Jennifer Shank-Maxwell

Court House, Winamac, IN 46996
574-946-3313
Office hours: M-F 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m Eastern

The Clerk of the Courts is elected by the residents of Pulaski County for a four year term and may serve up to two consecutive terms in a 12 year period. The Clerk is the "keeper of the records" of the Courts. The Clerk serves as the chief financial officer for the revenues collected on behalf of the Courts. The Clerk, by statue, serves as the Secretary to the Pulaski County Commission on Public Records. In Indiana, the Clerk is the official who oversees the election process as a member of the Election Board, of which the Clerk is Secretary.

Duties

• Collects, distributes and reconciles monies related to the court cases.
• Collects fees, fines and court costs for Traffic Infractions, deferral and pre-trial diversion fees.
• Serves as trustee of child support collections when it is ordered by the Court to be paid through the Clerk's Office.
• File and process new cases for Civil, Criminal, Adoptions, Juvenile, Estates, Guardianships, and Small Claims and Infractions as well as Protective Orders.
• Maintain the Judgment Docket and Record of Judgments and Orders.
• Prepares certified copies of documents.
• Voter Registration Officer for the county.
• Juror names are generated and drawn for the prospective courts.
• Process passport applications.
• Process marriage applications and licenses and may solemnize marriages on request.