Why We Built This Site
Missouri gives the public broad access to many government records, while court records follow Missouri court rules and confidentiality limits. The hard part is figuring out which office holds the file you want. The 16th Judicial Circuit handles circuit, associate circuit, family, probate, criminal, civil, traffic, treatment court, and municipal-division matters. The Recorder of Deeds handles marriage licenses and recorded documents. The Sheriff manages jail and warrant-apprehension information. Add Missouri Case.net, municipal courts in Kansas City and Independence, and Sunshine Law requests for executive-agency records, and the picture gets crowded fast. We pull together the contact details, search portals, fee schedules, and request steps for each of these offices into one place.
What You Will Find Here
- Records pages by type: court records, arrest records and court charges, criminal court records, inmate records, warrant records, marriage and divorce, probate, and more
- Office contacts: direct contact info for the Circuit Clerk records departments, 16th Judicial Circuit Court, Recorder of Deeds, Sheriff, and major courthouse facilities
- Search walkthroughs: step-by-step guides for Missouri Case.net, Jackson County Probate Records, municipal ticket portals, and Recorder of Deeds searches
- Public records help: how Missouri Sunshine Law requests under Chapter 610 fit executive-agency records, fees, and custodian procedures
What We Cannot Do
This is a privately run reference site. We have no connection to any Missouri court, Jackson County office, sheriff's office, municipal court, or state agency. There are real limits to what we can help with:
- We cannot file paperwork or send records requests on your behalf
- We cannot issue certified copies of any court document or vital record
- We cannot give legal advice or explain how a specific case applies to you
- We cannot guarantee that every phone number, fee, or address listed on this site is current right now
Only the issuing court or government office can provide a certified copy with an official seal. We can point you to the right office, but the document has to come from them.
Search Partners
Some pages on this site include search boxes powered by third-party providers. Those companies set their own pricing and run their own services. When you use one of those tools and it leads to a paid signup, we may earn a referral fee. That revenue helps keep this site free for visitors. We do not control what those tools charge or what shows up in their results.