Tishomingo County Circuit Clerk Office

About the Tishomingo County Circuit Clerk

Rebecca Oaks serves as the Tishomingo County Circuit Clerk. The Circuit Clerk is an elected county office, and the clerk runs the filing counter for two trial courts at once. The office page lists the clerk as the Clerk of both the County and Circuit Courts. That dual role means felony case papers, circuit civil suits, and county court matters all flow through the same desk in Iuka.

The Circuit Clerk does far more than stamp papers. The office receives and files lawsuits, indictments, and motions, issues summonses and subpoenas, draws jurors and qualifies juries, and keeps the record of judgments and executions. It also issues marriage licenses, records medical and professional licenses, registers voters, and runs election duties for the county. If you need a certified copy from a circuit or county court file, this is the office that signs it.

What the Circuit Clerk Handles

The Circuit Clerk keeps the records tied to the higher trial courts and to county-wide civic duties. Most criminal felony files and many civil disputes land here. The clerk also holds the records that touch elections and licensing, which sets this office apart from a pure court clerk in other states.

• Felony criminal case files, indictments, pleas, and sentencing orders from Circuit Court
• Civil circuit and county court lawsuits, motions, judgments, and executions
• Jury draws and juror qualification for circuit and county court terms
• Marriage licenses and the county's marriage records
• Medical and other professional license records
• Voter registration and county election administration

Online viewing of these files runs through Mississippi Electronic Courts, the statewide e-filing system, when a case is loaded and public access is granted. When the online path is gated, the in-person counter in Room 204 is the reliable fallback for circuit and county court records.

The Tishomingo County Chancery Clerk

Mississippi does not run a single all-purpose clerk. The Chancery Clerk is a separate elected office, and Peyton Cummings holds that seat for Tishomingo County. This office is the one to call for probate, family equity matters, and anything tied to land in the county. The records the Chancery Clerk keeps are covered in depth on the Tishomingo County Chancery Court records page.

The Chancery Clerk wears several hats. As Clerk of the Chancery Court, the office handles estates, guardianships, conservatorships, divorces, child custody, adoptions, and property disputes. As Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, it records the county's official minutes. As county recorder and treasurer, it stores deeds, mortgages, construction and condominium liens, federal tax liens, lis pendens notices, and military discharges, and it prepares county claims and payrolls. Land and probate research almost always begins at this counter, not the Circuit Clerk's.

Which Tishomingo County Clerk Keeps Which Record

The fastest way to get a Tishomingo County court record is to match the record type to the right clerk before you call. Both offices sit inside the same courthouse at 1008 Battleground Drive, but they file very different cases. The table below shows the split for the records people request most.

Note: misdemeanor, traffic, and small civil cases under $3,500 sit with the Justice Court clerk in Room 212, not with either of the two county clerks.

Tishomingo County Court Filing Fees

Chancery filing fees in Tishomingo County are set by statute and published on the county Courts page. Miss. Code Section 25-7-9 governs the chancery clerk and civil filing fee components, so the totals below reflect statutory cost items rather than a price the county sets on its own. The figures are filing totals for common case types.

Plain-copy and certified-copy page fees at the clerk counter were not posted in the official county sources reviewed. Call the Circuit Clerk at (662) 423-7026 or the Chancery Clerk at (662) 423-7010 for the current per-page copy fee and certification charge before you mail a payment. The DuProcess service fee shown above applies only to land-record copies bought online with a credit card, and it is non-refundable.

How to Request a Certified Copy

A certified copy is a clerk-authenticated copy that carries an official seal, and courts, lenders, and agencies accept it as proof when a plain printout will not do. There is no statewide download form for Tishomingo County, so requests run through direct contact with the clerk who holds the file. The steps below work for a circuit, county, or chancery record.

1. Identify the court and case. Confirm whether the file is a Circuit Clerk record or a Chancery Clerk record, then gather the case number, party names, and an approximate filing date.
2. Call the right office. Reach the Circuit Clerk at (662) 423-7026 for circuit, county, or marriage records, or the Chancery Clerk at (662) 423-7010 for probate, divorce, and land records. Ask for the current copy and certification fee.
3. Submit the request. Provide the case details in person at 1008 Battleground Drive or by mail to the same address, and include the copy fee the clerk quotes you.
4. Collect the certified copy. Pick it up at the counter or have it mailed back once the clerk processes the request and applies the official seal.

Tishomingo County Records Request Fields

No printable county request form was located in the official Tishomingo County pages, so a written request or phone call should carry the same details a form would ask for. Giving the clerk complete information up front cuts back-and-forth and helps staff pull the right file the first time. The inventory below lists the fields worth including on any mailed or emailed request.

Note: court files can be sealed, redacted, or closed by statute, so a request does not guarantee release of every page in a case.

Tishomingo County Land Records Online

Land records are the one large set of clerk records Tishomingo County publishes online, and the Chancery Clerk runs that index through a service called DuProcess. The portal offers Internet access to the index of county land records, including deeds and mortgages. You can review the landing page and its disclaimer at the Tishomingo County Chancery Records Online site before you enter the search application.

The landing page sets the ground rules that govern every land-record search and copy purchase. It warns that the online index is not the official index, and that only the Land Records Index inside the Tishomingo County Courthouse controls. Copies bought online with a credit card are final, and the portal adds a 3.5% service fee with a $2.00 minimum that is non-refundable.

From the landing page an "Official Land Records" button opens the live search tool. The DuProcess land-records search application is a JavaScript inquiry tool where the index can be browsed by the recorded document data.

The search tool covers the land-record index only, not the full set of Chancery Court case files. For a deed copy that will hold up in a legal matter, treat the online result as a starting point and confirm it against the courthouse index, or order a certified copy from the Chancery Clerk at (662) 423-7010. The portal keeps the same office hours as the clerk, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Marriage License Records in Tishomingo County

The Circuit Clerk issues marriage licenses and keeps the county's marriage records. Couples apply through the Circuit Clerk in Room 204, satisfy the state's age and consent conditions, and have the marriage solemnized by an authorized officiant before the certificate returns to the clerk for recording. Once recorded, a certified copy of the marriage record comes from the Circuit Clerk.

State law shapes how the clerk issues a license. Miss. Code Section 93-1-5 sets the age and consent rules the clerk must confirm before issuing, and the clerk cannot issue a license between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. The local marriage license fee was not published in the official county sources, so call the Circuit Clerk at (662) 423-7026 for the current charge and ID requirements. A statewide certified copy is also available through the Mississippi State Department of Health, and the divorce side of the record is handled by the Chancery Court, covered on the county marriage and divorce records page.

Tishomingo County Court Record Channels

When an online portal does not show the file you need, Tishomingo County offers several other ways to reach a court record. The Mississippi Public Records Act, Miss. Code Section 25-61-1, makes public records generally open for inspection unless another law makes them confidential, though court rules and sealing orders can still limit court files. The Mississippi Electronic Courts system is the main online channel for trial-court dockets and documents.

You can see how that statewide system works on the Mississippi Electronic Courts general information page, which explains that registered public users can view docket information, open and download documents, and pull other case details in participating courts.

Public access to that system requires a registered account, set up through the PAMEC registration page, and Tishomingo County Circuit and Chancery Courts both appear in its court directory. When the online options stall, the dependable channels stay the same.

• In person at 1008 Battleground Drive, Iuka, for the Circuit Clerk in Room 204 or the Chancery Clerk on site
• By mail to the same courthouse address, sent to the clerk who holds the file
• By phone, the Circuit Clerk at (662) 423-7026 or the Chancery Clerk at (662) 423-7010
• By written public-records request to the office with custody of the record

For a broader look at every search path in the county, requesters can also start at the Justice Court clerk in Room 212 for misdemeanor and traffic files or the relevant municipal court for city cases.