Sheila Curtman, Circuit Clerk
Miller County's Circuit Clerk is Sheila Curtman. Missouri uses a Circuit Clerk for county-level court records because the Circuit Court is the main trial court. The Circuit Clerk is the primary local office for public court-record questions, filing fee questions, certified court copies, court certifications, court sound recordings, and division-specific mail for Circuit Court and Associate Court matters. The office is at the Miller County courthouse complex in Tuscumbia.
The official Miller County Circuit Clerk page lists the court address, phone numbers, fax, email, office hours, filing fees, and a notice that court staff cannot respond to requests for legal advice. That boundary is important. Clerk staff can explain filing logistics, copy fees, certification fees, public access channels, and where to send a request. They cannot tell a person what to file, whether to sue, how to defend a case, whether a settlement is wise, or how a judge may rule.
The official Circuit Clerk page is the source for the local court contact display shown here.
This office is the starting point for Miller County court records that need clerk action rather than a simple public docket search.
Miller County Circuit Clerk
Clerk: Sheila Curtman
2001 Hwy 52
Tuscumbia, MO 65082
Circuit Court: 573-369-1980
Associate Court: 573-369-1970
Fax: 573-369-1894
Email: Miller.Co@Courts.MO.Gov
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Miller County Circuit Clerk Duties
The Circuit Clerk is not a general county information desk. The office keeps and processes court records for the Circuit Court structure. In Miller County, those records include civil cases, criminal cases, associate civil cases, small claims, probate filings, domestic relations, adoption filings, garnishments, foreign judgments, mechanics liens, trial de novo filings, court copies, certifications, and sound-recording requests. Public case information may be searched online first, but the clerk remains the local custodian for many courthouse-only tasks.
- Accepting and maintaining filings for Circuit Court and Associate Court cases.
- Providing public copy and certification services when records are available for release.
- Handling probate, domestic relations, small claims, civil, and criminal case records.
- Processing local filing fees listed by the Miller County court office.
- Routing case-specific mail to Circuit Court or Associate Court mailing addresses.
- Helping users understand clerk procedure without giving legal advice.
For online public case lookup, use Missouri Case.net. For copies, certifications, older files, courthouse-only documents, and sound recordings, contact the Circuit Clerk with the case number and document details if known.
Miller County Clerk Office Differences
Miller County has more than one clerk-like office at the courthouse address, and each handles a different record group. The Circuit Clerk is the court-record clerk. The County Clerk is a county-government office. The Recorder of Deeds is the marriage and land-record office. A person searching for divorce, probate, criminal, civil, traffic, small claims, or other court files should start with Case.net or the Circuit Clerk. A person seeking a marriage license should start with the Recorder of Deeds.
The Miller County County Clerk page lists Clinton A. Jenkins and duties such as County Commission minutes, voter registration, elections for county entities, liquor licenses, notary oaths, human resources, accounts payable, payroll, tax levies, railroad and utility billing, and Board of Equalization work. Those are not Circuit Court case-file functions.
The County Clerk source shows why court users should not confuse county administration records with Circuit Clerk case files.
That office is useful for county commission and election records, while court-file requests stay with the Circuit Clerk.
The Miller County Recorder of Deeds page covers deeds, plats and surveys, passport information, e-recording, marriage records, military DD-214 records, and recorder fees. The Recorder is the correct office for marriage licenses and certified marriage copies. It is not the office for divorce decrees, probate orders, criminal judgments, or civil case files.
The Recorder page is the assigned source for the clerk page's marriage and land-record contrast.
This separation is especially important because the Circuit Clerk, County Clerk, and Recorder all use the courthouse address in Tuscumbia.
Request Miller County Certified Copies
Certified court copies are issued by the Circuit Clerk when the record is available for release and certification is appropriate. A certified copy may be needed for another court, a government agency, a title issue, a benefits matter, a name-change proof, or a legal filing. The online docket can help identify the case, but a certified copy is not the same as viewing an online entry. Certification is a clerk service with its own fee.
- Search Case.net or existing paperwork for the case number, court division, and party names.
- Identify the exact document needed, such as judgment, decree, order, docket sheet, letters, or another case filing.
- Contact the Circuit Clerk by phone, email, mail, or in person to confirm public access and copy cost.
- Pay the copy and certification fees as instructed by the office.
- Pick up the certified copy or ask the clerk how mailed return handling works.
Note: If a case is sealed, expunged, juvenile, adoption-related, or otherwise restricted, the clerk may require a court order or deny public release.
Miller County Records Request Details
No Miller County court-record request form PDF was located in the official county sources. A written request still needs enough detail for staff to identify the record, estimate fees, and determine whether the document is public. The most useful starting point is a Case.net case number. If the case number is not known, give names, approximate dates, case type, and the exact document being requested.
| Detail to provide | Required | Why it helps |
|---|---|---|
| Case number | Best if known | Identifies the court file and reduces search time. |
| Party names | Yes | Helps locate the case when no case number is available. |
| Case type | Yes | Separates civil, criminal, domestic, probate, small claims, traffic, or other files. |
| Document name | Yes | Tells the clerk whether a judgment, order, decree, docket, or copy is needed. |
| Certified or plain copy | Yes | Controls fee calculation and the form of copy issued. |
| Return method | Yes | Helps staff handle pickup, mail, or other available delivery options. |
For court records, the Circuit Court mailing address is P.O. Box 11, Tuscumbia, MO 65082, and the Associate Court mailing address is P.O. Box 12, Tuscumbia, MO 65082. Use the division that matches the case when known.
Miller County Circuit Clerk Fees
The Miller County Circuit Clerk page publishes a compact filing and service fee list. These are local court fees from the county source, not general estimates. The table includes the copy, certification, and sound-recording fees most relevant to records access, along with filing fees that help identify which office and case category a person is dealing with.
| Filing or service | Official amount |
|---|---|
| Associate Division civil cases | $48.50 |
| Associate Division small claims | $20.50 |
| Probate matters, full estates and guardianships | $200.00 |
| Circuit Division civil cases | $100.50 |
| Domestic relations, divorce, paternity, name change, modifications | $132.50 |
| Adoptions | $180.50 |
| Mechanic's lien | $5.00 |
| Trial de novo | $45.00 |
| Foreign judgment | $25.00 |
| Garnishments | $10.00 |
| Sound recording | $50.00 |
| Copy fees | $0.50 per page |
| Certification | $2.00 |
The Recorder fee page is separate and applies to recorder services such as recording fees, deed copies, marriage licenses, certified marriage copies, and map copies. Court users should not use Recorder fees to estimate Circuit Clerk court-copy charges.
The Recorder fee page is included here only to show where marriage and land-record fees differ from court-record fees.
For court records, the Circuit Clerk's copy, certification, and sound-recording amounts are the controlling local figures from the research file.
Recorder Marriage Records
Marriage licenses are a common source of confusion because they are courthouse records but not Circuit Clerk case files. The Miller County Recorder marriage records page states that both parties must appear in person at the Recorder's office with photo identification. Marriage applications are accepted Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The marriage license fee is $60.00 and includes the $9.00 certified copy charge. Payment is due at application by cash, credit, or debit, and the county states that checks are not accepted.
The Recorder marriage records page is the source for the local application and payment details.
Divorce records go the other direction. They are domestic relations cases through the Circuit Court and should be searched through Case.net or requested from the Circuit Clerk when copies are needed.
Miller County Clerk Access Channels
The first public online channel for court case information is Missouri Case.net. It can show public case information for civil, criminal, domestic, probate, traffic, and municipal division records when the record is in the statewide system and not restricted. Public documents may be remotely available depending on filing date, redaction, confidentiality, and court access rules. Older documents or documents not visible online may require courthouse review or a request to the Circuit Clerk.
In-person service is available at the Circuit Clerk counter at 2001 Hwy 52 in Tuscumbia during posted weekday hours. Phone contact is split between Circuit Court at 573-369-1980 and Associate Court at 573-369-1970. Email contact is Miller.Co@Courts.MO.Gov. Mail for Circuit Court goes to P.O. Box 11, while Associate Court mail goes to P.O. Box 12. County-government Sunshine Law requests for non-court county records should go to the office custodian for the records involved. Court records are governed by court access rules and clerk channels, not just ordinary county records procedure.
Court staff cannot give legal advice. For legal strategy, filing choices, rights, deadlines, settlement decisions, or case risk, use a licensed attorney or appropriate Missouri Courts self-help resources rather than asking the clerk to advise what should be done.