About the Noble County Clerk's Office
Noble County has one unified clerk for the county trial courts. The official county clerk page names Tammy Bremer as Clerk of the Noble County Courts. That wording matters because Indiana does not use a separate county "district clerk" model for Noble County. The clerk supports Noble Circuit Court, Noble Superior Court I, and Noble Superior Court II by maintaining filings, helping process payments, issuing certified documents, and directing public access to the right court or statewide portal.
The clerk's office is also the practical fallback when a public case search does not show the document a user needs. Indiana's court public-records guidance says many public documents are online, but not all documents and not all older records are available through MyCase. In Noble County, that means a public search may start with MyCase, continue through the public terminal in the courthouse basement, and end at the clerk counter for a certified copy or a record that is not posted online.
Noble County Clerk
Clerk: Tammy Bremer
101 North Orange Street
Albion, IN 46701
(260) 636-2736
clerk@nobleco.gov
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
The official clerk page places the office on the first floor of the Noble County Courthouse. The county contact page also notes that the public courthouse entrance is through the west doors on North York Street. Visitors who need the clerk should distinguish the courthouse from the nearby county annex, where the prosecutor, public defender, child support office, and other county departments are listed.
What the Clerk Does in Noble County
The Clerk of the Noble County Courts is tied to several daily court-record tasks. The office receives and maintains court filings, collects court costs and filing fees, issues certified copies, handles local marriage license completion, supports child support payment directions, and gives payment guidance for traffic tickets, fines, small claims, and judgments. The clerk is not a legal-advice office, so staff can point users to records and procedure but cannot tell someone what motion to file or how a case should be argued.
- Maintains Noble County trial-court case records and certified court documents.
- Collects court costs, judgments, small-claims filing fees, traffic payments, and related fees.
- Completes marriage license applications after applicants start online and appear in person.
- Routes users to MyCase, ePay, PayGov, self-service forms, and the courthouse public terminal.
- Supports small-claims filing rules, including local limits and sheriff service fee handling.
Noble County's clerk page is unusually specific about payment methods. Personal checks are not accepted for any transaction. Cash, money orders, MasterCard, and Visa credit or debit cards are accepted, and PayGov service fees apply when a card payment is made online. That payment rule affects certified copies, traffic tickets, small claims, judgments, and other clerk-managed transactions.
How to Request a Certified Copy
A certified copy is the clerk-issued version of a court document that carries official certification. Noble County lists certified documents at $3 per copy. People often need certified copies for a divorce decree, judgment, name-change-related order, probate order, or other court record that must be shown to another office. A printed MyCase page is useful for viewing public case status, but it is not the same thing as a certified court document.
- Search MyCase for the Noble County case number, party names, filing date, and document title if the case is public.
- Call the clerk before mailing a request if the document is not online, because no dedicated court-record mail form was located in the official Noble County pages reviewed.
- Submit the case details to the Clerk of the Noble County Courts in person or by the contact method the office confirms.
- Pay with an accepted method. Do not send a personal check, because the clerk page says personal checks are not accepted.
- Ask whether the certified copy can be prepared while you wait or whether pickup, mailing, or later follow-up is required.
Certified copies should be requested from the clerk in the county where the case was heard. For Noble County trial-court cases, that means the Noble County clerk rather than a state agency or federal PACER system.
Records Request Form Fields
No stand-alone Noble County court-record request form was located in the official sources reviewed, so a clear written request should include the details a clerk needs to identify the file and document. The same information also helps when a user calls before mailing payment or visiting the courthouse. MyCase can supply most of the case-identifying fields when the case is public.
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Case number | Strongly recommended | Indiana cause numbers can identify Noble County, court, year, case type, and sequence. |
| Party names | Yes | Use the names shown in MyCase, such as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, respondent, or estate name. |
| Document type | Yes | Examples include decree, judgment, order, sentencing order, letters, or final report. |
| Copy type | Yes | State whether a certified copy is required. |
| Number of copies | Yes | Needed to calculate the clerk fee. |
| Requester contact | Yes | Include phone, email, and mailing details so the clerk can clarify payment or pickup. |
Noble County Clerk Fees
The official Noble County clerk page provides several fee and payment details that affect records access. Certified court documents are priced per copy. Small claims fees are due at filing. Marriage license fees vary by residency. Online card payments may add a PayGov service fee. Because no personal checks are accepted, a requester should confirm the exact amount and accepted payment method before mailing anything to the clerk.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Certified court document copy | $3 per copy |
| Small claims filing | $97 |
| Additional small claims defendant | $10 each |
| Sheriff service fee | $28 |
| Marriage license, Indiana resident | $25 |
| Marriage license, out-of-county or out-of-state wording on Noble page | $65 |
| Credit/debit child support convenience fee | 2.25% |
| PayGov service fee | Applies |
Small-claims rules on the clerk page add two useful Noble County limits: an individual claim may be up to $10,000, while a business without an attorney is limited to $6,000. The defendant or the transaction must be in Noble County, and the plaintiff must have a good address or place of employment for service.
Common Clerk Forms
The clerk page links users to state and local resources rather than publishing a large local form library. Court users should choose forms based on case type, then confirm filing and payment details with the clerk. For self-represented filings, Indiana's court self-service center and Indiana Legal Help are safer starting points than copying an old private form.
- Indiana court self-service forms - statewide forms and guidance for self-represented litigants.
- Indiana Legal Help divorce forms - divorce packets with or without children and with agreement or disagreement.
- Indiana marriage license portal - online start for marriage license application and public lookup.
- Indiana courts ePay - eligible traffic tickets, fines, court costs, small claims, judgments, and other payments.
Mail and Online Filings
Noble County public case lookup is handled through Indiana MyCase, and the Indiana Judicial Branch Noble County page also links to state e-filing resources. Online access is strongest for public case status, docket entries, and some documents. It is not a complete substitute for the clerk because some documents are not posted online, older files may be limited, and certified copies still come from the clerk's office.
For traffic tickets, fines, small claims, judgments, and some court costs, the clerk page points to online credit and debit card payments through PayGov or state payment paths. Traffic-ticket payments require the ticket or cause number and the amount owed. For mailed court-record requests, no dedicated Noble County mail form was found in official pages, so call the clerk at (260) 636-2736 before sending a request, payment, or self-addressed envelope.
Federal records are a separate system. Noble County is in the Fort Wayne Division of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, and federal dockets use PACER or CM/ECF rather than MyCase. A state court case from Noble Circuit Court or Noble Superior Court will not appear in federal CM/ECF unless it becomes part of a separate federal matter.
The PACER lookup page for the Northern District of Indiana identifies the federal electronic case filing system used for that court.
Use the federal lookup only for federal cases; Noble County Circuit and Superior Court records remain with Indiana courts and the county clerk.
The Northern District of Indiana CM/ECF login is for federal filing and docket access by authorized users.
CM/ECF does not replace the Noble County clerk counter, MyCase, or the courthouse terminal for local trial-court documents.
The Indiana Judicial Branch federal courts directory helps separate state court records from federal court locations and systems.
That distinction keeps record requests pointed to the right clerk: Noble County for county trial-court records, and the federal clerk for federal cases.