St. Louis City County Criminal Docket Searches
Missouri's Case.net is where a St. Louis City criminal court docket search begins. You can search by litigant name, filing date, case number, or scheduled hearings and trials. A full case number is the fastest path. Without one, search the defendant's name. Then apply the court or case-type filters the interface offers. A matching name alone proves nothing about identity.
The 22nd Judicial Circuit holds the local criminal cases. That court is the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis. Because Case.net indexes the whole state, always read the case header before trusting a result. The header shows court, category, filing date, and parties. That separates your case from a Missouri lookalike. For more on picking the right fields, see the St. Louis City docket search page.
- Open Case.net and choose Case Number Search when a full St. Louis City criminal case number is known.
- Otherwise use Litigant Name Search, enter an identified party name, and apply available court and criminal-case filters.
- Open the case that matches the court header, filing details, and party information already known.
- Read dated docket entries with the scheduled-hearing information, motions, and public disposition details.
- Use the clerk route for a specific filing or a separately requested certified copy when the index result is not enough.
St. Louis City Criminal Docket Files
A St. Louis City criminal docket is not the whole case file. Case.net shows the public index and sometimes a link. That link promises nothing about remote access. Missouri's File Viewer help covers entries without a hyperlink. The gap can mean no document was attached, or that the viewer lacks access rights. Either way, it does not mean the event never happened.
When a document is not open remotely, Missouri eFiling guidance sends the public to a courthouse terminal with staff help. An (ECASE) tag marks an electronic case record with no paper file behind it. It does not guarantee everything inside is public. Have the case number, event date, and document description ready when you ask the clerk about a filing.
Note: A visible St. Louis City criminal docket can contain confidential material that the public File Viewer will not display.
Criminal Dockets: What They Show
What a St. Louis City criminal court docket shows depends on the case and your access level, but expect a dated case history, not a story. Court Operating Rule 4 sets the statewide rules for case numbers, dockets, indexes, and security levels. Criminal cases carry the CR category code. Each defendant usually gets a separate file number.
| Case header | Case number, style or party display, filing date, criminal category, and the 22nd Circuit court information. |
|---|---|
| Parties and counsel | Defendant and attorney information where public, plus the assigned judge or division when displayed. |
| Docket events | Dated charges or descriptions, motions, continuances, orders, and public document-link status. |
| Settings | Scheduled hearings and trials, with a setting that can change after a continuance or court notice. |
| Outcome entries | Plea, disposition, judgment, sentence, warrant or failure-to-appear marker when public, and appeal activity where shown. |
A field appears publicly only as far as Missouri rules and the local interface allow. Even when an order is not open from the entry, the docket entry can still help you find it.
St. Louis City Criminal Docket Inspection
When a criminal file needs in-person review, the Circuit Attorney points to the Circuit Clerk. The address is 10 North Tucker Boulevard, first floor. The office lists 314-622-4433 for criminal-record contact. The Circuit Clerk's own public-records page points elsewhere. It names the Civil Courts Building records counter on the third floor. The two directions may cover different record categories or simply reflect page updates. Call first, describe the case type and the record you want, then go.
The Circuit Clerk's general line is 314-622-4044. The 22nd Judicial Circuit main number is 314-622-4500. Bring the case number and a precise description of the docket entry or document. A specific request can also go to stlcircuitclerk@courts.mo.gov. Staff can help with access procedures, though they cannot give legal advice.
Circuit Clerk Records Access
10 North Tucker Boulevard
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
General clerk: 314-622-4044
Criminal Case Stages on the Docket
Event names on a St. Louis City criminal docket vary by division and case posture. The Circuit Attorney describes a warrant-office review at the start. A misdemeanor may move through appearance, plea, and trial. A felony case can add a bond stage and a probable-cause stage. Then comes a preliminary hearing or grand jury process. Arraignment, plea or trial, and sentence follow. Wording differs across public dockets. The same stage may not look the same in every case.
Docket flow: Warrant Review → Filing → Arraignment → Pretrial → Plea or Trial → Disposition → Sentencing
A continuance just moves a setting to a new date or place in the sequence. By itself, it is neither a dismissal nor a ruling. Before relying on an older date, check the newest St. Louis City criminal docket entry and any listed hearing.
St. Louis City Criminal Docket Alerts
Want notice when a St. Louis City criminal case moves? Case.net's Scheduled Hearings & Trials search pulls public settings. Filter by date, court, case type, or other options built into the tool. Treat what you see as a snapshot. Continuances, notices, and division actions can change the docket at any point after a search. Run the lookup again close to the hearing date. Weather or court operations can disrupt the schedule. Then check the 22nd Judicial Circuit public notices page. Case.net also offers a Track This Case feature for eligible public matters. It works well once you have pinpointed a case. Even so, the docket itself remains the official record of each public entry. For a question tied to one division, call that division through the current court directory instead of working from an older entry that may no longer apply.
St. Louis City County Criminal Docket Courts
The state criminal docket for this city sits with the 22nd Judicial Circuit. That is the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis. Its criminal and associate divisions handle the cases. The Circuit Attorney handles prosecution of state felonies and misdemeanors in St. Louis City. Judges and divisions shift over time. For any assignment, the court's current division roster beats guesswork. There is no separate city criminal database; state cases run through the Missouri search system. St. Louis City Municipal Court also operates within the 22nd Judicial Circuit structure. Its traffic and ordinance dockets follow separate municipal instructions. It is not the route for ordinary state felony or misdemeanor records, though. A St. Louis City criminal search works best in two steps. Start by sorting out state or municipal. Then match it to the right Case.net category and court details.
St. Louis City Criminal Docket Copies
A St. Louis City criminal docket result can name the filing, judgment, or dated event you need. Getting a certified copy is a separate clerk service. The Circuit Clerk certified-copy instructions ask requesters to email the case details and document information first. The Certified Copies Department replies with an estimate and payment steps. Be exact about what you want. That might be a docket, a judgment, a particular filing, or another record. The Missouri local-court fee text lists 25 cents per page. Certification adds $1.50, and authentication per document is $2.50. Use those figures as a reference point rather than a substitute for the clerk's own estimate. A public index does not do the job of a certified record. Transcripts follow a different path. That request goes through the division court reporter, not the general docket search.
Note: Include a case number and document date when known. That way the St. Louis City clerk can match the request to the right criminal record.
Access Rules for Criminal Dockets
Access to a St. Louis City criminal docket is not decided by whether a case name pops up in Case.net. The public index searches by case number and filing date. Party name, calendar date, and judgment-related criteria also work. Court rules still govern what opens to view. The Court Operating Rule 2 source linked below is a watermarked review draft. Do not treat it as a promise that every listed public category shows up in every local result. Sealed, confidential, expunged, juvenile, and protected material may be omitted or restricted. Victims, witnesses, children, and other non-litigants may not surface in a name search. A public case can even hold a document that is not public. Asking for a record does not switch off the court's security controls.
Missouri access limits:
Court Operating Rule 2 review draft describes public index categories while preserving rule-based restrictions.
Court Operating Rule 4 addresses docket automation, confidential records, sealed records, and restricted expunged material.
RSMo §610.140 makes expungement petition-based and limits access to expunged records.
RSMo §211.321 makes juvenile records confidential except in specified circumstances.
St. Louis City Criminal Docket Appeals
A St. Louis City criminal docket can show public appeal activity after a judgment. Entries may be tied to an appeal, a transfer, or a mandate. That trial docket is not the appellate docket. Appeals from the Circuit Court proceed under the applicable rules to the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District. Its own records are the ones to check once an appeal appears. One more boundary matters here. Case.net does not cover federal criminal indictments or federal proceedings. Those cases live with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Keep the two systems apart. A missing St. Louis City Case.net result will not be misread as proof that no federal case exists.