Union County Civil Docket Searches
Union County civil docket searches begin with the type of case. General civil litigation belongs to Union County Circuit Court. Lower-court appeals do too. Circuit Clerk Donna Treadaway holds the records there. Equity, domestic relations, probate, guardianship, trusts, and land matters belong to Union County Chancery Court. Chancery Clerk Annette M. Hickey holds those records. Both courts use Mississippi Electronic Courts, or MEC. Its public layer is Public Access to MEC, called PAMEC. There is no free anonymous one-screen search for either Union County docket.
For remote Union County access, register first. Then open the Third Circuit MEC login or the First Chancery MEC login. For in-person inspection or copies, go to the clerk holding the case. Union County Circuit Court sits at 114 E. Bankhead Street in New Albany. Its number is 662-534-1910. Union County Chancery Court is at 109 E. Main Street in New Albany. Call 662-534-1900. A Justice Court small claim or municipal matter runs through a separate record channel entirely.
- Identify whether the Union County matter belongs in Circuit Court, Chancery Court, Justice Court, municipal court, or the land-record index.
- Gather the Union County case number if known, then the party or institution name, approximate filing date, and requested document type.
- Use the appropriate Union County MEC/PAMEC court after account activation, or ask the holding clerk for an inspection or search.
- Compare the Union County court, filing date, parties, and docket events before treating a result as the requested Union County civil case.
- Request a Union County public, redacted, uncertified, or certified copy from the clerk according to the record and purpose.
The official PAMEC non-attorney terms screen lays out the agreement a registrant accepts before viewing a remote civil docket.
Agreeing to the terms is only a first step. An active account can still face document-level restrictions on a Union County civil docket.
Union County Circuit and Chancery Dockets
Skip the idea of a Union County Court. The 2026 statewide directory lists none for the county. Civil filings here split between two divisions instead. Union County Circuit Court takes the general civil litigation, along with appeals. Chancery Court covers the rest: equity, domestic relations, probate, guardianships, trusts, and land matters. Where a claim lands often depends on its size and subject. The First Circuit court explainer puts civil claims over $3,500 at the circuit level. It also gives Justice Court shared jurisdiction between $200 and $3,500. Check with the clerk on the current rules before filing.
Getting the division right also matters for a Union County docket search. Searching the wrong MEC court can leave a case hidden. Sending a request to a nonexistent county court wastes time too. Keep the categories straight in your head. A Circuit Court filing is not the same thing as a chancery probate or domestic case. A Justice Court matter joins the circuit civil docket only if it is appealed or transferred.
For the chancery side, the official First Chancery CourtInfo page covers the Union County Chancery MEC environment. It also displays the court's public metadata.
CourtInfo helps you confirm the right system. The individual docket still sits behind PAMEC access rules and court restrictions.
Civil Dockets: What They Show
An authorized Union County civil case view typically shows the court, district, county, case number, case type, filing date, and judge. Party and attorney roles appear too. So do event dates, filing descriptions, service information, hearings, orders, judgment, costs, fees, status, and any appeal relationship. A Union County Chancery file can add petition and order information. It also holds fiduciary inventory or accounting activity, guardianship review, domestic-relations pleadings, or land descriptions.
Start with the first pleading. It shows what the dispute is about. Then read the latest signed order. Recent docket entries show where the case stands after that. A docket event is not always the document itself. A filing may require a PAMEC charge. A clerk copy request, redaction, or attorney-of-record permission can also gate its text. The Union County docket search page offers broader court-by-court routing for a case lookup.
| Case identity | Union County court, district, county, case number, type, filing date, and judge identify the civil docket. |
|---|---|
| Parties and pleadings | Union County party and attorney roles, complaints or petitions, answers, and later filings show the matter’s procedural record. |
| Service and settings | Union County service or return information, notices, and hearing or setting events can show the next procedural step. |
| Orders and judgment | Orders, judgment, and appeal information should be read as records, not inferred from a short docket title. |
| Flags and fees | Status flags, costs, and fees can point to a question for the clerk without proving a legal result. |
The First Chancery MEC login is the public entry point. Permissions are checked there before an authenticated civil docket view begins.
The login screen shows a controlled entry route. It is not an anonymous record list, and it does not promise that every document will open.
Union County Civil MEC Access
Union County Circuit Court joined MEC on September 26, 2022. Union County Chancery Court joined the same day. PAMEC handles public registration for Union County users. Registration asks for a user type, personal details, and acceptance of the terms. It also carries a $10 annual fee. Pay online with a debit or credit card or an electronic check. A physical-check route exists too. Access waits until the check arrives and is processed. Online payment adds a third-party processing fee.
Search costs are metered. Non-attorney terms set a $0.20 charge for each page produced by a Union County search. That includes a search with no match. Unpaid charges bring quarterly billing and account restrictions, as does prohibited automated use. MEC supports party-name, case-number, and filing-date searches. If a result seems off, select the correct Union County court. Then confirm the matching record with the clerk.
Before viewing any Union County civil docket remotely, read the MEC terms screen. It spells out the electronic access conditions that apply.
The terms cover access conditions only. They disclose no live Union County civil case or its records. Note: A message denying access to a document can reflect an attorney-of-record permission limit rather than the absence of a docket entry.
What Cases Fill the Civil Docket
Each court fills its own docket. A Union County Circuit civil docket can carry complaints, service, answers, counterclaims, discovery, motions, notices, mediation or early-neutral-evaluation events, trial settings, judgments, costs, and appeals. Chancery dockets turn on equity instead: domestic relations, probate, guardianship, trusts, land, and related matters. Justice Court handles small claims and other lower-court civil matters within its jurisdiction. So classify by the case and the court. A party name alone does not settle the question.
| Civil record type | Likely Union County docket channel | Important distinction |
|---|---|---|
| Union County general civil litigation or appeal | Union County Circuit Court | Use Third Circuit MEC/PAMEC or Circuit Clerk. |
| Union County domestic, probate, guardianship, trust, or equity matter | Union County Chancery Court | Use First Chancery MEC/PAMEC or Chancery Clerk. |
| Union County small claim or lower-court matter | Union County Justice Court | Keep the separate Union County Justice Court record path in view. |
| Union County recorded deed or land instrument | DuProcess official-records index | An instrument index is not a pending Union County Chancery lawsuit docket. |
For the state-level jurisdiction backdrop, the official circuit-court explainer shows how these Union County civil docket channels differ.
Jurisdiction points to the correct starting court. For exceptions and any specific filing decision, consult the clerk.
Union County Civil Flag Terms
Union County Circuit CourtInfo posts its own civil flag vocabulary. Expect codes like MEDIATION, ENE, ARBITRATION, MOTREF, CASREF, R&R, Trial Pending, STAYED, COST_BILL, Pending_Fee, Partial_Pmt, CLOSED, SEALED, Interlocutory Appeal, Administrative Agency Appeal, Justice Court Appeal, Municipal Court Appeal, and Zoning. Union County Chancery CourtInfo adds its own set. Its extra entries include ACCOUNTING WAIVED, INVENTORY WAIVED, BOND WAIVED, GAL, TRUST, DivorceStatsReq, Minor_Child, HABEAS, BANKRUPTCY, EX PARTE, Vault_In, and Vault_Out. Learn both lists before reading a Union County docket entry.
- MOTREF and CASREF
- Motion referred and case referred are procedural referral flags, not the final ruling.
- R&R
- Report and recommendation is a procedural item that requires the associated order or entry for context.
- MEDIATION and ENE
- Mediation and early neutral evaluation flags identify case-management activity, not a settlement outcome.
- Trial Pending and CLOSED
- These are system-status terms; a signed order and docket chronology supply the full posture.
- GAL and Minor_Child
- Guardian-ad-litem and minor-child flags indicate privacy-sensitive Chancery context and can limit public access.
These Union County flag terms help a requester ask a clear question at the civil-records counter. They prove little alone. Read the relevant Union County order. Ask for a public or redacted copy where permitted. A flag never shows fault, liability, family facts, or a complete result, and it never settles the case posture. Confirm that posture with the holding clerk.
Hearings on the Civil Docket
A Union County civil docket can list notices, service events, motions, mediation or early-neutral-evaluation entries, trial settings, orders, and judgment activity. A setting is a scheduled court event. It is not necessarily a trial. Common labels include motion, status conference, case-management conference, temporary hearing, final hearing, trial, and settlement or mediation. Chancery-side entries add proof of will, accounting, guardianship review, divorce hearing, and show-cause hearing. Verify any of these in an authenticated Union County docket or at the clerk counter. Not every label appears in every Union County case.
A published Union County court term fixes no civil hearing date. The latest docket entry, signed order, notice, or clerk confirmation controls. Check for a reset or continuance first. Also look for an updated order, or a later flag such as Trial Pending, STAYED, MOTREF, or R&R, before traveling. Time, place, and format matter too. Confirm them with the Union County court that holds the case, including whether an appearance is in person or remote.
Note: A later docket entry can change a hearing without changing the earlier published term calendar.
Union County Civil Land Record Boundary
DuProcess Union County Official Records Online is the Chancery Clerk's land-index portal. It is not a case docket. Neither the Union County Circuit nor Chancery docket lives there. Searches run on party, instrument, book and page, legal description, parcel, and related land-record fields. A deed, deed of trust, plat, easement, lien, or scanned instrument can add useful Union County real-property context. But none of it proves a pending Union County Chancery land dispute.
Keep a Union County case search in MEC or with the clerk. The portal itself says its indexed and scanned data are informational. The Union County courthouse record controls. Try spelling variations when searching. For an official copy, use the public record held by the Union County clerk. A land-linked civil matter takes two steps. Find the court case first, through Chancery or Circuit as appropriate, then use DuProcess separately for recorded-instrument context. Never type a case number into a deed index to hunt for a Union County lawsuit.
Who Can See Civil Dockets
Most Union County civil dockets are open to anyone. Access narrows only when a statute, court rule, order, or privacy restriction says otherwise. Court files here sit under the judiciary's public-records policy and MEC procedures. County administrative records fall under the Mississippi Public Records Act when you ask the right public body. Whatever the request, be ready to give the court and the case number. Add the document, a date range, and a format preference. Say whether you need redaction or certification. Get a fee estimate first.
Some material stays shielded even when the case itself is public. Think domestic-relations, guardianship, minor-child, adoption, medical or mental-health, probate, financial-account, home-address, sealed, and attorney-restricted records. A Union County docket can list a case or a redacted event while the document image stays blocked. Ask for the public or redacted portion. One caution: a Union County civil docket is procedural information. It does not establish fault or liability. For that, look to the signed judgment and the appellate status.
Key Rules:
Mississippi Public Records Act addresses procedures, timing explanations, and actual-cost fees for qualifying public-records requests.
Mississippi Judiciary Public Records Policy is the governing court-record access reference.
PAMEC non-attorney terms describe remote docket and document access for non-restricted cases.
Union County Civil Record Requests
A remote search may come up short. Then go to the Union County counter that holds the file. Circuit Clerk Donna Treadaway keeps circuit civil records at 114 E. Bankhead Street, New Albany, 662-534-1910. Chancery Clerk Annette M. Hickey keeps chancery civil records at 109 E. Main Street, New Albany, 662-534-1900. Justice Court handles small claims and other lower-court matters. Call Justice Court Clerk Mary Katherine Hale at 662-534-1951. Municipal civil or ordinance records belong with the city court or clerk involved. Before you call a Union County clerk, gather a few details. Know the court and the approximate year. Bring the case number if you have it. Add a party or institution name where permissible. State the document type and whether you want an uncertified or certified copy.
Then ask whether the file lives in MEC, a legacy index, or an archive. Ask whether public inspection is possible. Ask what the fee runs. Also ask whether mail, fax, a written request, or another method is accepted. The circuit and chancery clerks publish no current copy-price schedule, request form, or email intake address. Ask about fees and methods by phone. The Union County court case records page explains the broader document-request distinction.