Search Chariton County Court Records
The primary online route for Chariton County Court records is Missouri Case.net. The Chariton County Circuit Court page directs users to Missouri Courts, and the prosecutor page also links the statewide court system. Case.net is the starting point for public case summaries in the Missouri courts that use the state system, including many civil, criminal, probate, family, divorce, traffic, small claims, and municipal division matters.
Case.net is not the only access channel. The Chariton County Circuit Clerk-Recorder of Deeds is the local court file custodian for Circuit Court records, and certified copies or older paper files may require direct clerk contact. Recorder records, such as deeds and marriage recordings, use the Recorder side of the same office and the iRecord login portal. Sheriff records, local custody questions, and warrant inquiries use the Sheriff's Office.
- Open Case.net and choose litigant name, case number, filing date, or attorney search.
- Enter the best exact name, business name, ticket number, or case number.
- Use the court or county filter for Chariton County or the 9th Judicial Circuit when available.
- Review the case header, parties, case type, judge, docket entries, hearing dates, charges, and disposition.
- Call the Circuit Clerk at 660-288-3602 when the record is missing, restricted, older, or needed as a certified copy.
Chariton County's official home page provides the county-office navigation used to verify local record routes. The assigned image below shows that official county starting point.
The county home page helps separate court, sheriff, clerk, recorder, commission, and other office contacts before a record request is sent.
Chariton County Court System
Chariton County is in Missouri's 9th Judicial Circuit with Linn and Sullivan Counties. Missouri circuit courts are the general-jurisdiction trial courts. They operate through divisions rather than separate county trial courts. The official Chariton County Circuit Court page names Circuit Judge Terry Tschannen and Associate Circuit Judge Andrea Vandeloecht. The same court address and phone are used for local circuit and associate circuit court business: 306 S Cherry St, Keytesville, MO 65261, 660-288-3602.
The state hierarchy runs from the Supreme Court of Missouri to the Missouri Court of Appeals and then to the circuit courts. Local divisions may include circuit, associate circuit, probate, family, juvenile, small claims, municipal, criminal, civil, and treatment court functions. The prosecutor page also explains the local municipal split: county tickets and serious crimes go through the prosecutor, while some cases are handled by city attorneys through municipal court.
| Court or Division | Local Role | Record Path |
|---|---|---|
| Circuit Court | General trial court for felony, civil, family, probate, and other major matters. | Case.net and Circuit Clerk. |
| Associate Circuit Court | Lower-level criminal, traffic, civil, small claims, and preliminary matters. | Case.net and Circuit Clerk. |
| Probate Division | Estates, wills, guardianships, and conservatorships. | Case.net for public summaries, then clerk files. |
| Municipal Division | City ordinance and some city traffic matters. | Case.net where indexed, plus municipal court or city attorney. |
| Missouri Court of Appeals | Intermediate appellate review for many circuit cases. | Missouri appellate court systems. |
The Chariton County Circuit Court page is the official local source for court address, judge names, phone, and state court links. Its screenshot is included because it anchors the local court structure.
That local court page is the right official starting point when a Case.net docket needs to be checked against a clerk or court phone number.
Chariton County Courthouse Contacts
Most Chariton County court-record work is concentrated in Keytesville. The Chariton County Courthouse at 306 S Cherry St holds the Circuit Court, Circuit Clerk-Recorder, County Clerk, Prosecuting Attorney, County Commission, and other county offices. The Sheriff is next door at 307 S Cherry St. County sources did not publish detailed courthouse security, parking, transit, ADA entrance, interpreter, or cell-phone rules, so day-of visits should be confirmed by phone with the office that holds the record.
Chariton County Circuit Court
306 S Cherry St
Keytesville, MO 65261
660-288-3602
Official court page: charitonco.com/circuit-court
Circuit Clerk-Recorder of Deeds
306 S Cherry St
Keytesville, MO 65261
Circuit Clerk: 660-288-3602
Recorder: 660-288-1005
Chariton County Sheriff
307 S Cherry St
Keytesville, MO 65261
660-288-3277
Emergencies: 911
Missouri Association of Counties also confirms Chariton County office directory information. That directory image is useful as a secondary county-office reference.
Directory sources can help verify an office phone before a trip to Keytesville, but court-specific copy questions still go to the Circuit Clerk.
Chariton County Clerk Records
Chariton County has a combined Circuit Clerk-Recorder of Deeds, Eric Stallo. That local structure is important. The Circuit Clerk side handles court case records, docket-related copy questions, certified court documents, probate files, divorce files, traffic court files, and criminal case files. The Recorder side handles recorded instruments, including land documents and marriage records. The court-records phone is 660-288-3602, while the recorder phone is 660-288-1005.
The Recorder uses the iCounty iRecord portal at charitonmo.icounty.com. The portal requires a login and lists subscription and per-page print options. It is not an anonymous free court case search. No Chariton County court-copy fee schedule or certified-copy request PDF was located in the official county sources, so users needing court-certified copies should confirm current fees and procedures directly with the Circuit Clerk.
| Need | Office | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Court case copy or certified court record | Circuit Clerk | 660-288-3602 |
| Deed or recorded instrument | Recorder of Deeds | 660-288-1005 |
| Marriage recording | Recorder of Deeds | 660-288-1005 |
| Election or county administration record | County Clerk | 660-288-3273 |
The Circuit Clerk-Recorder page identifies the combined office and both phone lines. The image below shows that local split.
That split keeps court records, recorded documents, and county administrative records from being sent to the wrong office.
Chariton County Court Record Types
Chariton County court records include several case groups. Civil records may include lawsuits, debt collection, contract disputes, landlord-tenant matters, injunctions, small claims, and judgments. Criminal records may include felonies, misdemeanors, DWI, drug cases, property crimes, violent crimes, domestic violence, sex crimes, bad checks, child support, bonds, pleas, and sentencing. Probate Division records may include estates, wills, guardianships, conservatorships, accountings, and letters.
Family and divorce files are court records. Marriage recordings are handled by the Recorder, while central state marriage and divorce registry materials are handled by Missouri Bureau of Vital Records for records since July 1, 1948. Traffic records split between county moving violations, serious traffic crimes, municipal tickets, and state driver records. Juvenile, mental health, adoption, sealed, expunged, protected address, and some abuse or neglect materials may be restricted.
- Docket
- The chronological event list in a case.
- Disposition
- The outcome of a charge, claim, motion, or case.
- Bond
- Money or release conditions used to secure a court appearance.
- Judgment
- A final court decision resolving claims or imposing obligations.
- Expungement
- A process that closes eligible records from general public access.
Chariton County Criminal Court Records
The Chariton County Prosecuting Attorney page provides strong local detail for criminal and traffic court records. Prosecuting Attorney Cliff Thornburg's office handles felonies, misdemeanors, and moving violations that occur in Chariton County. The page lists local caseload examples such as violent crimes, domestic violence, sex crimes, property crimes, traffic and DWI, drug-related crimes, bad checks, and child support. It also identifies Melissa Richardson as the contact for traffic tickets, restitution, and questions at 660-288-3275.
A criminal court record is not the same thing as a booking record. The court record begins when charges are filed and then tracks arraignment, pleas, motions, hearings, bond events, disposition, sentence, probation, costs, and restitution where public. Booking or custody questions go to the Sheriff. The full criminal case file is a court matter, while arrest and booking records may be law-enforcement records subject to separate access limits.
The Chariton County Prosecuting Attorney page explains the office's criminal, traffic, victim services, and restitution role. The assigned image appears here because those details shape Chariton County criminal court records.
That office detail is especially useful when a charge, ticket, restitution entry, or victim-service question appears in a docket.
Chariton County Sheriff Records
The official Sheriff page lists Sheriff Erick Billups at 307 S Cherry St, Keytesville, MO 65261, phone 660-288-3277, with emergencies directed to 911. No official Chariton County online jail roster, booking lookup, visitation page, commissary page, or active-warrant list was located on the county site. That is a useful access finding. Current local custody questions, routine warrant questions, booking-record requests, and jail-service rules should be confirmed with the Sheriff's Office rather than with unofficial roster pages.
State custody is separate. The Missouri DOC Offender Search covers offenders supervised by the Department of Corrections, not new county jail bookings. MOVANS and VINELink are notification tools, and Missouri DPS says phone call and VINELink app notifications ended effective May 5, 2026, with SMS and email registration required. Court case status still routes through Case.net, while local jail status routes to the sheriff.
The Chariton County Sheriff page is the official sheriff contact source. The image below is included because the county does not publish a separate jail roster page.
For custody or warrant checks, this official sheriff phone is more reliable than a third-party jail roster result.
Chariton County Public Access Rules
Missouri public access starts with a presumption of openness, but it is not unlimited. RSMo 610.011 states the public policy favoring open records of public governmental bodies unless law provides otherwise. RSMo 610.023 requires a records custodian and allows copying. RSMo 610.021 lists records that may be closed.
For Chariton County Court records, court access rules and confidentiality statutes still control the file. Juvenile records are restricted under RSMo 211.321. Closed criminal records are retained but not open to the public under RSMo 610.120. Eligible criminal convictions may be handled through RSMo 610.140, and the expungement surcharge statute lists a $250 surcharge for many 610.140 petitions unless waived for indigency.
Key point: Court records, recorder records, sheriff records, and county administrative records each have different custodians and limits.
Restricted Chariton County Records
Restricted records include juvenile court and peace officer juvenile records, sealed or expunged criminal records, mental health proceeding records, adoption material, confidential addresses, protected-person details, and filings that expose minor, medical, or financial identifiers. Some abuse or neglect pleadings and orders may be public while confidential files remain closed. Public court systems may redact Social Security numbers, account numbers, protected addresses, and minor information.
An online absence is not proof that a record does not exist. A Chariton County court file may be too new for online display, too old for modern indexing, sealed, expunged, missearched, or held by a different office. The practical fallback is to search Case.net, confirm the court or office, then call the Circuit Clerk for court files, the Recorder for recorded documents, the Sheriff for law-enforcement records, or the County Clerk for administrative records.
Chariton County Administrative Records
Chariton County also has a separate County Clerk, Mitzi Schuchmann, at 306 S Cherry St, Keytesville, MO 65261, phone 660-288-3273, fax 660-288-3403. The County Clerk is not the court-records custodian. That office handles county clerk functions, including election material, polling places, voter registration accessibility notices, sample ballots, election results, financial statements, and county administrative records.
The County Commission page identifies a three-member elected county government and says commission meetings occur Wednesdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. To be placed on the agenda, a person must contact a commissioner or the County Clerk at least two business days ahead. That process is useful for county administrative records, public agenda items, budgets, county policies, Road and Bridge matters, and building questions, but it is not a court-hearing schedule.
The Chariton County Commission page is assigned to the home page because it explains administrative-record routes outside the courts.
Commission records can be public records, but they should not be confused with Circuit Court case files or Case.net dockets.
Chariton County Probate History
Probate is handled as a division of the Circuit Court, not through a separate probate courthouse. Public probate summaries may appear through Case.net, while copies, certified documents, older files, and non-digitized materials route to the Circuit Clerk. Probate records can include wills, estates, guardianships, conservatorships, inventories, accountings, creditor notices, letters, and orders. Medical, minor, financial, or protected-person material may be restricted.
Chariton County history also matters for records. The county was organized from Howard County on November 16, 1820, effective January 1, 1821, and is named for the Chariton River. Early courts met in Old Chariton without a courthouse. After the county seat moved to Keytesville in 1833, a brick courthouse was built on land donated by James Keyte. A later courthouse fire during renovation in 1973 helps explain why older court, deed, marriage, and probate materials may require local clerk and Missouri State Archives microfilm research instead of only modern web searches.
Chariton County Record Updates
Recent research surfaced a few access updates. Missouri court links should use www.courts.mo.gov because the old www2.courts.mo.gov address was decommissioned on November 1, 2025. Missouri DPS also changed MOVANS notification channels effective May 5, 2026, ending phone call and VINELink app notifications and requiring SMS or email registration. Those updates matter because court, custody, and notification searches often depend on current official links.
County records also change through local government channels. The County Clerk page links election materials and public notices, and the Commission page gives meeting and agenda procedures. The Chariton County Clerk page is a separate administrative-record source, not the court clerk source, and should be used when a record request concerns elections, county financial statements, or county clerk notices.
Chariton County Court Records FAQ
Where do Chariton County Court records start?
Most public court records start with Case.net, then move to the Chariton County Circuit Clerk when the online summary is incomplete or a certified copy is needed. The clerk phone is 660-288-3602.
Does Chariton County have an online jail roster?
No official county jail roster or booking lookup was located on the county website. The official local route is the Sheriff's Office at 660-288-3277, while state prison supervision is searched through Missouri DOC.
Are all Chariton County court records public?
No. Juvenile, sealed, expunged, mental health, protected-person, adoption, and some confidential family or probate material may be closed or redacted. Public dockets may omit sensitive details.
Which clerk handles court files?
The Circuit Clerk-Recorder of Deeds handles local court case records. The Recorder side handles deeds and marriage recordings. The separate County Clerk handles elections and county administrative records.