Linn County Circuit Clerk Office
The official county contact page names Amber Boley as Linn County Circuit Clerk. The Missouri Association of Counties lists the Circuit Clerk at PO Box 84, Linneus, MO 64653-0084, phone 660-895-5212. A sheriff traffic-payment page also tells users with court-case questions to contact the Linn County Circuit Clerk at 660-895-5417, so callers should confirm the correct counter or extension for the case type they need.
The Circuit Clerk's office is the practical records office for civil lawsuits, criminal prosecutions, felony and misdemeanor case histories, traffic cases, municipal-division matters filed into the circuit system, probate files, domestic-relations cases, judgments, docket entries, hearing notices, and certified court copies. Online access begins with Missouri Case.net, but certification, older records, and documents with access limits still require clerk assistance.
Linn County Circuit Clerk
Clerk: Amber Boley
PO Box 84
Linneus, MO 64653-0084
Courthouse: 108 North High Street, Linneus, MO 64653
660-895-5212
Alternate court-case phone reference: 660-895-5417
Courthouse posted hours: 9:00 AM-4:30 PM, closed noon-1:00 PM, Monday-Friday
The Linn County contact page is the local source for the Circuit Clerk name and court officials.
The contact page also helps separate the Circuit Clerk from the Recorder of Deeds and County Clerk, which matters for record routing.
Linn County Circuit Clerk Duties
The Circuit Clerk handles court records, not all county records. Court cases filed in the Linn County Circuit Court system can include civil, criminal, probate, domestic, traffic, municipal-division, and small claims matters. The clerk receives filings, maintains case files, records docket activity, processes certified copies, and directs public users to records that can be released under Missouri court access rules.
- Maintain civil, criminal, traffic, probate, family, and municipal-division court case files.
- Help users locate public Case.net records, older files, and clerk-counter documents.
- Issue certified copies when a court document must carry official clerk certification.
- Receive or process filings and docket entries for cases within the Circuit Court system.
- Explain access limits when files are sealed, confidential, redacted, juvenile, or not remotely viewable.
Marriage licenses and recorded real-estate records belong to the Recorder of Deeds. County administrative and election records belong to the County Clerk. Sheriff arrest, incident, and investigative reports follow the sheriff's custodian-of-records process.
Request Certified Circuit Clerk Copies
A certified court copy is different from a public online case printout. Certification is used when another court, agency, employer, licensing body, or party needs proof that the copy came from the official court file. For Linn County Circuit Court records, the Circuit Clerk is the office to contact for certified decrees, judgments, docket sheets, dispositions, and case documents that can legally be released.
- Search Case.net first and write down the Linn County case number, party names, and document or docket entry needed.
- Call the Circuit Clerk to confirm whether the document is public, remotely available, older, restricted, or certification-eligible.
- Provide the case number, party names, document type, number of copies, delivery method, and requester contact details.
- Confirm the current copy, certification, postage, and payment requirements before mailing a request.
- Use the certified copy issued by the clerk rather than an unofficial screenshot or printout when legal proof is required.
Note: A sheriff Sunshine Law record is not a certified court copy, even when both records relate to the same criminal event.
Linn County Circuit Clerk Request Fields
The research file did not locate a Linn County-specific court-copy request form, so the fields below reflect the information the Circuit Clerk will likely need to identify a public court file. When a request concerns a law-enforcement report instead of a court record, use the sheriff custodian process. The sheriff process is documented separately and asks for details such as report number, incident address, subject names, other identifiers, and reason for request.
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Case number | Strongly recommended | Use the Missouri Case.net number when known. |
| Party names | Yes | Include plaintiff/defendant, petitioner/respondent, state/defendant, estate, or protected person. |
| Document type | Yes | Judgment, decree, docket sheet, disposition, order, letters, or other item. |
| Copy type | Yes | Plain or certified copy. |
| Number of copies | Yes | Needed for cost and processing. |
| Delivery method | Yes | Pick up, mail, or other method if available. |
| Requester contact | Yes | Phone, mailing address, or email for questions. |
Linn County Circuit Clerk Fees
Linn County official sources reviewed for this build did not publish court certified-copy fees. The fee table below preserves that limit. The only detailed local fee sources located were sheriff record-request pages, and those are not Circuit Clerk fees. They are still useful to show the distinction between law-enforcement records and court records, especially because sheriff records are uncertified Sunshine Law releases.
| Item | Amount or status | Source note |
|---|---|---|
| Court certified-copy fee | Not located in Linn official sources | Confirm with Circuit Clerk. |
| Court plain-copy fee | Not located in Linn official sources | Confirm with Circuit Clerk. |
| Court certification charge | Not located in Linn official sources | Confirm with Circuit Clerk. |
| Sheriff record request research | $16.00 per hour on record-request page; $14.00 per hour on fee page | Official sheriff pages conflict, confirm before payment. |
| Sheriff paper copies | $0.10 per page | Law-enforcement records, not court certification. |
| Sheriff disk, tape, media, postage | Actual cost | Applies to sheriff record releases. |
Linn County Circuit Clerk Channels
Public court records and public governmental records are not requested through one universal form. For Linn County court cases, use Case.net and then the Circuit Clerk. For sheriff arrest, incident, video, and investigative records, use the sheriff custodian-of-records process. For marriage licenses and land records, use the Recorder of Deeds. This separation is the key to getting the right Linn County record without sending private information to the wrong office.
Office split: Circuit Clerk for court files, Recorder of Deeds for marriage licenses and land records, County Clerk for county administration, and Sheriff for law-enforcement reports.
Missouri's federal court system is separate as well. The Western District of Missouri contact page lists federal court phone numbers, but federal cases are not Linn County Circuit Clerk records.
That distinction helps prevent a Case.net search from being used for federal civil, criminal, bankruptcy, or appellate records.
Linn County Circuit Clerk Mail Access
Online court-record access starts with Missouri Case.net. The sheriff record-request page notes that remote public access to court records began under Missouri Supreme Court action on July 1, 2023, and that some records may be accessible through Missouri Courts. Public documents may be viewable, downloaded, or printed from personal devices when remote rules allow. Confidential and redacted material remains restricted.
Mail requests should go to the Circuit Clerk at PO Box 84, Linneus, MO 64653-0084, after the requester confirms the current fee and copy instructions. In-person users should go to the Linn County Courthouse and plan for court-day security. The sheriff's court-security information says visitors may need to use the south entrance, pass through a metal detector, and avoid prohibited items such as phones, cameras, bags, recording devices, weapons, pepper spray, mace, illegal drugs, and other hazardous items.
The U.S. Attorney Western District of Missouri page is another federal source in the manifest, useful only for federal matters outside the Linn County Circuit Clerk's file system.
For local case copies, stay with Case.net and the Linn County Circuit Clerk unless the case is actually federal.