiana law?
Indiana’s Second Chance Law (Ind. Code § 35-38-9) governs all expungement petitions in Grant County. File a verified petition at the Grant County Circuit or Superior Court — the court where the original case was heard, or the county of arrest for non-conviction records. Waiting periods vary by outcome: one year for an arrest without conviction, five years for a misdemeanor conviction, and eight or more years for felony convictions depending on severity. Indiana allows effectively one lifetime petition per county, so confirm your eligibility and timing with the Grant County Clerk at (765) 668-8121 or consult a licensed Indiana attorney before filing.
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