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Cass County Circuit Clerk Profile

Cass County uses Missouri's circuit clerk model for court records. The county identifies Kim York as Circuit Clerk for the 17th Judicial Circuit. The office represents the judicial branch and provides customer service for court-record tasks tied to Cass County Circuit Court. Those tasks include public-facing record access, case department routing, certified copy requests, payment processing where allowed, jury support, and case information that cannot be resolved from the online portal alone.

The official Cass County Circuit Clerk/Courts page is the primary local source for the clerk contact block, Case.net link, case-type emails, office rules, and Kim York listing.

That page is also the bridge between online case lookup and local clerk service because it points users to Case.net while publishing direct Cass County department emails.

Cass County Circuit Clerk Duties

The Circuit Clerk maintains the court case records for Cass County's Circuit Court divisions. Those records include civil and associate civil cases, criminal cases, domestic and family cases, probate, traffic, protection orders, child support, and jury records. The clerk does not act as a lawyer, does not decide cases, and does not change orders. The office receives filings, keeps the official case record, routes public questions to case departments, collects authorized fees and payments, and provides copies when the record is public or when the requester has the right court authority.

• Maintains civil, associate civil, criminal, domestic, probate, traffic, protection order, child support, and jury records.
• Directs online users to Missouri Case.net for public case lookup and Track This Case alerts.
• Receives copy requests through Cass.Copies@courts.mo.gov.
• Processes eligible traffic, criminal, and domestic payments through listed payment channels.
• Provides division and department contact routing for court-date questions.
• Applies Missouri court restrictions for confidential, sealed, juvenile, and expunged records.

Missouri Supreme Court Operating Rule 25 restricts court clerks from giving legal advice. That means staff can help with public record access, office procedure, payments, copies, and filing logistics, but they cannot tell a party what to file, what words to use, how to argue a case, or whether a legal step is wise.

Cass County Clerk Email Routing

Cass County publishes case-specific email routing so questions reach the correct department. This is important because a copy request, a traffic payment question, a domestic judgment request, and a criminal court-date question do not all go to the same clerk queue. When possible, include the case number, party name, document name, and a clear request. Do not send unnecessary personal identifiers unless the office asks for them through an official process.

Cass County Certified Copy Steps

A certified copy is a copy authenticated by the court clerk. It may be needed for legal proof of a judgment, divorce decree, probate authority, name change, disposition, or other court action. A printout from Case.net is useful for quick reference, but it is not the same as a certified court copy. The Cass County copy route is Cass.Copies@courts.mo.gov, with case departments available when the request needs clarification.

1. Search Case.net first if the case number is not known.
2. Identify the case number, party names, case type, and the exact document needed.
3. Email Cass.Copies@courts.mo.gov or contact the relevant department for the case type.
4. State whether a plain copy or certified copy is needed and how many copies are requested.
5. Ask the clerk to confirm the fee, accepted payment method, and delivery or pickup options.
6. Pay the required copy and certification charges before relying on the document for official use.
7. Review the copy when received to confirm it is the correct case, document, and certification type.

Cass County Copy Request Fields

Cass County does not require public users to start every court copy request with a single online form in the research materials reviewed. The practical copy-request inventory is the information the clerk needs to locate the record, quote the fee, and prepare the copy. A clear request reduces back-and-forth, especially when common names, older records, or multiple documents are involved.

Cass County Circuit Clerk Fees

The 2025 Cass County 17th Judicial Circuit court-cost schedule lists filing, copy, certification, publication, service, and appeal charges. The amounts below are drawn from that local court-cost schedule. Payment rules also matter. The clerk accepts cash, money order, and major credit cards for listed criminal, domestic, and traffic payments. Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and American Express may carry a convenience fee up to 2.15 percent.

Cass County Civil and Domestic Clerk Work

The civil and associate civil department covers common record paths such as circuit civil filings, associate civil matters, small claims, landlord complaints, garnishments, and related judgments. The county's Civil and Associate Civil page links small-claims and landlord-tenant forms, which is useful when a public user is trying to identify the right case category before asking for records.

Civil records and copy fees are clerk records, but the content of a case still depends on what was filed by the parties and entered by the court.

The domestic department covers dissolution of marriage, modification of child custody or support, family access motions, paternity, name changes, and custody or support petitions. The county's Domestic Department page is the local source for divorce and family case categories.

Domestic records can be public in part, but adoption and sensitive family details may be restricted. Divorce judgment copies should route through Cass.Copies@courts.mo.gov.

Circuit Clerk vs Recorder

The Cass County Recorder of Deeds is a clerk-like public records office, but it is not the Circuit Clerk and it does not maintain court case files. Recorder Mike Medsker is identified on the iRecord portal. The Recorder indexes, scans, microfilms, and provides certified copies of surveys, plats, deeds, deeds of trust, assignments, releases, powers of attorney, restrictions, federal and state tax liens, UCC fixture filings, and other recorded instruments. The Recorder also handles marriage licenses and records military discharge papers at no charge.

This distinction matters most for marriage and divorce. A marriage license is a Recorder transaction at the historic courthouse. A divorce judgment is a domestic court record held through the Circuit Clerk at the Justice Center. Land and marriage searches may use the Recorder's iRecord system, while court cases use Case.net and the Circuit Clerk.

Cass County Clerk Visit Rules

The Circuit Clerk is located in the Justice Center, the same building used for Circuit Court, judicial divisions, Sheriff, Juvenile, Public Administrator, and Prosecuting Attorney functions. The county lists the Justice Center main number as 816-380-8500 for several of those offices, while the Circuit Clerk line is 816-380-8227. The inclement-weather and closings line is 816-380-8511.

Visitors should check rules before going to the records counter or a courtroom. Local court rules require proper attire in courtrooms and prohibit t-shirts, tank tops, shorts, and inappropriate clothing. Local Court Rule 11.1 prohibits electronic devices in the Justice Center, including cell phones, laptops, tablets, cameras, and recording devices. The court also warns about jury scams. Court staff will not call people to demand payment by phone for missed-jury warrants.

For related public case lookup, use Cass County court records before sending a copy request, because a case number usually makes the clerk search faster.