Macon County Circuit Clerk
The official Macon County Circuit Clerk page names Twila Halley as Circuit Clerk. The office is the primary public contact for Macon County court records. The county page describes the office as busy and responsible for Small Claims Court filings under $5,000, civil filings, domestic relations, criminal cases, traffic violations, juvenile and adoption matters, probate filings, orders of protection, and jury trials.
The Circuit Clerk should not be confused with the County Clerk or the Recorder of Deeds. The County Clerk keeps County Commission records, election records, payroll, tax-levy, and county license records. The Recorder handles land records and marriage licenses. Court case files, docket questions, certified court copies, and Case.net limits route to the Circuit Clerk.
Macon County Circuit Clerk
Clerk: Twila Halley
101 E. Washington St.
Macon, MO 63552
660-385-4631
Fax: 660-385-4235
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday
The Circuit Clerk page is included in the image manifest because it is the local source for court-record responsibilities and Case.net access language.
That source anchors the clerk page to Macon County rather than a generic Missouri court description.
Macon County Circuit Clerk Duties
The Circuit Clerk maintains the case-record side of the courthouse. That includes opening files, indexing filings, entering docket events, supporting public access through Case.net, helping with copy requests, and routing users to the right court division when a case is criminal, civil, domestic, probate, traffic, small claims, or juvenile.
- Small Claims Court filings under $5,000 and related forms.
- Civil filings, judgments, garnishments, and landlord-tenant case records.
- Domestic relations matters, including divorce and protection orders.
- Criminal, traffic, municipal division, and warrant-related docket entries.
- Probate filings, juvenile/adoption matters, and jury-trial support.
Request Macon County Certified Copies
A certified copy is a clerk-issued copy used when an agency, court, employer, school, or financial institution needs proof that a court record is official. A Case.net screen or public docket entry is useful for lookup, but it is not the same thing as a certified copy from the Circuit Clerk.
- Search Case.net first, if possible, to identify the case number and party names.
- Confirm whether the document is public, restricted, older than online coverage, or available only at the courthouse.
- Call the Circuit Clerk at 660-385-4631 to confirm copy type, certification need, fee, and delivery method.
- Submit the request in person, by mail, or by the clerk-approved method with enough detail to locate the file.
- Use the certified copy, not an online docket printout, when a legal or agency process requires certification.
Macon County Clerk Request Details
The research file does not capture a separate Macon County court-copy request form, so a request should include the details the clerk needs to find and price the record. The official Case.net access language names case number, name, filing date, and hearing date as search paths for cases filed on or after November 12, 2003.
| Detail | Use | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Case number | Best identifier | Use the exact number from Case.net if known. |
| Party names | Name search | Include legal names and alternate spellings. |
| Filing or hearing date | Date search | Helpful when the case number is not known. |
| Document type | Copy selection | State whether the request is for docket, judgment, decree, sentence, order, or another filing. |
| Copy type | Fee and certification | Say whether a plain or certified copy is needed. |
Macon County Clerk Fee Notes
The research file captures Recorder fee amounts and Missouri public-record copying law, but not a complete Circuit Clerk fee schedule for certified court copies. Missouri's public-record fee statute, RSMo 610.026, gives the general public-record fee framework. Court-specific certified copy costs should be confirmed with the Circuit Clerk before payment.
| Item | Amount or action |
|---|---|
| Court certified copy | Confirm with Circuit Clerk |
| Older court file search | Confirm availability and cost with Circuit Clerk |
| Marriage license | $55.00 through Recorder of Deeds |
| Certified marriage license copy | $9.00 through Recorder of Deeds |
| Recorder plain copy | $0.50 per copy through Recorder of Deeds |
Macon County Case.net Access
The Circuit Clerk page states that case information is available through Case.net and that cases filed on or after November 12, 2003 can be accessed by name, case number, filing date, or hearing date. That date is a key Macon County search limit. Records before that date, files with restricted content, and certified copies should be handled through the Circuit Clerk.
The official county GIS page appears in the image manifest for clerk-office context because several courthouse and county-record functions share the same address cluster.
Shared courthouse geography makes it important to distinguish the Circuit Clerk from the Assessor, County Clerk, and Recorder counters.
Macon County Probate and Small Claims
The Circuit Clerk also supports probate and small claims access. The Probate Division uses the Circuit Court structure and lists 101 East Washington, Building 2, with the Circuit Clerk phone and fax. The official probate page says an attorney is necessary to initiate all probate proceedings except listed refusals filed by a creditor, spouse, or unmarried minor child or children. It also says the Probate Division Party Information Sheet and applicable court costs must be submitted when filing.
Small Claims Court also lists Building 2 and the same clerk phone. The Circuit Clerk page identifies small claims filings under $5,000 among the office responsibilities. For a small claims record, search Case.net if the case is recent enough, then call the Circuit Clerk for filing questions, public terminal access, older records, or certified copies.
Circuit Clerk, County Clerk, Recorder
Macon County's State Court Structure Map treats the Circuit Clerk as the primary court clerk. The County Clerk is Tammy Perkins at Suite B and handles County Commission records, elections, payroll, tax levies, and county licenses. The Recorder of Deeds is Sherry Muncy in Building 3, Suite 300 and handles land records and marriage licenses.
| Office | Use for | Not for |
|---|---|---|
| Circuit Clerk | Court cases, dockets, traffic, criminal, probate, small claims, certified court copies | Marriage licenses or land records |
| County Clerk | County Commission, elections, tax levies, county licenses | Circuit Court case files |
| Recorder of Deeds | Marriage licenses, deeds, mortgages, plats, recorded land documents | Divorce decrees or criminal court records |
Federal Court Clerk Access
Federal cases from Macon County are not filed with the Macon County Circuit Clerk. Macon County is in the Eastern District of Missouri, and federal docket access uses PACER and CM/ECF. The federal sources in the manifest are included to show the separate channel for federal cases.
The public PACER portal is the general federal case-access system.
Use PACER for federal docket sheets and Case.net for Missouri circuit court records.
The Eastern District of Missouri CM/ECF lookup identifies the federal district filing system.
That lookup is separate from the Macon County Circuit Clerk and should not be used for county traffic, criminal, probate, or divorce files.
The manifest also includes the Eastern District CM/ECF login.
Most public users need PACER rather than a filer login, while local Macon County court records remain with Case.net and the Circuit Clerk.