Search Tippah County Circuit Clerk Records

About the Tippah County Circuit Clerk

Phil Koon is the elected Tippah County Circuit Clerk. Mississippi voters choose this officer at the county level. The clerk runs the office from the Tippah County Administration Building at 101 E Spring Street, on the first floor in Ripley, the county seat. The same office serves as clerk of both the County and Circuit Courts.

The work is broad. The Circuit Clerk manages court files, jury duty, marriage licenses, professional license records, and the local voter rolls. Each task ties back to a public record the office must keep and produce when asked. Many people picture a clerk only as a filing desk, yet this office touches elections and licenses too.

The county's official Circuit Clerk page profiles Phil Koon and lists the office address, phone, and duties.

That page is the best starting point to confirm the address and phone before a visit, since hours are not posted in detail online.

Tippah County Circuit Filing Duties

Most of what the Tippah County Circuit Clerk does each day involves court papers. The clerk receives and files lawsuits, indictments, motions, and related documents in civil and criminal cases brought in the Circuit and County Courts. The office also issues the process that moves a case forward, such as summonses and subpoenas, and it keeps the court file complete from the first filing to the final order.

Circuit Court in Tippah County sits as District 3 at the courthouse on North Main Street in Ripley. It hears felony criminal cases, civil suits not placed in another court, and appeals from lower courts. A felony often starts in Justice Court for an initial appearance, then moves to Circuit Court after a grand jury returns an indictment. From that point the Circuit Clerk holds the case file.

• Civil complaints, answers, and other pleadings in lawsuits
• Criminal indictments returned by the grand jury
• Motions, orders, and other case papers
• Process such as summonses and subpoenas
• Records of judgments and executions

Marriage License Duties in Tippah County

The Circuit Clerk issues marriage licenses and keeps the county's marriage records. A couple applies at the clerk's office, receives the license, and returns the completed license after the ceremony so the office can record it. Tippah County sources confirm that the Circuit Clerk handles this duty, but they do not publish the local license fee, the waiting period, or the exact ID rules. A quick call to 662-837-7370 confirms what to bring and what to pay.

Marriage records are also searchable online. The Delta Computer Systems marriage index covers Tippah marriages from 2012 to the present, with no document images. It is a subscription index, so it works as a finding tool rather than an official copy. For a certified marriage copy by the state, the Mississippi State Department of Health charges $17 for a search and certified copy, plus $6 for each extra copy ordered at the same time. State and county officials have kept marriage records since January 1, 1926, except for July 1938 through December 1941, when only the Circuit Clerk in the issuing county held them.

Divorce files are not kept here. Those are Chancery Court records held by the Tippah County Chancery Clerk, who also handles probate, custody, adoption, and land records. For a fuller look at both sides, see the county marriage and divorce records guide.

Jury and Election Records

The Tippah County Circuit Clerk does more than file cases. State law gives the office the job of drawing jurors and qualifying juries for Circuit Court terms. The same office registers citizens to vote and carries election duties for the county. It also records medical and other professional licenses, which makes the clerk a record keeper for far more than court matters.

These duties rarely produce a record the public searches by name, yet they explain why the office stays busy outside of court terms. A juror summons, a voter file, or a recorded professional license all flow through this one counter.

• Drawing jurors and qualifying juries
• Voter registration and county election duties
• Recording medical and other professional licenses

Tippah Judgment Records and Tax Liens

The Circuit Clerk keeps the county judgment roll, a running record of money judgments and executions. A judgment that is enrolled becomes a lien against the debtor's property in the county. The Tippah judgment roll search through Delta Computer Systems covers entries from 2008 to the present, with images, and it can be searched by name, rendition date, enrollment date, case or lien number, and book or page.

The judgment roll page carries an important notice for anyone hunting a tax lien. State tax liens filed after January 1, 2015 are no longer recorded with the Circuit Clerk.

Those state liens now live in a central registry run by the Mississippi Department of Revenue. The agency's state tax lien registry overview explains why the change happened and who it covers.

A free search runs on the department's own portal rather than at the county counter.

The Department of Revenue lien search page lets the public look up state tax liens by debtor name with no subscription fee.

Federal tax liens and other property liens are recorded by the Chancery Clerk, so a full lien check may need more than one office.

Searching Tippah Circuit Records Online

Tippah County uses Delta Computer Systems to host its online case indexes. The Circuit civil index covers cases from 2008 to the present with images, and the Circuit criminal index runs the same range with images. A user can search by party name, case number, styled plaintiff or defendant, filing date, disposition date, docket book and page, or file number. The site warns that the courthouse record is the official record and that the online data may lag behind the counter.

Access is by subscription. A single rate opens the Circuit civil, Circuit criminal, judgment roll, and marriage indexes. The table below gathers the fees that Tippah and Mississippi sources actually publish. Where a figure is not posted online, the office simply has not listed it, and the right move is to call the clerk.

Note: The Delta index is a search aid only, so confirm any hit with the Circuit Clerk before relying on it for a legal action.

Electronic Filing in Tippah Circuit Court

Newer court filings follow a different track. Mississippi Electronic Courts, known as MEC, is a statewide internet system for electronic filing and case management. For Tippah Circuit civil and criminal cases, voluntary attorney e-filing began on February 3, 2025, and mandatory e-filing began on February 10, 2025. The change means recent Circuit filings move through MEC procedures even while older public indexes stay on the Delta pages.

By mid-2025 the Mississippi Judiciary reported that statewide e-filing was complete across the state's circuit, chancery, and county courts. The MEC system page and the broader Mississippi Judiciary site explain who may register and how attorneys and the public reach e-filed records. Most public users still rely on the Delta index or the clerk counter, because full MEC court access depends on the user type.

How to Request a Certified Copy

A certified copy carries the Circuit Clerk's seal and proves that a document is a true copy of the court's record. People need them for appeals, name changes, immigration, settlements, and many official filings. An uncertified printout from an online index does not carry the same legal weight. The steps below walk through a request to the Tippah County Circuit Clerk.

1. Identify the record. Note the court, the case number, the party names, and the filing or event date.
2. Confirm the clerk holds it. The Circuit Clerk keeps Circuit and County Court files, judgments, and marriage records; chancery, probate, and land records belong to a different office.
3. Contact the office. Call 662-837-7370 or visit 101 E Spring Street, 1st Floor, to ask about copy fees and accepted payment.
4. Submit the request. Give the case details, the document type, and the number of copies, then pay the clerk's fee.
5. Receive the copy. Pick it up at the counter or wait for it by mail; certified copies arrive with the clerk's seal.

Mississippi's Public Records Act backs this right of access. Under Miss. Code Ann. Section 25-61-5, a public body must let people inspect or copy records within about seven working days, though court rules and sealed-case orders can limit some judicial files. The county has no single online request form, so the office takes requests in person, by phone, and by mail.

The Tippah County forms page lists general county forms, though it does not include a dedicated court-record request form.

Because no standard form is posted, a written request should still spell out the same details a form would ask for, listed in the table below.