How the Union County Court Calendar Works
There is no single public list of every Union County hearing. The Mississippi Secretary of State publishes term dates. One set covers Union County Circuit Court, which sits in the Third Circuit District. Another covers Union County Chancery Court in the First Chancery District. Those publications tell you when a term runs. They do not tell you that your case will be called on any given day.
A specific Union County court date comes from a narrower source: a docket entry, a signed order, a notice, a current clerk calendar, or a call to the clerk. Circuit and chancery filings run through Mississippi Electronic Courts, called MEC, and Public Access to MEC, or PAMEC handles remote non-attorney access. Justice Court and municipal courts use separate channels. Treat the Union County court calendar as a routing tool. It points you toward the right court and file. It is not a substitute for the next setting in your case.
Note: Use a Union County court calendar to plan an appearance. Write down the court, the case number, and the date you checked.
Union County Court Calendar Terms
The published 2026 calendar splits circuit and chancery terms onto different schedules. Circuit groups Union with Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Marshall, and Tippah Counties. Chancery groups it with Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss, and Tishomingo Counties. Both listings are district term schedules. They are not case settings. A Union County court date still needs case-level confirmation from the clerk or docket.
| Union County court | Published 2026 term | Duration shown | What it establishes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Circuit Court | March 10; June 2; September 2; November 3 | Three weeks; three weeks; eleven days; two weeks | Third Circuit District term windows |
| Chancery Court | Second Monday of February; fourth Monday of June; third Monday of October | Four days each | First Chancery District term windows |
For a second check, the Third Circuit District Attorney's Union Term event is handy. One 2026 event lists September 7 through 18, with hours of 9 to 10. That page cross-checks the term window. It does not replace the Union County court calendar kept with the case. It does not override a judge's later order.
An event listing can help you spot a term reference. But the clerk or the authenticated docket remains the real source for any individual Union County court date.
Union County Court Date Lookups
Begin a Union County court date lookup with the court and case type. Do not start with just a name. Felonies, circuit civil cases, and lower-court appeals go to the Circuit Clerk. They use Third Circuit MEC. Domestic, probate, guardianship, equity, land, and trust matters go to the Chancery Clerk. Those use First Chancery MEC. Small claims, misdemeanors, citations, and preliminary matters can sit in Justice Court. City ordinance and city traffic tickets belong to the municipal court that issued them.
- Identify the Union County court that has the original case and locate the case number if one is available.
- Check the Mississippi judiciary calendar directory and the appropriate published term calendar for the district window.
- For circuit or chancery matters, use an authorized MEC/PAMEC account to read current docket notices, or contact the appropriate clerk by phone or at the public counter for a case-specific setting.
- For Justice Court, use the citation-payment page only as a payment route, then call Justice Court Clerk Mary Katherine Hale at 662-534-1951 for an appearance date, disposition, or continuance status.
- For New Albany, Blue Springs, Myrtle, or Sherman matters, ask the issuing city clerk or municipal court staff. No single Union County municipal calendar portal was located.
- Read the most recent entry and confirm the day before travel. Ask whether the appearance is in person, remote, in chambers, a special term, a jury term, or a clerk event.
Remote MEC access is not an anonymous calendar search. The public must register and pay for PAMEC, and an attorney-of-record permission can block a document from view. When a Union County court date is not visible through authorized online access, the local clerk is the practical fallback.
Union County Calendar Sources Compared
Each Union County calendar source answers a different question. The term PDFs fix a scheduled window. MEC CourtInfo pages give court metadata and status flags. An authenticated docket can show case events and notices. Payment screens prove nothing about hearing time. Reading a Union County court date wrong often traces back to treating those four sources as the same thing.
| Source | Visible information | Use for a Union County court date |
|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State term PDFs | District, county, term date, weekday, and duration | Find the published term window only |
| MEC CourtInfo | Locations, hours, MEC go-live date, and flags | Identify the court system, not a hearing date |
| Authenticated MEC/PAMEC docket | Case-specific events, notices, and documents within permission level | Check the current setting |
| Justice Point & Pay | Citation payment selection and payment steps | Do not use as a calendar; call the Justice Court Clerk |
The official Union County Justice Court Point & Pay page opens with a Citation payment selection. Its search fields load only after that step. A payment confirmation is not a docket sheet and not a court-date notice.
Court Settings: What Each Field Means
Read a setting entry as a bundle of facts, not one line. The Union County court calendar materials can verify date and term details. A live Union MEC case screen exists. It takes authorization to open. So confirm each field below against a case-specific notice, docket entry, order, or the clerk. Never fill a blank with a guess drawn from the published term.
| Date | The scheduled case date, which can differ from the opening day of a Union County term. |
|---|---|
| Time | The time stated in the notice or current docket entry; a term calendar does not supply an individual appearance time. |
| Location | The court location or other location listed in the notice. Confirm it with the clerk if the entry is unclear. |
| Judge or court | The presiding court or judge shown in the case information. The published terms do not assign each case to a judge. |
| Setting type | The event label, such as an arraignment, hearing, trial, or another case event, as verified in the current case record. |
A federal bankruptcy calendar shows the contrast well. The official federal form can display court, location, date, current-as-of time, hearing time, case number, chapter, parties, attorneys, matter, and document number. Federal scheduling follows its own division and judge logic. It offers no help with a Union County state-court setting.
Union County Setting Flags
The Union County MEC CourtInfo flag lists are useful clues when you check a setting. They build no all-day calendar. They also cannot prove an event is still set. Read them beside the docket entry, the notice, and the order. A later entry can change what an earlier status flag means.
- Arraignment Pending
- A Third Circuit flag indicating an arraignment-related stage still needs attention in the case record.
- Trial Pending
- A status flag that calls for review of the current docket and order, not an assumption that every term date is a trial date.
- MOTREF
- Motion referred, a published system abbreviation that can signal a motion has been sent for handling or recommendation.
- R&R
- Report and recommendation, a system term that requires the underlying entry or order for its case-specific effect.
Other published Union County flags include Plea Pending, Pretrial Interv Pending, Probation Viol Pend, PRS Viol Pend, Capias Pending, Bench Warrant Issued, BOUND OVER, EX PARTE, CASREF, MEDIATION, and Justice Court Appeal. Think of them as status vocabulary. They are not promises of any particular court date.
Note: A status word is a reason to pull the latest Union County docket entry. It is not a basis for guessing a result or the next hearing.
When a Court Date Moves
Court dates in Union County rarely sit still. A setting can be continued, reset, specially set, removed, or changed by a later order. The published term alone will not freeze it in place. A continuance might show up as a motion and order, a fresh notice, a later docket entry, or an updated clerk calendar. Even a payment portal can stay open after the case date shifts.
So read the newest entries, not the first hearing date you happen to find. Scan for a continuance, reset, order, notice, or cancellation. Also watch for Trial Pending, MOTREF, EX PARTE, R&R, or STAYED status. Blank remote access has its own causes. The record may sit elsewhere. It could be a different state court, a legacy paper index, Justice Court, municipal court, a restricted category, or an attorney-of-record access layer.
One rule holds above all: verify with the court or clerk. Never assume the next published Union County court calendar term is the new setting. That assumption trips people up every term.
Union County Court Date Confirmation
Plan a short confirmation record before you travel for a Union County court date. Jot down the case number, the court, any judge or division shown, the next event, and the date, time, and place. Add the day you checked and where you checked it. A note like that keeps a term-calendar reference from being mistaken for a setting confirmed by a current notice or the clerk.
When an authorized MEC/PAMEC view does not settle the question, call the right clerk. Use the Circuit Clerk for circuit matters. Use the Chancery Clerk for chancery matters. The Third Circuit MEC CourtInfo page lists the Circuit Clerk's official contact, and the First Chancery CourtInfo page lists the Chancery Clerk. Ask whether the address is current. A historic building listing is not the same as an operating location.
Note: Confirming the day before travel helps catch a Union County reset, cancellation, special-term change, or location change.
Missed Settings and What Comes Next
Missed a Union County court setting? Act promptly. Check the docket or your notice if you have access, then contact the clerk for the court holding the case. If you have a lawyer, tell counsel right away. The court file controls here, not a general term calendar, so rely on it to learn whether a new setting, an order, an appearance requirement, or some other action has been entered.
Missed a Union County setting? The published Third Circuit flag list includes Bench Warrant Issued and Capias Pending, but a flag must be confirmed in the case record and with the proper clerk.
Contact the Circuit Clerk, Chancery Clerk, Justice Court Clerk, or issuing municipal court promptly and ask what current case information can be provided.
Do not rely on a payment confirmation, a term date, or an older notice to decide whether another appearance is required.
Union County Municipal Court Dates
Union County's municipal courts don't share one countywide calendar. Four towns here run their own: New Albany, Blue Springs, Myrtle, and Sherman. None of them posts a joint docket portal. A Union County court date at the municipal level takes a phone call or a visit. New Albany offers citation-payment help through its city police information. Sherman posts a Court Fines Payment link. Paying a fine is not the same as viewing an appearance calendar, though. Neither link will show you when to show up in court.
If your case is a city ordinance violation, a city traffic ticket, or another municipal matter, ask the city clerk or the municipal court staff in the town that issued it. Blue Springs and Myrtle offer no public calendar interface at all. Clerk confirmation matters most there. One more caution: don't assume a municipal case shows up in Third Circuit MEC before any appeal. That state system and the municipal docket are separate. A case number in one won't surface in the other.
Union County and Federal Calendars
Federal bankruptcy calendars sit apart from any Union County court calendar. The Northern District of Mississippi Bankruptcy Court publishes its judge calendars as PDF files. Its Oxford location handles hearings only. A federal docket entry can list a lot. It shows the hearing time, case number, chapter, parties, attorneys, matter, and document number. Useful details. None of them set a date in a Union County courtroom. State court and federal court keep separate dockets.
For a bankruptcy matter, the Northern District Bankruptcy Court home page is the right starting point. That page shows the federal judges' calendars. It also shows hearing information for the district. It won't help you find a Union County Circuit Court, Chancery Court, Justice Court, or municipal setting. Those dates live with the county and city courts, not the bankruptcy court.
Where you look first depends on which court keeps the record. The federal court's own hearings page makes that split plain, since a Union County matter in state court never appears there. For federal hearings tied to the Oxford Division, the Oxford hearings-only notice carries the location details a visitor needs.
A Union County state-court hearing works the other way. Skip the federal location notice and go back to the state clerk, where the case-specific docket lists each court date for your case number.