Courts taking criminal cases (state directory, October 2026):

• Circuit Court: One Courthouse Square, Greencastle, IN 46135, 765-653-5315
• Superior Court: One Courthouse Square, # 33, Greencastle, IN 46135, 765-653-2658

The clerk's office, One Courthouse Square, Greencastle, IN 46135, 765-653-2648, files papers and takes payments.

The Southern District of Indiana, Terre Haute Division, hears them. Clerk's office: 921 Ohio Street, Terre Haute, IN 47807 (812-231-1840). The U.S. Marshals Service may hold local defendants in local jails.

1. File a Notice of Appeal within 30 days of the judgment (Appellate Rule 9).
2. Notices go to the Clerk of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and Tax Court, 216 State House, 200 W. Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204, 317-232-1930.
3. Expect a $250 fee.
4. The Indiana Court of Appeals reviews the record.
5. A petition to transfer can reach the Indiana Supreme Court.

The court can appoint appeal counsel. The State Public Defender handles some post-conviction cases.

In this county, 2 courts hear felonies and misdemeanors. With no city court, small cases stay there.

1. Initial appearance: charges are read.
2. Omnibus: motions in Putnam County must be filed by this date.
3. Pretrial hearings: local lawyers trade evidence.
4. Trial: Criminal Rule 4 allows a speedy trial within 70 days.
5. Sentence: Level 6 sentences often stay here. Longer terms go to the Indiana Department of Correction.

Ask for a public defender at your first hearing. The Indiana Public Defender Commission helps fund public defense.

1. Use MyCase, which costs nothing.
2. Enter a name or number; filter to Putnam County.
3. The case page lists the next hearing.
4. The Clerk at One Courthouse Square, Greencastle, IN 46135 can help: 765-653-2648.

Sealed cases do not show up.

Cloverdale, Roachdale, Bainbridge and Russellville all depend on the Putnam County Sheriff's Office for warrant service. Deputies at 765-653-3211 will look up your name. Case questions go to the clerk, One Courthouse Square, Greencastle, IN 46135, at 765-653-2648. MyCase is the statewide online route, with any warrant the judge ordered noted on the public case. An attorney can push to withdraw the warrant or choose the day and hour you will appear at the Greencastle jail, where bond can be addressed.

Since July 1, 2026, Senate Enrolled Act 76 requires that ICE detainers be reported to the judge. The judge notes it. At 13 Keightly Road, Greencastle, IN 46135, ICE may take custody. The ICE Online Detainee Locator System then shows where.