Ste. Genevieve County Circuit Clerk
The court-record clerk for Ste. Genevieve County is Circuit Clerk Julie Bova. The office is located in Room 23 of the courthouse at 55 South 3rd Street, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri 63670. The official office phone is 573-883-2705 ext. 1, fax is 573-883-9351, and the published hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except holidays. The Circuit Clerk page states that the office maintains complete and accurate court records, collects and accounts for money paid into the court, and assists the court in performing its duties.
The official Circuit Clerk contact block and Case.net links show the local court-record access point.
The Circuit Clerk source is the key local reference for court records, payments, jury service, and clerk email routing.
Ste. Genevieve County Circuit Clerk
Clerk: Julie Bova
55 South 3rd Street, Room 23
Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670
573-883-2705 ext. 1
Fax: 573-883-9351
Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Ste. Genevieve Clerk Duties
The Circuit Clerk maintains all civil, criminal, probate, and juvenile court filings and records for the Ste. Genevieve County Circuit Court. That includes case openings, docket entries, court payments, paper filings where allowed, copy requests, jury-related processing, and public case access questions. The office also points users to Case.net, Plead and Pay, Make a Payment, Track This Case, Electronic Filing, Missouri self-represented-litigant resources, and the juror portal.
- Maintains civil, criminal, probate, and juvenile court filings and records.
- Collects and accounts for money paid into the court.
- Routes public users to Case.net, Plead and Pay, Make a Payment, and Track This Case.
- Handles jury-related questions through a separate jury email and juror portal.
- Provides local help for copy, certification, older-file, and sealed-record logistics.
Criminal, traffic, and municipal matters use `sge.criminal.email@courts.mo.gov`. Civil and all other matters use `sge.civil.email@courts.mo.gov`. Jury matters use `stgenevieve.jury@courts.mo.gov`. This routing is practical because a traffic-ticket payment question is time-sensitive in a different way than a probate certified-copy request.
Request Certified Court Copies
A certified court copy is a clerk-authenticated copy used when a plain printout is not enough. The research did not locate a universal local court-record request form or a full court-copy fee schedule on the county site, so certified-copy requests should be made directly to the Circuit Clerk with enough case detail for staff to identify the file. If the record is not public, older, sealed, juvenile, or expunged, the clerk may need to explain the correct filing or access route rather than issue the copy.
- Search Case.net first and write down the case number, party names, filing year, and document needed.
- Use the criminal/traffic/municipal email for those matters, or the civil email for civil, probate, family, and other matters.
- State whether a plain copy, certified copy, or confirmation of record availability is needed.
- Ask the Circuit Clerk for the current copy, certification, mailing, and payment instructions before sending payment.
- For restricted files, ask whether a court order, party status, or specific statutory authority is required.
Note: Case.net is useful for public lookup, but an online docket view is not the same as a certified court copy.
Ste. Genevieve Clerk Request Fields
No universal county court-record request form was located. A clear request should still include the same core fields a clerk needs to identify the case and the document. The more precise the request, the less likely it is to be delayed by similar names, old files, or the wrong case type.
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Case number or ticket number | Strongly recommended | Use the exact Case.net number when available. |
| Party names | Yes | Include full names, business name, or defendant name as listed in the case. |
| Case type | Yes | Criminal, traffic, municipal, civil, probate, domestic, juvenile, or small claims. |
| Document requested | Yes | Judgment, docket sheet, disposition, letters, order, pleading, or other named item. |
| Copy type | Yes | Plain copy, certified copy, or clerk confirmation. |
| Requester contact | Yes | Phone, email, mailing address, and delivery preference. |
| Restriction basis | If relevant | Party status, court order, or other authority for sealed or confidential records. |
Ste. Genevieve Clerk Fees
The official filing-fee PDF provides detailed filing fees for court cases. It does not replace a current copy-cost quote from the Circuit Clerk, but it is useful for understanding the cost of opening common civil, domestic, small claims, expungement, and probate matters. Confirm the current amount before filing because fee schedules can change.
| Case or filing type | Fee |
|---|---|
| Name change | $95.50 |
| Circuit civil | $95.50 |
| Domestic divorce/paternity | $97.50 |
| Motion to modify | $97.50 |
| Family access motion | $97.50 |
| Adoption | $175.50 |
| Associate civil | $43.50 |
| Unlawful detainer / rent and possession | $43.50 |
| Small claims | $20.50 |
| Trial de novo | $45.00 |
| Garnishment | $10.00 |
| Expungement circuit | $95.50 |
| Decedent estate with will | $178.50 |
| Will deposit | $3.00 |
Ste. Genevieve Clerk Online Access
The Circuit Clerk page sends users to Case.net for case-record inquiries and to court payment tools for eligible matters. Case.net can show a Case Header, parties, docket entries, charges, hearings, financial fields, Track This Case controls, and Make a Payment when a case is eligible. The Prosecuting Attorney also tells criminal users to choose Litigant Name Search, select Ste. Genevieve County - 24th Judicial Circuit, enter first and last name, and add the year charges were filed when narrowing a criminal search.
| Online route | Use | Local caution |
|---|---|---|
| Case.net | Search public Missouri court cases. | Some sealed, juvenile, older, or confidential files may not appear. |
| Plead and Pay / Make a Payment | Pay eligible tickets or court costs after opening the case header. | Eligibility depends on case type and court status. |
| Track This Case | Receive available public update notices for an opened case. | It does not create party status or access to sealed records. |
| Electronic Filing | File through Missouri's court e-filing route when eligible. | Self-represented users should confirm forms and local filing rules. |
| Juror portal | Handle jury questionnaire or jury service tasks. | Use the jury email for local jury questions. |
Circuit Clerk vs County Clerk
The County Clerk is a separate office and should not be treated as the court case-file clerk. The County Clerk office and county administration duties identify Sue Wolk as County Clerk and list county commission records, payroll, accounts payable, county budget and financial statements, inventory, tax billing for railroad and utility companies, assessed valuation for political subdivisions, liquor licenses, notary commissions, voter registration, and elections.
The County Clerk source is useful when the record is a county government file, not a Circuit Court case file.
Notary commissions are picked up through the County Clerk with a $10,000 surety bond and a $5 recording fee. That detail is useful for notary or commission records, but it does not make the County Clerk the right office for a criminal disposition, probate letters, traffic ticket, divorce decree, or civil judgment. Those court-record requests should begin with Case.net or the Circuit Clerk.
Recorder and Marriage Records
The Recorder of Deeds is also separate from the Circuit Clerk. Mary Jane White, Recorder of Deeds, is the local office for recorded land and miscellaneous documents, marriage licenses, certified marriage copies, in-office document searches, and iDoc Market records. The Recorder's documents are indexed and scanned back to 1896, with subscription choices for online images and printing. Marriage license and copy questions should route there, while divorce files should route to the Circuit Clerk as domestic court records.
This distinction prevents one of the most common local record errors. A marriage license is not a divorce decree. A deed is not a probate court order. A county commission record is not a Circuit Court docket. Each may be public, but the custodian and search tool differ.
Restricted Clerk Records
The Circuit Clerk maintains juvenile filings, but Missouri law restricts access to many juvenile records. The Missouri juvenile-court confidentiality statute is one example of a law that can make listed records confidential except for specified people or court order.
That statute source supports conservative handling of juvenile and protection-order-related clerk records.
Other restricted categories can include sealed or expunged criminal files, adoption materials, mental health proceedings, personal identifiers, financial account data, minor information, and protected medical details. The public docket may be visible while a document is not. The clerk can explain whether a request needs a case number, party status, court order, or a different filing, but legal eligibility decisions should not be inferred from an online search alone.
Clerk Records and Jail Context
Some Ste. Genevieve County records questions cross between the Circuit Clerk and the jail. A criminal case may show charges, bond events, warrants, hearings, or disposition in Case.net, while custody, visitation, ICE detention, and letters of incarceration use Detention Center routes. The 2025 recent ICE detainee death coverage is useful context for why jail custody and court records should not be merged into one search.
The news item is dated jail context. Court status still has to be checked through Case.net or the Circuit Clerk when charges or court events exist.
For active custody, use VINELink or call the Detention Center. For case records, use Case.net and the Circuit Clerk. For prosecutor offers, charging decisions, victim resources, and restitution, use the Prosecuting Attorney. Each office may touch the same person's situation, but each record has its own custodian.