Pemiscot County Circuit Clerk Office
The official Pemiscot County Circuit Clerk page names Tonya Hillhouse as Circuit Clerk. The public office address is 610 Ward Avenue, Caruthersville, Missouri 63830, and the mailing address is PO Box 34, Caruthersville, Missouri 63830. The office phone is 573-333-0182, fax is 573-333-1272, and the listed email is kelly.maners@courts.mo.gov. The general courthouse schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., closed from noon to 1:00 p.m., but record seekers should confirm counter availability before visiting.
The Circuit Clerk page links to Missouri Judicial Branch resources, Find a Court, Case.net, Case.net case-number search, Case.net litigant-name search, and Make a Court Payment. That makes the clerk page the local bridge between a free online docket search and the office that can answer copy, certification, older-file, and restricted-record questions. The clerk is not the prosecuting attorney, sheriff, public defender, or recorder. Requests work best when they are directed to the office that holds the record rather than to a general county inbox.
Pemiscot County Circuit Clerk
Circuit Clerk: Tonya Hillhouse
610 Ward Avenue
Caruthersville, MO 63830
Mail: PO Box 34, Caruthersville, MO 63830
573-333-0182
Fax: 573-333-1272
kelly.maners@courts.mo.gov
Pemiscot County Circuit Clerk Duties
The Circuit Clerk's local page lists the court services by division. Circuit Court covers felony court, dissolutions, adult abuse, civil suits, juvenile, family access, and passport applications. Associate Court covers traffic, criminal and misdemeanor cases, civil suits, and small claims. Associate/Probate Court covers probate, associate civil, and criminal matters. Pemiscot County Adult Treatment Court is listed at 800 Ward Avenue, Caruthersville, with phone 573-333-2784.
- Maintains Circuit Court files for felony, civil, family, dissolution, adult abuse, and related matters.
- Supports Associate Court records for traffic, misdemeanor, small claims, and associate civil cases.
- Routes probate and associate/probate records through the Probate Division of the Circuit Court.
- Provides the local office channel for copies, certified copies, older files, and records not fully available online.
- Directs online users to Case.net for public case-number and litigant-name searches.
Missouri's statewide court structure means the Pemiscot County Circuit Clerk works within the 34th Judicial Circuit, shared with New Madrid County. Local records may identify Circuit Court, Associate Court, Division III, Probate Division, Juvenile Division, Small Claims Division, or Municipal Division, but the practical copy request for county Circuit Court files still routes through the court clerk or the specific division listed on the docket.
Pemiscot County Clerk Request Channels
Case.net is the first channel for most public docket lookups. The clerk's office is the fallback for certified copies, paper files, older cases, sealed-record questions, and records that have a public docket but no public document image. In-person requests use the courthouse address. Mail requests use PO Box 34. Phone and email are useful for confirming fees, copy status, and whether a case number is needed before sending payment.
| Channel | Use it for | Key details |
|---|---|---|
| Case.net | Public docket and index search | Search by litigant name, case number, filing date, or hearing date when available. |
| In person | Counter copy questions and file review | 610 Ward Avenue, Caruthersville, Missouri 63830. |
| Written copy and certified-copy requests | PO Box 34, Caruthersville, Missouri 63830. | |
| Phone | Fee, availability, and routing questions | 573-333-0182. |
| Email or fax | Pre-checking a request or confirming office instructions | kelly.maners@courts.mo.gov or fax 573-333-1272. |
For non-court county public records, Missouri Sunshine Law practice points the requester to the agency that created or retains the record. For court case documents, the local practical contact is the Circuit Clerk because that office maintains the court file.
Request Pemiscot Certified Court Copies
A certified copy is a clerk-issued copy with the office's certification that it is a true court record. It may be needed for an appeal, name change proof, divorce decree use, probate authority, employment licensing, or another legal task. Online docket printouts are not the same as certified copies. The research did not locate a local certified-copy form or court-copy fee schedule, so each certified-copy request should start with a fee and payment-method check.
- Search Case.net first, or gather the case number from prior papers, hearing notices, or attorney records.
- Identify the exact document needed, such as judgment, decree, disposition, docket sheet, letters, order, or certified case copy.
- Contact the Circuit Clerk by phone, email, mail, or counter visit to confirm availability, certification fee, per-page fee, and payment method.
- Submit the case number, party names, document type, number of copies, return address, and payment in the form the office accepts.
- Review the certified copy when received to make sure the seal, certification, case number, and document type match the request.
Pemiscot Clerk Request Fields
No official Pemiscot court-record request form was located in the research file. A written request should still include a complete field inventory so the clerk can locate the case without repeated follow-up. If a record is restricted, a complete request does not guarantee access, but it helps the office determine whether the requester is a party, attorney, agency, or member of the public.
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Case number | Best if known | Exact case number is the fastest way to identify a file. |
| Party names | Yes | Include all known names, prior names, or business names. |
| Case type | Yes if known | Civil, criminal, traffic, probate, family, small claims, juvenile, or dissolution. |
| Document requested | Yes | Name the judgment, decree, order, docket sheet, letters, or disposition. |
| Copy type | Yes | Plain, certified, exemplified if available, or file review. |
| Number of copies | Yes | State how many certified or plain copies are needed. |
| Requester contact | Yes | Include phone, mailing address, and email for fee or access questions. |
Pemiscot County Clerk Fees
The official Pemiscot research did not locate a local Circuit Clerk court-copy fee schedule, certified-copy fee table, search fee, or processing time. That gap should be handled directly rather than filled with statewide guesses. Call the clerk before mailing payment for copies, certification, research time, or postage. Missouri Sunshine Law section 610.026 addresses copying and research charges for many public records, but court costs and certified-copy charges may follow court rules or local clerk procedures.
| Item | Local status |
|---|---|
| Plain court copy per page | Not found in official Pemiscot court sources. |
| Certified court copy | Not found in official Pemiscot court sources. |
| Certification fee | Confirm with the Circuit Clerk. |
| Search or research time | Confirm with the Circuit Clerk before payment. |
| Postage or mailing | Confirm when requesting mailed copies. |
Note: The Recorder of Deeds fee schedule applies to marriage and land records, not Circuit Clerk case copies.
Circuit Clerk and Recorder Boundary
The Recorder of Deeds is a separate Pemiscot County office. Amanda Littleton-Gordon is listed as Recorder of Deeds, with office phone 573-333-2204 and email deputyrecorder.pemiscotcounty@gmail.com. The Recorder records and maintains real estate documents, issues and records marriage licenses, records tax liens, and records military discharge documents. The Circuit Clerk does not issue marriage licenses or maintain land records.
Use the Recorder for Pemiscot County marriage licenses, marriage certified copies, land document images, recorded deeds, recorded liens, and the SFFlexSuite county records portal. Use the Circuit Clerk for civil, criminal, family, probate, traffic, associate, small claims, dissolution, adult abuse, and court-copy questions. When a family matter involves both a marriage license and a divorce decree, the marriage copy comes from the Recorder and the divorce decree comes from the Circuit Clerk.
Pemiscot Clerk and Federal Records
The Pemiscot County Circuit Clerk keeps state trial-court files, not federal criminal, federal civil, bankruptcy, or federal appellate records. Pemiscot County federal cases belong to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri or the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, depending on the case type. Those records are searched through federal court systems such as PACER, not through the Pemiscot County Circuit Clerk.
Federal prosecution resources for the district are shown by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri source.
This source is useful as a boundary marker: federal criminal matters do not become Pemiscot County Circuit Clerk records.
Contact details for that federal office appear in the U.S. Attorney Eastern District contact source.
When a case number or agency name points to federal court, the county clerk is not the right copy office.