Search Hinds County Circuit Clerk Records

About the Hinds County Circuit Clerk

The Hinds County Circuit Clerk is Zack Wallace. This office is the main court-records clerk for Circuit Court and County Court in the county. It keeps the case files for felony prosecutions, major civil suits, and appeals that reach the circuit level. The clerk is an elected county officer who also runs jury duties and key election functions. Most circuit and county court questions start here, by phone or at the counter.

The office sits in two places because Hinds County has two court districts. The downtown Jackson location at 407 East Pascagoula Street is the busiest spot for filing, file inspection, and certified copies. The Raymond courthouse on West Main Street serves the second district. Use the office tied to the case district, not just the nearest building, because the two locations are not interchangeable for every file.

Two Clerks Hold Hinds County Records

Mississippi does not use the Texas-style district clerk model. Hinds County splits court records between two elected clerks, and each one owns a different slice of the public record. Send a request to the wrong office and it slows down or bounces back. The split follows the courts: the Circuit Clerk serves the law-side trial courts, and the Chancery Clerk serves the equity court and the land office. A quick check of the record type tells you which clerk to call.

Hinds County Circuit Clerk

Circuit Court and County Court case files, felony and major civil records, jury management, and voter and election duties.

Hinds County Chancery Clerk

Chancery Court filings, land and deed records, the General Index, the Judgment Roll, board minutes, the claims docket, and probate-related files.

Estates, wills, divorce, custody, guardianship, and conservatorship all run through Chancery Court, so the Chancery Clerk holds those files. A reader tracing an estate or a guardianship should plan around the chancery side and can review the Hinds County probate records path for those steps. Felony cases and big-dollar civil suits stay with the Circuit Clerk.

Hinds County Chancery Clerk Records

The Hinds County Chancery Clerk is Eddie Jean Carr. The main office is at 316 South President Street in Jackson, a different building from the Circuit Clerk. The chancery side carries a wide set of non-criminal records that many people do not expect a court office to hold. Land titles, deeds of trust, judgments, estate files, and county board records all live here. A second office, the Raymond Annex, serves the western district.

The county online database index groups many of these tools under the Chancery Clerk. Common record types include the items below.

• General Index of grantor and grantee land records
• Judgment Roll for civil judgments by party name
• Board meeting agendas and minutes
• Claims docket and county financial statements
• Sectional acreage, subdivision, and condominium indexes
• Real property tax sale records

The county hosts a public General Index search form that anyone can open without an account. The lead-in to its layout is shown on the Hinds County Chancery Clerk General Index page, which runs name and land-record searches.

The General Index pulls deed-of-trust and deed-book entries by name and role, which makes it the fastest free way to confirm a recorded land instrument before ordering a certified copy from the chancery counter.

Note: Probate, divorce, and guardianship files carry tighter public-access limits than ordinary civil cases, so confirm what the clerk can release before you travel.

Searching Hinds County Land Records

The General Index and the Judgment Roll are the two county-hosted search tools most readers reach first. Both are free, and both are name-driven. The General Index format matters: enter the last name, then a space, then the first name. Do not use a comma, which is the opposite of the inmate portal habit. The form also asks you to pick a grantor, grantee, or both role, and a deed-of-trust, deed-book, or both category. A date range narrows the result set.

The Judgment Roll is a separate form. It searches recorded civil judgments by party name, with one field for the defendant name and a separate form for the plaintiff name. You can preview its layout on the Hinds County Judgment Roll search page before running a name.

A judgment-roll hit confirms that a court entered a money judgment against a named party, which is why title and credit checks lean on this index. Each tool caps its results, so a broad name can hide the entry you need.

• The General Index returns up to 500 records per search.
• The Judgment Roll returns up to 100 records per search.
• Common names such as Smith or Johnson can run slowly.
• Add as much detail as you can to trim the list.

Note: These county database tools cover land and judgment indexes, not full case pleadings, so a name hit points you to a record rather than handing over the document.

Hinds County Court Records in MEC

Newer circuit and county court documents are not in the old county database. They live in Mississippi Electronic Courts, the statewide e-filing system known as MEC. The legacy Circuit Court civil page now serves mainly as a notice. It says that cases and documents filed on or after September 13, 2013 may be accessed through MEC, and that MEC became mandatory for those cases beginning November 1, 2013. Public document access runs through Public Access to MEC, called PAMEC.

Hinds County has two MEC court groups. Circuit Court and County Court sit in the Seventh Circuit Court District, while Chancery Court sits in the Fifth Chancery District. The go-live dates spread across three years: Chancery MEC opened January 7, 2013, Circuit MEC opened September 3, 2013, and County Court MEC opened January 1, 2016. You can confirm court locations and flags on the Seventh Circuit MEC court information page and the Fifth Chancery MEC court information page. The statewide entry point is the Mississippi Judiciary MEC portal.

How to Request a Certified Copy

A certified copy carries the clerk's seal and proves a record is a true copy of the file. Courts, title companies, banks, and government agencies often require one, while a plain printout from an online index will not do. The path is short once you know the right clerk and the right court.

1. Identify the court and clerk. Felony and major civil files point to the Circuit Clerk; land, estate, and chancery files point to the Chancery Clerk.
2. Search the index or MEC to confirm the case or instrument. Note the case number, party names, district, and filing date.
3. Contact the correct clerk by phone or at the counter. Ask whether the file is in the Jackson office or the Raymond office.
4. Confirm the fee and the accepted payment method before you order, since the office sets the cost and form of payment.
5. Request the certified copy and choose pickup or mail. Larger or older files may take extra time to pull.

Hinds County Records Request Form

A clean request speeds up any clerk order. The clerk needs enough detail to find the exact file and the exact document. Bring or list the items below when you ask for a copy, whether the record is a circuit case, a county case, or a chancery instrument. The more fields you fill, the faster the search.

Note: County administrative records and judicial case records can have different request paths, so name the record clearly so the office routes it to the right custodian.

Hinds County Circuit Clerk Fees

Mississippi law lets a public body charge the actual cost of finding, reviewing, copying, and mailing records under Miss. Code Ann. Section 25-61-7. A current, published Hinds County copy and certification fee schedule was not located in the official sources reviewed, so the amounts below are left open on purpose. Confirm each charge with the clerk before you order, and remember that electronic document access is priced by PAMEC, not the county.

The county legacy notice gives 601-968-6628 as the Circuit Clerk contact number, so a quick call settles the cost before you drive in. For chancery instruments, the Jackson number is 601-968-6540 and the Raymond Annex number is 601-857-8055. Asking first avoids a wasted trip and a payment surprise at the counter.

Hinds County Public Records Requests

When a record is not in a search portal, the county still has a path. The Hinds County public records request page is the fallback for county records that no online tool exposes. Judicial case records should be asked of the relevant clerk, because courts hold case files apart from general county departments. The two channels overlap, so name the record type and the office to keep the request moving.

The right to inspect and copy comes from the Mississippi Public Records Act, found in Miss. Code Ann. Title 25, Chapter 61. Public bodies must provide access unless a clear exemption applies, and they may set reasonable written procedures. You can read the statute through the Mississippi Public Records Act text and review plain-language guidance from the Mississippi Ethics Commission. To start a county request, use the Hinds County public records request page.

Some files stay closed even under the act. Youth court records, adoption files, and sealed or expunged matters are limited by statute, and personal identifiers may be redacted. For trial-level case access and the courts behind these files, the Hinds County Circuit Court overview maps the felony and civil side. Note: Records that touch minors, mental commitments, or sealed cases may show only limited status rather than the full document.