Elkhart County Courts, Indiana Sealing & Redaction Procedures

CRITICAL

Where appropriate, a sealed affidavit is to be filed with the Court in substantially the form as provided by the Court.

Where appropriate, a sealed affidavit is to be filed with the Court in substantially the form as provided by the Court.

CRITICAL

A sealed inventory must be held and protected according to Court policy and procedures.

If the inventory is sealed, it shall be held and protected according to Court policy and procedures.

CRITICAL

The Clerk must maintain pre-indictment filings concerning a grand jury under seal if the Court orders it.

All pre-indictment motions, orders and other filings pertaining to matters before that grand jury shall bear that case number and shall be maintained by the Clerk under seal if ordered by the Court.

CRITICAL

For a motion, petition, or pleading excluded from public access, the parties and counsel must follow Trial Rule 5(G)’s filing requirements.

Where a motion, petition, or other pleading is excluded from public access under the Rules to Access to Public Record, the parties and their counsel are required to comply with the filing requirements of Trial Rule 5(G).

CRITICAL

Documents containing confidential information must comply with the applicable access-to-records rules, and attorneys and unrepresented parties must file both public and non-public access versions.

The filing of documents containing confidential information is subject to the requirements of the Indiana Rules on Access to Court Records, and such other rules as promulgated by the Supreme Court. Confidential information includes, but is not limited to, medical records, medical bills, complete social security numbers, and complete account numbers for financial records such as bank accounts. Attorneys and unrepresented parties are required to file a Public Access Version and Non-Public Access Version of documents containing confidential information.

WARNING

If the personal representative wishes to file an inventory under seal, the Court may seal it in its sole discretion.

If the personal representative wishes to file an inventory under seal, the Court may, in its sole discretion, seal such inventory.