Lee County Circuit Clerk Records

About the Lee County Circuit Clerk's Office

Camille Roberts Dulaney serves as the Lee County Circuit Clerk. The office describes her role as Clerk of the Lee County Circuit, County, and Youth Courts. The Circuit Clerk is an elected county official, and the same office handles court records, jury service, voter registration, and marriage licenses. Most felony criminal files and the larger civil cases in the county pass through this counter at some point.

The duties, the clerk's name, and the main phone line are published on the Lee County Circuit Clerk home page. The site lays out the court docket role, the marriage-license duty, jury duty, and the office hours in one place.

That home page is a good first stop because it confirms which courts the office covers before you call. Land records, deeds, probate files, and divorce copies are not Circuit Clerk records. Those belong to the Lee County Chancery Clerk, a separate elected office that keeps equity, estate, and property documents.

What the Circuit Clerk Does in Lee County

The core job of the Circuit Clerk is recordkeeping for three courts. The office keeps the general court docket, where the names and parties in each case, pleas, indictments, and records from inferior courts on appeal are entered. It also keeps orders of the court referenced in the minute book, maintains the execution docket, and enters a full and complete record of the proceedings in each suit. These books are the backbone of Circuit and County Court history in Lee County.

Beyond the docket, the office runs several public services. It manages jury duty, administers voter registration and county elections, and issues marriage licenses. When a couple applies for a license, the Circuit Clerk files the Statistical Record of Marriage with the Mississippi State Department of Health Office of Vital Records. The main duties handled at this office include the following.

• Keep the general court docket listing parties, pleas, and indictments
• Enter records from Justice, Municipal, and County courts on appeal
• Maintain court orders in the minute book and the execution docket
• Issue marriage licenses and file the Statistical Record of Marriage
• Summon jurors and manage jury service for Circuit and County Courts
• Administer voter registration and county election duties

Note: Youth Court files are confidential under Mississippi law, so the Circuit Clerk cannot release juvenile records to the public without a court order.

How to Request a Certified Copy

A certified copy is a court document stamped and signed to prove it is a true copy of the original. Courts, lawyers, and government agencies often require a certified copy rather than a plain printout. Plain copies work for personal reference, but legal filings and official business usually need certification. The steps below move a request from start to finish.

1. Identify the court and case. Confirm whether the file is a Circuit, County, or Youth Court record, then gather the case number and the names of the parties.
2. Contact the right department. Call the Circuit Clerk at (662) 432-2300, or the specific court line, to confirm the record exists and to learn the copy and certification cost.
3. Submit the request. Provide the case number, party names, document type, and number of copies in person or by mail; a mailed request should include payment and a return address.
4. Pay and collect. Cover the copy and certification charge, then pick the certified copy up at the counter or wait for it to arrive by mail.

The inspected Circuit Clerk pages do not post a downloadable copy-request form, so a phone call before mailing payment is the safest path. Spell out exactly which document you need so staff can pull the right file on the first try.

Lee County Circuit Clerk Request Fields

The Circuit Clerk runs a simple web contact form rather than a long records-request packet. The form takes a short set of fields and routes the message to the office. A written copy request, whether typed into that form or mailed, should add the case details that let staff locate the file.

The contact form and its fields appear on the Circuit Clerk contact page, alongside the physical address, the mailing address, and the department phone list.

That page is where most online questions start. The table below lists the visible web-form fields and the extra details a copy request should carry.

Lee County Circuit Clerk Fees and Payments

Circuit Clerk charges fall into two groups: marriage-record fees and court fine payments. Marriage license costs are set and published, while copy and certification charges for case files are confirmed by phone before a request is filled. Payment rules tighten when money is mailed in.

Fine-payment instructions and the Circuit Court judges appear on the Circuit Court page. The page spells out how fines must be paid and where mailed payments go.

The figures below come from the Circuit Clerk's own marriage and Circuit Court pages. Confirm any case-file copy cost with the office, since per-page copy charges are not posted in the inspected pages.

Mailed fine payments go to the Circuit Clerk at P.O. Box 762, Tupelo, MS 38802. A money order without the offender name and case number can be hard to match to the right account, which delays the credit.

Marriage Licenses Through the Circuit Clerk

The Circuit Clerk is the office that issues a marriage license in Lee County. Applicants call (662) 432-2300 to set an appointment, and Mississippi sets no waiting period, so the license can be issued the same day the couple applies. The couple arranges its own authorized officiant. Applicants under 21 need parental consent, and those under 18 face added restrictions and should call the office first.

After the marriage is recorded, certified copies come from the Circuit Clerk or the state vital-records system. The first certified copy is $17 and each additional copy is $6. The Mississippi State Department of Health keeps marriage records at the state level too, and its Marriage Records page explains how to search for the county that issued a license. Divorce records, by contrast, are Chancery Court files. The full picture of both sits on the county marriage and divorce records page.

Circuit Clerk Departments and Phone Numbers

The Circuit Clerk shares the Lee County Justice Center with several court offices, and each one has its own phone line. Calling the right department first cuts down on transfers. The Court Administrator coordinates Circuit Court scheduling, while County and Youth Court each run separate divisions.

A wider set of resources, including the probation and parole office and links to the First Circuit Court, Chancery Court, Justice Court, and the public-records request process, sits on the Circuit Clerk helpful-links page.

That links page is useful when a record sits in another court. The direct phone numbers below cover the offices the Circuit Clerk serves.

Note: General-jurisdiction trial work in the county runs through the First Circuit Court District, which serves Lee and six neighboring counties.

Electronic Court Filing in Lee County

Mississippi runs a statewide electronic filing system called Mississippi Electronic Courts, often shortened to MEC, with a public access side known as PAMEC. The system handles e-filing and case management for participating courts across the state. The official entry point is the Mississippi Electronic Courts page.

Remote viewing of full case documents through MEC generally depends on PAMEC subscriber access rather than open anonymous search. There is no single free countywide portal that returns every Lee County court file to the public. When online viewing is not available, the clerk counters remain the reliable fallback. Members of the public can request records in person, call the right department, mail a written request with payment, or use the contact form. Anyone who cannot find a record online should start with a phone call to the office that holds it, then follow up by mail or in person if a certified copy is needed.

The Mississippi Public Records Act supports this access. State policy under the Act favors public inspection of records unless another law makes a file confidential, and public bodies may require a written request and charge actual copy costs. The Mississippi Ethics Commission publishes the policy behind that framework.