Searching Noxubee County Criminal Dockets
There is no single countywide index for Noxubee County criminal dockets. Where a case lives depends on the charging paper. A felony that moves past the preliminary stage usually follows the Sixteenth Circuit MEC record path. Justice Court starts county traffic, misdemeanors, and felony preliminary proceedings. City tickets can stay in municipal court. Registered users can reach non-restricted Circuit cases remotely through PAMEC, and the Circuit Clerk can verify anything locally. Begin the Noxubee County criminal docket search with a case number when you have one.
No case number? Gather the defendant's full name, the approximate filing year, the charge, and the likely court. Those details separate a Justice Court matter from a Circuit Court prosecution.
- Read the ticket, summons, charging paper, or notice for the court name and any case or citation number.
- For a potential Circuit Court matter, register for and use PAMEC if remote access is appropriate and permitted.
- For Justice Court or a municipal matter, contact the court office named on the document and ask for the docket date, disposition, or copy procedure.
- Compare the returned case with the year, venue, and charge information before relying on any docket entry.
- Ask the clerk for a docket sheet, judgment, sentencing order, or other named filing when a particular record is needed.
Note: A name match by itself can pull up the wrong Noxubee County criminal docket, since the same name may appear in more than one venue.
Noxubee Criminal Venue First
Mississippi's 2026 judiciary directory splits Noxubee's courts three ways. There is Justice Court, Circuit Court, and the municipal courts. Justice Court takes local misdemeanors, traffic, small civil actions, and felony preliminary proceedings. Circuit Court is the county's general-jurisdiction trial court. It handles felony prosecutions and other major criminal matters. Municipal courts cover ordinance, traffic, and misdemeanor cases inside city limits. Noxubee County has no County Court, so ignore that label when sorting venues.
| Record situation | Likely first contact | Search clue |
|---|---|---|
| Felony after preliminary proceedings | Sixteenth Circuit MEC or Circuit Clerk | Case number and filing year |
| County misdemeanor or citation | Noxubee Justice Court | Citation number or approximate date |
| City ordinance or city ticket | Municipal court named on ticket | Ticket and issuing agency |
The directory names Deanna Sanders as Justice Court Clerk, reachable at 662-726-5834. A case that gets bound over or appealed can carry a related Circuit Court number too. So a Noxubee County criminal docket search may mean checking which court and stage the record covers.
Inside a Noxubee County Criminal Docket
A docket is a timeline, not a full story. The Mississippi MEC procedures describe how electronic docket sheets and documents work. That applies in participating, non-restricted cases. A one-line entry might mark a filing, hearing, order, judgment, payment, or appeal. The pleading or order itself holds the legal detail. When a short description leaves your question unanswered, ask the clerk for the related document.
| Case number | The court's assigned identifier. The research did not observe a public Noxubee case-number format, so do not infer one from a sample. |
|---|---|
| Charge or filing | A complaint, indictment, warrant, summons, or later amended charging document may appear as a docket event. |
| Setting | An arraignment, pretrial event, plea, trial, sentencing, or another scheduled court action. |
| Order or judgment | A court direction or outcome record. Its text controls over a shorthand entry. |
| Status flag | A navigation label such as pending, closed, sealed, or legacy. It is not a substitute for the underlying entry. |
One charge can generate several entries in a Noxubee County criminal docket. Look at the sequence, any amended documents, later orders, and appeal notices before calling a single line the final status.
Noxubee Criminal Docket MEC Access
The Sixteenth Circuit CourtInfo page lists Noxubee Circuit Court as a MEC court. Its go-live date was November 6, 2023. Its public login screen offers no case-search fields before sign-in. Fees are spelled out in the PAMEC non-attorney terms. There is a $10 annual registration fee, then $0.20 for each search-result page, even a no-match search, billed quarterly. Remote searching is not free.
The Sixteenth Circuit MEC landing page is the court's entry point to the electronic system.
That landing page names the system but says nothing about a specific Noxubee County criminal docket or whether a file is public.
The CourtInfo record gives the Circuit Clerk's office at 505 South Jefferson #3, Macon, MS 39341, phone 662-726-5737, open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Use that contact to confirm the court, availability, copy method, or restriction before traveling.
How a Criminal Case Moves
A Noxubee County criminal docket can open with a complaint or indictment, then trace a warrant or summons, an initial appearance or arraignment, counsel activity, motions, hearings, a plea or trial, judgment, sentencing, probation or revocation, costs, appeal, and closure. Not every case hits every step. A Justice Court preliminary event may also come before a Circuit Court prosecution, leaving related entries in two different courts.
Docket flow: Filing or charge → arraignment → pretrial activity → plea or trial → judgment → sentencing or disposition → closure or appeal.
Read the Noxubee County criminal docket in order. A line marked hearing, motion, or plea may only show that something was filed or scheduled. Later orders, judgments, or notices can change what an earlier line means.
Noxubee Criminal Status Terms
The Sixteenth Circuit's published flags include Arraignment Pending, Plea Pending, Trial Pending, Conviction Order TBE, Capias Pending, Bench Warrant Issued/Returned, Probation, Probation Violation Pending, and revocation entries. Treat these as routing clues, not findings of guilt and not proof a warrant is still active. The current docket plus the clerk's confirmation control.
- Arraignment pending
- An arraignment-related step remains to be completed or recorded; it is not a conviction.
- Order TBE
- An order is to be entered. Read the signed order when available for the actual result.
- Capias or bench warrant
- A court process or warrant entry. Confirm present status with the court instead of relying on an old docket line.
- Probation violation pending
- A pending status label. It does not by itself establish that a violation occurred.
Stick to neutral wording to tell an allegation from an outcome. A Noxubee County criminal docket is a court record, not a full narrative of any event.
Courts That Hold Criminal Dockets
Felony cases in Noxubee County land in Circuit Court. It serves Clay, Lowndes, and Oktibbeha Counties too as part of the Sixteenth Circuit Court District. The Circuit Clerk is the county's contact for those case files and docket administration. Older matters may sit in paper or microfilm rather than in the electronic MEC system. The clerk can tell you which.
Misdemeanors, traffic tickets, and preliminary felony hearings belong to Justice Court. It keeps its own Noxubee County criminal docket. Macon, Brooksville, and Shuqualak cases stay in municipal court instead. Match your request to the court printed on the notice, not to the loose phrase "county court."
Noxubee Criminal Docket Fallback
Noxubee County joined MEC in November 2023. That timing shapes any Noxubee County criminal docket search. Cases with older docket activity may live in legacy files that were never imaged. A clerk request may still be needed. That holds even when newer entries show up online. Ask the clerk what format a file is in: MEC, paper, microfilm, or something local. Start with the docket sheet. Then name the judgment, sentencing order, or other filing you need.
For remote access, the PAMEC registration page lists Attorney, Non-Attorney, and Firm Administrator accounts. The Attorney and Non-Attorney account types each carry a $10 annual fee.
Registration is only an access step for remote MEC use. It does not mean every Noxubee County criminal docket or document will appear online.
Sealed Dockets and Public Access
Mississippi's open-records law gives the public inspection and copying rights at Miss. Code ยงยง 25-61-1 and 25-61-5. The Mississippi Ethics Commission's Public Records Act page walks through those rights. Court files add another layer. Court rules, statutes, orders, and MEC access procedures govern them too. The MEC procedures let the public view electronic civil and criminal documents for free at a courthouse or clerk office. Copies may cost money under law and local practice. Remote PAMEC access works only for registered subscribers.
MEC flag lists name sealed, expunged, minor-child, DHS, and other sensitive categories outright. So a missing Noxubee County criminal docket result proves nothing. The wrong venue is one cause. So is a spelling slip, an old file, a restriction, or a different court system. Do not dig for juvenile, expunged, sealed, victim-protected, or personal identifying information.
Access boundary: Mississippi Code §§43-21-261 and 99-19-71 address Youth Court confidentiality and expungement procedure. Ask the appropriate clerk about an authorized request instead of treating restricted material as an ordinary public docket.
Noxubee Criminal Copy Requests
Circuit Court copies start with Circuit Clerk Freda Phillips. Her office is PO Box 431, Macon, MS 39341, and the phone is 662-726-5737. Give the court, the case number if you have it, the party or defendant name, a rough date range, and the exact item you want. Ask whether the copy is uncertified or certified. Ask whether the record is restricted, and what the current charge and request method are. The clerk sets the price. So ask rather than assume.
A citation, misdemeanor docket, preliminary hearing record, disposition, or older file in a criminal matter belongs to Justice Court. Deanna Sanders's office is the place to start. If the case later moved to Circuit Court, sort out the court, the year, and the key details first. The Noxubee County case lookup can help before you call the clerk.