Osage County Circuit Clerk
The Osage County Circuit Clerk page identifies Beth Billington as Circuit Clerk for the 20th Judicial Circuit. This is the office to contact for Osage County court files, public case status questions, Case.net help, court-payment questions, certified copies, and records that require clerk review. The office is in the Osage County Courthouse, the same building that houses the sheriff, jail, prosecuting attorney, and court functions.
The Circuit Clerk is not the County Clerk. The State Court Structure Map for this project resolves the primary clerk page as Circuit Clerk because that office handles Circuit Court files. The County Clerk is a separate elected county official for County Commission records, elections, county finance, assessed-valuation work, Board of Equalization records, certain county licenses, and administrative records. The Recorder of Deeds is also separate and handles marriage licenses and land records.
Osage County Circuit Clerk
Clerk: Beth Billington
106 East Main Street, P.O. Box 825
Linn, MO 65051
573-897-3114
Osage.Circuit.Court@courts.mo.gov
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Osage County Court Records Clerk
For civil, criminal, traffic, probate, family, small claims, and docket files in Osage County, start with the Circuit Clerk and Missouri Case.net. The local Circuit Clerk page tells users to check case status through Case.net and to use Missouri court forms through the state judiciary. It also tells users to call the office before paying if they do not know the case number or amount due.
The official Circuit Clerk screenshot assigned to this page comes from the county source used for the office contact data. The source is the Osage County Circuit Clerk office page.
The page confirms why the Circuit Clerk, rather than the County Clerk, is the main office for Osage County court record requests and Case.net payment questions.
- Use Case.net for public case status and docket searches.
- Use the Circuit Clerk counter for certified copies and file access that is not available remotely.
- Call the Circuit Clerk before paying if the case number or amount due is unknown.
- Use Missouri court forms for pleadings, petitions, and self-represented filings.
- Use the Circuit Clerk for questions tied to Osage County Circuit Court cases.
Request Certified Court Copies
A certified court copy is a clerk-authenticated copy used when an ordinary printout is not enough. People often need certified copies for divorce decrees, judgments, probate letters, orders, satisfactions, criminal dispositions, name-change orders, and agency filings. Case.net can confirm a case exists, but a certified copy comes from the clerk.
- Search Missouri Case.net first if the case number is not known.
- Identify the party names, case type, document needed, and whether certification is required.
- Contact the Circuit Clerk by phone, email, mail, or in person to confirm availability and current copy fees.
- Submit payment and pickup or delivery instructions after the office confirms the amount due.
Note: Some juvenile, adoption, mental health, sealed, expunged, and protected-person materials may require a court order or party status before access.
Osage County Clerk Request Fields
A court-record request is more useful when it gives the clerk enough data to find the right file. The research did not locate a local downloadable court-copy form, so these fields come from the Circuit Clerk contact channels and the Case.net search path documented in the source material.
| Field or Channel | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Case number | Best if known | Use Case.net first when the number is missing. |
| Party names | Yes | Include full names and the case type if possible. |
| Document type | Yes | Order, judgment, decree, docket sheet, letters, disposition, or other record. |
| Certification needed | As needed | State whether a plain or certified copy is required. |
| Contact and delivery method | Yes | Provide phone, email, mailing address, or pickup instructions. |
| Payment amount | After quote | Call the Circuit Clerk for current copy cost before sending payment. |
Osage County Clerk Fees
Court-copy and certified-copy fees were not published on the Osage County Circuit Clerk page reviewed for this build. The page does publish court-payment service fees and instructs users to call for the case number or amount before making certain payments. Published Recorder and County Clerk fees belong to other offices, so they should not be treated as court-copy fees.
| Item | Amount or Source Status |
|---|---|
| Plain court copy | Not published in reviewed Circuit Clerk source. |
| Certified court copy | Call 573-897-3114 or email the Circuit Clerk for current cost. |
| Case.net public search | No local fee stated in the reviewed source. |
| State eCheck payment service fee | $0.50 flat fee when eligible. |
| State credit/debit payment service fee | $1.25 up to $50.00, $1.75 up to $75.00, $2.35 up to $100.00, then 2.35% over $100.00. |
| CourtMoney pre-plea/pre-court fee | $2.00 minimum up to $50.00, then 4% over $50.00. |
Forms and Payments
The Circuit Clerk links users to Missouri court forms through the state judiciary. Those forms can matter for probate, family, civil, expungement, and self-represented filings. The Missouri Judiciary site is also the hub for Case.net, Plead and Pay, and statewide court information.
For payments, Osage County instructs users to select "20th Judicial Circuit (Franklin, Gasconade and Osage Counties)" in the state payment system when that channel applies. A case number and amount are needed. The Circuit Clerk source also lists CourtMoney for certain pre-plea or pre-court payments and gives form number 137502. CourtMoney phone payment is listed as 1-877-222-4668.
Payment is not a substitute for legal advice or for a court appearance when the case requires one. For tickets, warrants, contested matters, or a file that involves restricted records, confirm the court instructions before paying.
County Clerk vs Circuit Clerk
The Osage County Clerk is Brooke Dudenhoeffer and is located in the Administration Building at 205 E. Main Street, P.O. Box 826, Linn, MO 65051. That office keeps County Commission orders, rules, and proceedings, serves as election authority, maintains voter registration, conducts elections, handles ballot printing, hires election judges with party committee help, and performs county administrative duties tied to tax extension, assessed valuation, payroll, personnel records, accounts payable, county insurance, bids, notary swearing-in, Board of Equalization minutes, county licenses, and budget functions.
The manifest image below comes from the official County Clerk source, which is included because Missouri uses more than one clerk office and the names can be easy to mix up.
Use the County Clerk for county government records, election records, commission records, and certain local licenses. Use the Circuit Clerk for court records. Use the Recorder of Deeds for marriage licenses, land transfers, deeds of trust, surveys, tax liens, military discharges, and recorded-document copies.
Mail and Online Access
Online access begins with Case.net for public case status. Mail or email requests should give the Circuit Clerk the case number, party names, document type, copy type, and delivery method. In-person requests are often the better path for older records, certified copies, and cases with access limits because staff can confirm the file status before payment.
The courthouse address should be used for in-person visits, while the P.O. Box should be used for mail. The Osage County court office is open Monday through Friday during published courthouse business hours. For files that are not court records, the county offices directory helps identify whether the proper custodian is the County Clerk, Recorder, Sheriff, Prosecuting Attorney, or another county office.