Missouri Court Records online includes all types of court records such as miscellaneous court collections, guardianship records, some probate records, and more. This is a preliminary list.

For present day court records online, please visit Missouri Public Records online for links.

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KEY to collections

• FS=FamilySearch FREE but login with your free account to access
• Anc$=Ancestry – fee site
• MH=MyHeritage – fee site
• GTHG – Genealogy Trails History Group
• IA – Internet Archive
• MSA – Missouri State Archives
• RW – RootsWeb

Missouri Court Records Online at the federal and state level

US – United States Public Records, 1970-2009, at FS 

US – U.S. Circuit Court Criminal Case Files, 1790-1871, at Anc$ 

US – United States, Index of Court Cases, 1833-2018, at MH

US – U.S., F.B.I. Deceased Criminal Identification Files, 1971-1994, at Anc$ 

US – American Protective League Correspondence, 1917-1919, at Anc$ 

US – U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patents, 1790-1909, at Anc$ 

US – United States Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Patents, 1970-2019, at Anc$ 

US – International Patents, 1890-2020, at Anc$ 

Missouri – Missouri, County marriage, naturalization, and court records, 1800-1991, at FS 

Missouri – Cases in the Supreme Court of Missouri 1858, at FS 

Missouri – Cases in the Supreme Court of Missouri 1858-59 : [continued from Vol. XX No.1], at FS 

Missouri – Cases in the Supreme Court of Missouri : [continued from Vol. XXV No. 1], at FS 

Missouri – Cases in the Supreme Court of Missouri, 1859 : [cont. from Vol. XX, No.2], at FS 

Missouri – Cases in the Supreme Court of Missouri, 1859 : [continued from Vol. XX, No. 4], at FS 

Missouri – Divorces and separations in Missouri, 1808-1853, at FS 

Missouri – French and Spanish archives, 1766-1816, at FS 

Missouri – The organization of the courts of Missouri, at FS 

Missouri – Preliminary inventory of the records of the United States courts for the western district of Missouri (record group 21), at FS 

Missouri – Missouri Supreme Court Historical Database – Missouri’s historic Supreme Court cases hold countless details about our state’s past. Tens of thousands of cases, dating back to 1783, examine topics such as slavery, agriculture, industry and education, at MSA

Missouri – Missouri Judicial Records, Missouri State Archives – This database of circuit and probate court files for Greene County Circuit Court, Jasper County Circuit Court, New Madrid County Probate Court, St. Charles County Circuit Court, and St. Louis Probate Court, at MSA

Missouri – Frank and Jesse James Circuit Court Documents – Documents that reveal many of the James brothers’ activities during the late nineteenth century and include several indictments showing criminal charges ranging from grand larceny to murder, at MSA

Missouri Court Records Online by County

Adair County – Court Records – Court Records, 1841-1904; Index to Court Record, 1841-1904, at FS

Andrew County – Court Records – Court Records, 1841-1887; Index, 1841-1906, at FS

Audrain County – Court Records – Circuit Court Record, 1837-1888, at FS

Barton County – Court Records – Court Records, 1866-1892; Index to Court Records, 1866-1925, at FS

Barton County – Court Records – Record of Wills, 1871-1921, at FS

Bates County – Court Records – Court Records, 1858-1885, at FS

Benton County – Court Records – Court Records, 1835-1886, at FS

Benton County – Court Records – Minutes, Vol. A, 1838-1846, at FS

Bollinger County – Court Records – Court Records,1866-1958; Indexes, 1866-1967, at FS

Boone County – Court Records – Boone County, Missouri, Circuit Court, at FS

Boone County – Court Records – Circuit Court Record, 1821-1925; Index, 1859-1935, at FS

Boone County – Court Records – Missouri, Boone County, Justice of the Peace Records, 1859-1886, at FS

Boonville – Court Records – Early Marriage Records (1819-1859) and Will Records (1820-1870) of Cooper County, Missouri, at FS

Buchanan County – Court Records – Court Order Books, 1853-1873, at FS

Buchanan County – Court Records – Court Records, 1839-1875; Index to Court Records, 1869-1907, at FS

Buchanan County – Court Records – Missouri Abstracts of Wills & Administrations : Buchanan County, 1839-1857, at FS

Buchanan County – Court Records – Probate Court Records, 1839-1886, at FS

Butler County – Court Records – Court Records, 1849-1951; Index, 1883-1902, at FS

Butler County – Court Records – Minutes, 1866-1871, at FS

Butler County – Court Records – Missouri, Butler County, Marriage Records, 1909-1953, at FS

Caldwell County – Court Records – Court Records (Caldwell County, Missouri), 1860-1904, 1924-1927; Index to Court Records, 1859-1955, at FS

Cape Girardeau County – Court Records – Chancery Records, 1808-1824, at FS

Cape Girardeau County – Court Records – Court Records, 1808-1950; Indexes, 1808-1959, at FS

Cape Girardeau County – Court Records – Court Records, 1815-1922; Index to Court Records, 1815-1900, at FS

Carroll County – Court Records – Circuit Court Records (Carroll County, Missouri), 1833-1886, at FS

Carter County – Court Records – Court Records, 1866-1889, at FS

Cass County – Court Records – Court Records, 1835-1886, at FS

Cass County – Court Records – Court Records, 1867-1878, at FS

Cedar County – Court Records – Court Records, 1845-1928, at FS

Chariton County – Court Records – Court Records, 1820-1886, at FS

Christian County – Court Records – Christian County, Missouri, Circuit Court Records No. 1, at FS

Christian County – Court Records – Court Records, 1865-1886, at FS

Christian County – Court Records – Missouri, Christian County, Circuit Court, Index to Case Files, 1860-1899, at FS

Clark County – Court Records – Court Records, 1837-1886, at FS

Clay County – Court Records – Clay County, Missouri Circuit Court File Folders, Ca. 1820-1839, at FS

Clay County – Court Records – Clay County, Missouri Circuit Court Records, 1822-1878, at FS

Clinton County – Court Records – Circuit Court Minutes (Clinton County, Missouri), 1836-1887, at FS

Clinton County – Court Records – Probate Court Records (Clinton County, Missouri), 1839-1930; Index, 1834-1950, at FS

Cole County – Court Records – Court Records, 1821-1890 : Indexes, 1821-1930, at FS

Cole County – Court Records – Missouri, Cole County Circuit Court Case Files : COLLECTION RECORD, 1820-1927, at FS

Cole County – Court Records – Missouri, Cole County, Circuit Court Case Files, 1823-1866, at FS

Cole County – Court Records – Missouri, Cole County, Circuit Court Case Files, 1867-1899, at FS

Cole County – Court Records – Missouri, Cole County, Circuit Court Case Files, 1900-1922, at FS

Cole County – Court Records – Missouri, Cole County, Circuit Court Case Files, 1923-1927, at FS

Cooper County – Court Records – Chancery Records, V. 1-2, 1836-1854, at FS

Cooper County – Court Records – Cooper County, Missouri, Wills and Administrations, 1818-1847, at FS

Cooper County – Court Records – Court Minute Books, 1860-1871, 1877-1888, at FS

Cooper County – Court Records – Court Records, 1819-1888; Index to Court Records, 1819-1894, at FS

Cooper County – Court Records – Court Records, 1856-1859, at FS

Cooper County – Court Records – Missouri, Cooper County, Miscellaneous Public Records, 1840-1881, at FS

Crawford County – Court Records – Accounts in Court Cases, 1863-1865, at FS

Crawford County – Court Records – Court Records, 1831-1891; Letter Book, 1842-1852, at FS

Crawford County – Court Records – Court Records, 1864-1866, 1874, at FS

Crawford County – Court Records – Missouri, Miscellaneous Court Records, 1857-1861, at FS

Crawford County – Court Records – Record Book of Court Cases, 1838-1846, at FS

Dade County – Court Records – Court Records, 1846-1886; Index, 1846-1895, at FS

Dade County – Court Records – Court Records, 1846-1886; Index, 1846-1895, at FS

Daviess County – Court Records – Court Records, 1837-1885, at FS

DeKalb County – Court Records – Court Records, 1856-1887; Index, 1856-1893, at FS

Dent County – Court Records – Court Records, 1866-1890, at FS

Douglas County – Court Records – Court Records, 1886-1909; General Index, 1886-1931, at FS

Douglas County – Court Records – Court Records, V. F, 1886-1890, at FS

Dunklin County – Court Records – Court Records, 1872-1951; Indexes, 1901-1916, at FS

Franklin County – Court Records – Court Records, 1819-1886, at FS

Gasconade County – Court Records – Court Records, 1821-1928, at FS

Gasconade County – Court Records – Missouri, Gasconade County, Miscellaneous Records, 1820-1917, at FS

Greene County – Court Records – Abstract of Circuit Court Record Books, at FS

Greene County – Court Records – Court Records, 1833-1885, at FS

Grundy County – Court Records – Court Records, 1841-1889; Index to Court Records, 1841-1912, at FS

Henry County – Court Records – Court Records, 1835-1885, at FS

Hickory County – Court Records – Court Records, 1858-1886; Index to Court Records, 1858-1901, at FS

Holt County – Court Records – Court Records, 1841-1885; Index, 1846-1898, at FS

Howard County – Court Records – Court Records, 1816-1889, at FS

Howard County – Court Records – Indexes to Court Papers, Vols. A and 1, 1831-1896, at FS

Howard County – Court Records – Missouri, Howard County, Justice of the Peace Records, 1894-1926, at FS

Howell County – Court Records – Court Records, 1857-1886; Index to Court Records, 1858-1896, at FS

Howell County – Court Records – Miscellaneous Record, V. 1, 1874-1895, at FS

Iron County – Court Records – Court Records, 1857-1891; Index, 1857-1954, at FS

Jasper County – Court Records – Court Records, 1841-1886; Index to Court Records, 1880-1889, at FS

Jefferson County – Court Records – Chancery Record, No. 1, 1826-1851, at FS

Jefferson County – Court Records – Circuit Court Records, 1819-1952, at FS

Jefferson County – Court Records – Court Records, 1820-1929, at FS

Johnson County – Court Records – Court Records, 1835-1886; Index to Court Records, 1835-1900, at FS

Johnson County – Court Records – Court Records, 1867-1872, at FS

Kansas City – Court Records – Court Records, 1827-1848; Indexes, 1827-1884, at FS

Kansas City – Court Records – In the Circuit Court of the United States, Western District of Missouri, Western Division, at Kansas City : The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Complainant, Vs. the Church of Christ at Independence, Missouri … [et Al.] As Members of and Doing Business Under the Name of the Church of Christ at Independence, Missouri, Respondents. In Equity. Respondents’ Abstract of Pleading and Evidence. P.P. Kelley … [et Al.], Solicitors and of Counsel for Complainants. John N. Southers and James O. Broadhead, Solicitors for Respondents, at FS

Kansas City – Court Records – In the Kansas City Court of Appeals : Cora Brown, Respondent, Vs. Estate of William D. Clark, Deceased, W.D. Warren, Executor, Appellant, at FS

Kansas City – Court Records – In the Kansas City Court of Appeals, October Term, 1925 : Myrl Wheat, Respondent, Vs. John W. Wheat, Appellant, at FS

Kansas City – Court Records – Official Bonds and Commissions, 1861-1872, at FS

Kansas City – Court Records – Registers and Permanent Records of Births and Deaths, 1883-1895, at FS

Knox County – Court Records – Court Records, 1845-1885 : Index to Court Papers, 1846-1912, at FS

Laclede County – Court Records – Court Minutes, Vol. A, 1848-1856, at FS

Lafayette County – Court Records – Court Records, 1821-1886, at FS

Lafayette County – Court Records – Missouri, Lafayette County, Marriage and Miscellaneous Court Records, 1821-1969, at FS

Lafayette County – Court Records – Missouri, Lafayette County, Miscellaneous Court Records, 1822-1898, at FS

Lawrence County – Court Records – Court Records, 1845-1887, at FS

Lewis County – Court Records – Court Decrees, 1834-1854; Court Record, 1834-1841, at FS

Lewis County – Court Records – Court Records, 1833-1888, at FS

Lincoln County – Court Records – Court Records, 1819-1886, at FS

Lincoln County – Court Records – Missouri, Lincoln County, Circuit Court Records, 1822-1900, at FS

Linn County – Court Records – Court Records, 1837-1887, at FS

Livingston County – Court Records – Court Records, 1837-1886, at FS

Livingston County – Court Records – Will and Adminstration Records of Livingston County, Missouri 1837-1870, at FS

Macon County – Court Records – Court Records, 1837-1887, at FS

Macon County – Court Records – Court Records, 1868-1871, at FS

Macon County – Court Records – Court Records, 1877-1893; Index to Judgements, 1883-1952, at FS

Madison County – Court Records – Court Records, 1819-1959, Indexes, 1906-1959, at FS

Maries County – Court Records – Court Records, 1868-1894, at FS

Marion County – Court Records – Circuit Court Record, 1827-1890, at FS

McDonald County – Court Records – Court Records, 1855-1858, 1871-1961, at FS

Mercer County – Court Records – Court Records, 1868-1887, at FS

Miller County – Court Records – Court Records, 1837-1888, at FS

Mississippi County – Court Records – Court Records, 1845-1951, at FS

Moniteau County – Court Records – Court Record, Vol. 1, 1845-1857, at FS

Moniteau County – Court Records – Court Records, 1845-1898, at FS

Moniteau County – Court Records – Moniteau County, Missouri Justice of the Peace Docket Books, 1870-1915, at FS

Monroe County – Court Records – Circuit Court Records, 1831-1887, at FS

Morgan County – Court Records – Circuit Court Record Book, 1833-1867, at FS

Morgan County – Court Records – Transcript of Entries and Proceedings, 1862-1897, at FS

Morgan County – Court Records – Transcript Record, 1873-1879, at FS

New Franklin – Court Records – Missouri, Howard County, Justice of the Peace Records, 1894-1926, at FS

New Franklin – Court Records – Missouri, Howard County, Justice of the Peace Records, 1894-1926, at FS

New Madrid County – Court Records – Account Book of Richard Barkley, 1836-1838, at FS

New Madrid County – Court Records – Court Records, 1805-1953, at FS

New Madrid County – Court Records – Court Records, 1816-1869, at FS

New Madrid County – Court Records – Judgment Record and Docket, 1809-1811, from New Madrid Co. Records Housed at the Missouri Historical Society, at FS

New Madrid County – Court Records – New Madrid Papers, 1789-1927, at FS

Newton County – Court Records – Court Records, 1839-1886, at FS

Newton County – Court Records – Newton County, Missouri, Records, at FS

Nodaway County – Court Records – Court Records, 1845-1897, at FS

Oregon County – Court Records – Court Records, 1845-1859, 1872-1889, at FS

Osage County – Court Records – Court Records, 1841-1890; Index to Court Records, 1841-1905, at FS

Osage County – Court Records – Record Book A, Containing County Court Proceedings (exclusive of Probate Matters) from March 25, 1841 to May 12, 1856, at FS

Ozark County – Court Records – Court Records, 1858-1888, at FS

Pemiscot County – Court Records – Court Records, 1883-1952 (indexes, 1883-1889; 1896-1960s), at FS

Perry County – Court Records – Chancery Records, 1840-1860, at FS

Perry County – Court Records – Court Records 1821-1894, 1928-1960; Index, 1915-1939, at FS

Perry County – Court Records – Probate Records, 1821-1976, at FS

Pettis County – Court Records – Court Records, 1833-1886; Index to Court Records, 1833-1890, at FS

Phelps County – Court Records – Court Records, 1857-1889, at FS

Phelps County – Court Records – Miscellaneous Record, V. 1, 1867-1891, at FS

Phelps County – Court Records – Missouri, Miscellaneous Court Records, 1857-1861, at FS

Pike County – Court Records – Circuit Court Record, 1819-1886, at FS

Pike County – Court Records – Minute Book in Chancery, 1821-1837, at FS

Pike County – Court Records – Record of Transcripts of Judgments Rendered by Justices of the Peace, 1845-1852, at FS

Platte County – Court Records – Court Record, 1839-1887; Probate Docket, 1894-1901, at FS

Platte County – Court Records – Court Records, 1839-1887, at FS

Polk County – Court Records – Court Records, 1835-1887, at FS

Polk County – Court Records – Missouri, Polk County, Probate and Marriage Records, 1855-1997, at FS

Polk County – Court Records – Probate Court Proceedings, Polk County, Missouri, 1859/60-1864, at FS

Pulaski County – Court Records – Court Records, 1903-1915, at FS

Putnam County – Court Records – Court Records, 1855-1888; Index to Court Records, 1855-1892, at FS

Ralls County – Court Records – Circuit Court Records, 1821-1887, at FS

Randolph County – Court Records – Circuit Court Record, 1858-1891, at FS

Randolph County – Court Records – Court of Common Pleas Record, 1875-1886, at FS

Ray County – Court Records – Court Records, 1821-1882; Index to Court Records, 1821-1888, at FS

Ray County – Court Records – Court Records, Vol. A, 1867-1870; Index, 1867-1874, at FS

Ray County – Court Records – Missouri, Ray County, Chancery Court Case Files, 1828-1852, at FS

Ray County – Court Records – Missouri, Ray County, Civil Court Case Files, at FS

Reynolds County – Court Records – Court Records, 1872-1891; Index to Court Records, 1872-1910, at FS

Ripley County – Court Records – Court Records, 1853-1868, at FS

Ripley County – Court Records – Court Records, 1867-1888; Index to Court Records, 1874-1931, at FS

Ripley County – Court Records – Missouri, Ripley County, Miscellaneous Records, 1833-1956, at FS

Saline County – Court Records – Chancery Record, Vol. 2, 1837-1851, at FS

Saline County – Court Records – Court Records, 1821-1886, at FS

Saline County – Court Records – Court Records, 1869-1874, at FS

Schuyler County – Court Records – Court Records, 1846-1889 : Index to Court Records, 1846-1909, at FS

Scotland County – Court Records – 1868 Scotland Co. Mo. Court Records, at FS

Scotland County – Court Records – Court Records, 1841-1888 : Court Index, 1841-1896, at FS

Scotland County – Court Records – Minute Books, Vols. 1-2, 1864-1872, at FS

Scott County – Court Records – Court Record, V. 7, 1867-1869, at FS

Scott County – Court Records – Court Records, 1822-1935; Indexes 1842-1995, at FS

Scott County – Court Records – Missouri, Scott County, Circuit Court Records, 1871-1884, at FS

Shannon County – Court Records – Court Records, 1872-1915; Index to Tax Suits, 1880-1932, at FS

Shelby County – Court Records – Court Records, 1835-1907; Index to Naturalizations in the Court Records, 1835-1900’s, at FS

St. Charles County – Court Records – Index to Circuit Court Papers, at FS

St. Charles County – Court Records – Missouri, St. Charles County, Circuit Court Case Files, Ca. 1830-1953, at FS

St. Charles County – Court Records – Record Books, 1808-1887, at FS

St. Charles County – Court Records – St. Charles County, Missouri, Early Court Records, 1808-1815, at FS

St. Clair County – Court Records – Court Records, 1841-1883; Index to Court Records, 1841-1904, at FS

St. Clair County – Court Records – St. Clair County, Missouri, County Court Records, 1841-1861, at FS

St. Francois County – Court Records – Court Records, 1822-1887; Index, 1822-1973, at FS

St. Louis County – Court Records – Aliens Declarations, 1853-1865, at FS

St. Louis County – Court Records – Case Book, 1859-1873, at FS

St. Louis County – Court Records – Declaration of Intentions to Become Citizens in St. Louis [1800’s] : [surname B-D], at FS

St. Louis County – Court Records – Minutes, 1806-1865, at FS

St. Louis County – Court Records – Minutes, 1816-1856, at FS

St. Louis County – Court Records – Minutes, 1842-1848, at FS

St. Louis County – Court Records – Minutes, 1851-1864, at FS

St. Louis County – Court Records – Minutes, 1853-1865, at FS

St. Louis County – Court Records – Missouri, St. Louis County, Miscellaneous Records, 1802-1892, at FS

St. Louis County – Court Records – Missouri, St. Louis, Petitions for Naturalization : United States District Court, 1868-1991, at FS

St. Louis County – Court Records – Naturalization Records, 1856-1865, at FS

St. Louis County – Court Records – Record Pleas, 1809-1816, at FS

St. Louis County – Notarial Records – Record of Official Acts, 1875-1881, at FS

St. Louis (Independent City) – Notarial Records – St. Louis City Archives Records, 1816-1848 : Deeds, Land Grants, Marriage Contracts, Powers of Attorney, Notarial Records, at FS

Ste. Genevieve County – Court Records – Colonial Court Records, 1801-1813, at FS

Ste. Genevieve County – Court Records – Court Proceedings, 1804-1814, at FS

Ste. Genevieve County – Court Records – Court Records, 1815-1957; Index, 1815-1902, at FS

Ste. Genevieve County – Court Records – Justice of the Peace Records, 1805-1874, at FS

Ste. Genevieve County – Court Records – Miscellaneous Records, 1790-1825, at FS

Ste. Genevieve County – Court Records – Missouri, Ste. Genevieve County, Miscellaneous Records, 1761-1864, at FS

Stoddard County – Court Records – Court Records, 1836-1953; Index, 1836-1951, at FS

Stoddard County – Court Records – Missouri, Stoddard County, Circuit Court Case Files, 1854-1945, at FS

Stone County – Court Records – Court Records, 1851-1871, 1885-1892, at FS

Sullivan County – Court Records – Court Records, 1845-1886, at FS

Texas County – Court Records – Court Records, 1858-1867, at FS

Texas County – Court Records – Court Records, 1873-1887, at FS

Vernon County – Court Records – Court Records, 1856-1886, at FS

Warren County – Court Records – Court Records, 1833-1886, at FS

Warren County – Court Records – Missouri, Warren County, Circuit Court Case Files, 1835-1900, at FS

Washington County – Court Records – Court Records, 1819-1952; Indexes, 1822-1895, at FS

Wayne County – Court Records – Court Records, 1893-1955, at FS

Webster County – Court Records – Court Records, 1855-1898, at FS

Worth County – Court Records – Court Records, 1861-1892, at FS

Wright County – Court Records – Index to Circuit Court Papers, Vol. 2, 1895-1905, at FS