Morgan County Circuit Clerk Office
The official Morgan County Circuit Clerk page identifies Monica Cable as Circuit Clerk. The page gives the office phone as 573-378-4413 and the email address as monica.cable@courts.mo.gov. The office is tied to the Morgan County Justice Center at 211 East Newton Street, Suite 4, Versailles, MO 65084. The stated mission is to serve the courts, legal community, and citizens with integrity, transparency, efficiency, impartiality, and public trust.
The Circuit Clerk is the primary Morgan County court-record office. The clerk works with Circuit Court records, Associate Court routing, domestic relations, criminal and traffic matters after filing, adult abuse and order of protection filings, probate contacts, juvenile contacts, filing fees, small claims, landlord-tenant matters, jury administration, and copy questions. The court-contact page separates phone routing for Circuit Court, Associate Criminal, Associate Civil, Probate, and Juvenile matters, so the right phone number can change by case type.
Morgan County Circuit Clerk
Circuit Clerk: Monica Cable
211 East Newton Street, Suite 4
Versailles, MO 65084
573-378-4413
monica.cable@courts.mo.gov
Morgan County Circuit Clerk Duties
Morgan County court records are divided by case type and division, but the Circuit Clerk remains the key record custodian for the court system. The office does not replace the judge, prosecutor, sheriff, or Recorder of Deeds. Instead, it maintains filed court records, accepts filings and fees, helps route users to the right division, and answers copy and certification questions when the record is within the court file.
- Maintain Circuit Court civil, criminal, family, protection order, and general trial-court files.
- Route associate civil, associate criminal, traffic, small claims, landlord-tenant, probate, and juvenile questions to the correct court contact.
- Accept or process filing fees listed by Morgan County for civil, domestic, associate, small claims, probate, and expungement filings.
- Support adult abuse and order of protection filings, which the county routes through the clerk's office.
- Handle certified-copy and older-file questions when a user needs a document from a Morgan County court case.
The clerk split matters. Marriage licenses, certified Morgan County marriage copies, DD214 filings, land indexes, plats, and recorded instruments are Recorder of Deeds records. Those questions go to Recorder Nancy Boles at 573-378-4029, not to the Circuit Clerk.
The county's iCounty online search source belongs to the Recorder side, not the Circuit Clerk side, and requires registration or subscription depending on use.
The Recorder portal image is useful on the clerk page because it shows why land and marriage records should not be requested from the Circuit Clerk.
Request Morgan County Certified Copies
Certified copies are used when a plain printout or online docket is not enough. A certified divorce decree, judgment, order, probate letter, or other court document must come from the court record custodian. Morgan County sources did not provide a downloadable copy-request form or a certified-copy price chart, so the safest process is to identify the file first and call the correct clerk number before mailing payment.
- Search Missouri Case.net first if the case is public and the case number is unknown.
- Write down the case number, party names, case type, filing year, and the exact document needed.
- Call the Circuit Clerk at 573-378-4413, or call Associate Civil/Probate at 573-378-4235 or Associate Criminal at 573-378-4060 if the case type points there.
- Ask whether the record is public, whether a certified copy is available, what the current copy cost is, and whether mail service is accepted.
- Submit the request with the case details and payment only after the clerk confirms the current procedure.
Do not use the Recorder's iCounty portal for court-certified divorce decrees, criminal dispositions, protection orders, probate letters, or Circuit Court judgments. Those are court records.
Morgan County Records Request Fields
Morgan County did not publish a court-copy form in the research file, but the request details below are the minimum facts a clerk usually needs to locate and certify a court document. If the record may be restricted, include the reason for access and ask what proof is required before sending personal documents.
| Field | Required? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Case number | Best if available | Use the exact number from Case.net, a notice, order, or prior copy. |
| Party names | Yes | Use plaintiff/defendant, State/defendant, petitioner/respondent, decedent, estate, ward, or protected person names. |
| Case type | Yes | State whether the record is civil, criminal, domestic, traffic, probate, juvenile, or protection order related. |
| Document requested | Yes | Name the decree, judgment, order, docket sheet, letters, disposition, or other document. |
| Certification needed | Yes | Say whether a plain copy or certified copy is needed, since fees and processing can differ. |
| Return method | Yes | Ask the clerk whether pickup, mail, or another method is available before sending payment. |
For family matters, the Morgan County family-court page links state self-represented resources and redaction guidance. Personal identifiers, financial details, protected addresses, and child information may be limited in public copies.
Morgan County Circuit Clerk Fees
Morgan County publishes a filing-fee schedule for court filings. The schedule does not replace a copy-cost quote from the clerk, but it gives users a clear view of common filing costs handled through the court system. The fees below come from the Morgan County filing-fee research, and users should confirm current amounts before filing.
| Filing / Record Item | Fee / Note |
|---|---|
| Circuit Division original civil cases | $100.50 |
| Domestic relations | $132.50 |
| Name change | $132.50 |
| Adoption | $180.50 |
| Associate Division original civil cases | $48.50 |
| Small claims | $20.50 |
| Probate adult | $108.50 |
| Probate minor | $93.50 |
| Guardianship / conservatorship | $200.00 |
| Decedent estates, excluding summary proceedings | $200.00 |
| Mechanics lien | $5.00 |
| Trial de novo | $45.00 |
| Expungement | $100.50 |
| Ex parte / order of protection | No filing fee |
Missouri marriage-license law is separate from Circuit Clerk filing fees. The Missouri marriage-license statute supports why marriage licensing follows a different office path from court records.
That statute source helps explain why marriage records belong with the Recorder, even though divorce records belong with the Circuit Court file.
Morgan County Circuit Clerk Forms
Morgan County source material identifies several form or process routes tied to court records rather than one central local forms library. Family-court users are directed to Missouri self-represented resources. Adult abuse and order of protection filings are routed through the clerk's office, with no filing fee listed for ex parte matters. Small claims users should follow the local small-claims page, which also explains the trial de novo period after a judge's order.
Criminal defendants who cannot afford counsel use the Missouri State Public Defender system, not the Circuit Clerk, to seek appointed counsel. The Missouri State Public Defender offices and contacts page is relevant for defense-contact routing but does not provide Morgan County court records.
The public defender source belongs in the clerk context because defendants may see MSPD information in criminal case records while copy requests still go through the court clerk.
Online and Outside Court Records
For online court lookup, start with Case.net. For land records, marriage licenses, certified Morgan County marriage copies, DD214 recording, and deedwatch, use the Recorder of Deeds. For jail custody, booking charges, civil process, most wanted, and law-enforcement records, use the Sheriff's Office. For federal cases, use federal court systems because federal cases do not appear in Missouri Case.net and are not filed with the Morgan County Circuit Clerk.
Free federal docket research may be available outside the county system. CourtListener can help identify some federal court material, while PACER remains the official federal docket and document access path. Those tools do not replace Morgan County court files, but they help when a matter is federal rather than state or local.
The CourtListener source reinforces a key Morgan County records boundary: local Circuit Clerk files and federal court files are different systems.
Note: If a record is not in Case.net, call the Morgan County Circuit Clerk before assuming the file is closed, sealed, or missing.