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The Clerk of Court does not give legal advice but provides a resource for County residents who choose to represent themselves in court or have questions on divorce, child custody, paternity, grandparent rights. Information on legal fees and costs for hiring attorneys is also available.

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Legal Information Services
Grandparent Rights
Family Law Courts
Contested Divorce Assistance
Paternity Suits
Uncontested Divorce Assistance
Self Representation Assistance
Provides court services for Ringgold County.
Children's services include childcare referrals; residential treatment (contracted); foster care; group home care (contracted); and juvenile court services.

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Child Care Provider Referrals
Child/Adolescent Residential Treatment Facilities
Juvenile Courts
Foster Homes for Dependent Children
Independent branch of government that operates its own Court, which includes an Intertribal Court of Appeals. Handles civil matters such as divorce, child custody, name changes, adoption, child support, and guardianship.
Manages and maintains all trial court records; process fines, fees, and court costs owed to the state; child support checks and civil judgments owned to litigants; and maintain record of liens on property.

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Manages and maintains all trial court records; process fines, fees, and court costs owed to the state; child support checks and civil judgments owned to litigants; and maintain record of liens on property.

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Manages and maintains all trial court records. Also process fines, fees, and court costs owed to the state. Child support checks and civil judgments owned to litigants, and maintain record of liens on property.

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The civil division is responsible for the service of civil documents and other court orders. The criminal division conducts follow-up investigations on initial crime reports and initiates narcotics and vice investigations. They also are responsible for gun permit applications.
Manages and maintains all trial court records, process fines, fees, and court costs owed to the state, child support checks and civil judgments owned to litigants, and maintain record of liens on property.

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Clerk of Court handles district court traffic violations, probate, juvenile and small claims. Juvenile Court service handles intake/probation/supervision for Greene county.

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Civil and Small Claims Division - 1819 Farnam Street.

Criminal and Traffic Division - Hall of Justice, 1701 Farnam Street, 2nd Floor.

Probate Division, estates, guardianships, conservatorships, adoptions - Hall of Justice, 1701 Farnam Street, 3rd Floor.

Provides a resource for county residents who choose to represent themselves In court or have questions on divorce, child custody, paternity, and grandparent rights. This office does not give legal advice.

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Contested Divorce Assistance
Legal Counseling
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Grandparent Rights
Uncontested Divorce Assistance
Self Representation Assistance
Family Law Courts
Serves children charged with delinquent acts and provides in-home, residential, and institutional placements for adjudicated delinquents.
Manages and maintains all trial court records, processes fines, fees, and court costs owed to the state, manages child support checks and civil judgments owed to litigants, and maintain record of liens on property. This office may also assist with involuntary hospitalization cases.

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Teens who plead no contest to misdemeanor charges, non-violent felonies, and ordinance violations are referred to Peer Justice instead of municipal or Juvenile court. A sentencing hearing is conducted with a judge and teen, volunteer jurors. The jury determine a sentence.
Manages and maintains all trial court records; process fines, fees, and court costs owed to the state; child support checks and civil judgments owned to litigants; and maintain record of liens on property.

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County Government Departments/Offices
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County Clerk of the Courts Offices
Manages and maintains all trial court records; process fines, fees, and court costs owed to the state; child support checks and civil judgments owned to litigants; and maintain record of liens on property.

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County Clerk of the Courts Offices
Courts
County Government Departments/Offices
Handles Federal Court matters, including U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
Screens all incoming complaints received from law enforcement agencies. Provides probation services to delinquent youth. Prevention services provided to at-risk youth and their families.
Polk County Juvenile Court Services has jurisdiction to inquire into and to make certain statutory dispositions of cases of delinquent children. Serious cases are handled by formal court hearings and orders. Less serious cases are handled by counseling, informal adjustment or diversion to other public or private services. Children held in detention or in shelter care pending hearing and disposition are provided physical examination and professional nursing care, medical care and schooling suited to their ability. Mental examinations are provided when necessary for adequate evaluation of the child and to proper disposition of the case. If a child is adjudicated to be delinquent he/she can be placed on probation at home or in custody of other persons or private or public agency or can be committed to a state institution.

Information about city and county offices, and their locations within the building.

Offices include:

Board of Commissioners (402) 441-7447

Budget and Fiscal (402) 441-7447

Clerk of the District Court (402) 441-7328

Mental Health Crisis Center (402) 441-8276

Cooperative Extension (402) 441-7180

Corrections (402) 441-1900

County Assessor (402) 441-7463

County Attorney (402) 441-7321

County Clerk (402) 441-7484

County Engineer (402) 441-7681

County Sheriff (402) 441-6500

County Treasurer (402) 441-7425

Election Commissioner (402) 441-7311

Emergency Management (402) 441-7441

Human Services (402) 441-4944

Public Defender (402) 441-7631

Records and Info Management (402) 441-6065

Register of Deeds (402) 441-7463

Safety & Training (402) 441-6510

Veterans Service Center (402) 441-7361

Weed Control Authority (402) 441-7817

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Public Counsel
Election Information
Courts
Government Information Services
County Government Departments/Offices
Manages and maintains all trial court records; process fines, fees, and court costs owed to the state; child support checks and civil judgments owned to litigants; and maintain record of liens on property.

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Courts
County Government Departments/Offices
County Clerk of the Courts Offices
Manages and maintains all trial court records; process fines, fees, and court costs owed to the state; child support checks and civil judgments owned to litigants; and maintain record of liens on property.

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County Government Departments/Offices
Courts
County Clerk of the Courts Offices
Clerk of Court handles district court traffic violations, probate, juvenile and small claims. Juvenile Court service handles intake/probation/supervision for Guthrie county.

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Court Records
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County Clerk of the Courts Offices
Offers court services to Dallas and Guthrie County.

Juvenile Court Services offers intake, probation services, Restorative Justice Program, in-home and out of home placement services for those under the jurisdiction of Juvenile Court Services. (The Adel office covers Dallas and Guthrie counties. Other offices located in Winterset and Creston supervised from the Adel Office.)