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Dickinson County Clerk Office

Cindy J. MacDonald is listed as the Dickinson County Clerk of the District Court, with the staff directory showing Cindy MacDonald in that role. The 8th Judicial District Dickinson County District Court page states that the clerk's office creates and maintains accurate and durable records of District Court proceedings and provides timely, efficient, respectful service to judges, the legal community, and the public. For court case files, that office is the first local custodian to contact after checking the statewide search and local dockets.

The county website's County Clerk and Elections page belongs to a different office. It handles county records, elections, budgets, genealogy help, county open-records intake, and several noncourt public functions. The page is still relevant to records routing because county open-records requests are managed there, but it is not the District Court case-file office.

The manifest source for this screenshot is the Dickinson County County Clerk and Elections page.

The county clerk page helps show the local split: court case records start with District Court, while county administrative open-records requests route through the County Clerk.

Dickinson County Clerk Duties

The Clerk of the District Court maintains the case categories listed by the county and the 8th Judicial District. Those categories include marriage licenses, traffic tickets, fish and game citations, probate, criminal, small claims, limited civil, civil, juvenile, adoption, care and treatment, domestic relations, child support, and payments for court costs, fines, and fees. The Clerk's role is not limited to storing finished judgments. The office supports case initiation, filing, record retention, docket processing, and copies from the court file.

• Maintain District Court case files and durable records of court proceedings.
• Process public access questions for court records, dockets, and document copies.
• Handle payments for court costs, fines, and fees tied to District Court matters.
• Support marriage license processing and other court case categories listed by the district.
• Route questions to staff assigned by case type when the matter needs a specific clerk contact.

The County Clerk Document Center is a separate resource for county records such as genealogy, index books, elections, tax, and county documents.

That document center is useful for county-record research, but it should not be mistaken for the District Court case docket or court document request path.

Dickinson County Clerk Assignments

The 8th Judicial District publishes case-category staff assignments for Dickinson County. These assignments help a records user call with the right context. Traffic tickets and fish and game citations are assigned to Tina Marfise. Marriage licenses, limited civil, small claims, and civil cases are assigned to Alex Nagely. Child in Need of Care, adoption, and probate cases are assigned to Michelle Walker. Criminal and juvenile offender cases are assigned to Marsha Lindsay, who is also listed as Trial Court Clerk III. Connie Franklin is the jury clerk and Chief District Judge Benjamin J. Sexton's administrative assistant. Megan Heller is assigned to divorce, protection orders, and child support cases.

Use these assignments as a practical routing aid, not as a substitute for the main court number. Case status, public access, and certified-copy questions still depend on the court file and any restriction on that file.

Dickinson County Records Request Routes

There is no local Dickinson County court-record request form in the assigned research. The right route depends on the record type. Public District Court case records start with Kansas Judicial Branch Case Search, then the 8th Judicial District docket page, and then the Clerk of the District Court for files, copies, older records, or restricted-file questions. County department records use the County Clerk open-records intake route. City ordinance or municipal traffic cases may belong to Abilene, Chapman, or Herington Municipal Court.

Request Dickinson County Certified Copies

A certified copy is used when the recipient needs a court-backed copy rather than a printout from a search result. Divorce decrees, probate orders, name-change orders, judgments, and other court documents may need certification depending on the agency or transaction involved. The research did not locate a local form for certified copies, so the request should be specific enough for the Clerk of the District Court to identify the file and document.

1. Find the case number in Case Search or the docket PDF when possible.
2. Write down the case caption, party names, case type, and the exact document needed.
3. Call the Clerk of the District Court to confirm whether the document is public, restricted, available for copying, and what the current copy or certification charge is.
4. Submit the request by the route the clerk confirms, such as in person, by mail, or by follow-up phone instruction.
5. Include return contact information and ask whether payment must be made before copies are produced.

Dickinson County Clerk Fees

The assigned research includes the Dickinson County 2026 fee schedule. It is an official county fee source for open-records intake and copy rules. It should not be read as a full Kansas court filing-fee schedule, but it is important because the County Clerk manages county open-records requests and may contact the proper department to provide information. For court costs, fines, and fees, the District Court page states those payments are handled through court, and some payable traffic or court violations can be searched through the KSCourts Central Payment Center.

The Register of Deeds screenshot source is the Dickinson County Register of Deeds page.

Land-record copy questions follow the Register of Deeds route, which is another reason to identify whether the request is a court record, county record, or land record before paying fees.

Dickinson County Clerk Payments

The District Court records list includes payments for court costs, fines, and fees. The 8th Judicial District traffic-ticket page points many payable violations to the KSCourts Central Payment Center, while contested tickets, court appearances, failures to pay, and bench-warrant issues may require court contact. Payment lookup is not the same as a full court-record search. A payable violation can appear in the payment path while the broader case record or docket setting remains a District Court matter.

The manifest source for this screenshot is the Dickinson County District Court county page.

The county District Court page is the local anchor for court categories, payments, and clerk contact information tied to District Court records.

County Clerk Open Records

The County Clerk's Office is not the same as the Clerk of the District Court. The County Clerk acts as secretary to the Board of County Commissioners, keeps the county seal and Board records, handles elections and voter registration, assists with budgets, helps with genealogy research, manages the tax roll, and performs other county functions. The 2026 fee schedule says all requests for open public records must be submitted to the Dickinson County Clerk's Office, which then contacts the appropriate department to provide the information.

For court case files, start with the Clerk of the District Court. For county administrative records, sheriff or dispatch records, county finance records, or records not tied to a judicial case file, use the County Clerk open-records route. For land records, the Register of Deeds may be the better office. That separation prevents a requester from sending a District Court certified-copy request to a county office that does not maintain the court file.