Prototype, not the live court website. Built by Stoa to demonstrate a redesign of 16thcircuit.org.
Jackson County, Missouri · Kansas City & Independence
16th Judicial Circuit of Missouri Circuit Court of Jackson County

Self-service

Forms & Records

Download the form you need, look up a case, request a copy of a record, or pay a balance owed to the Court.

Look up a case

Search case status, hearing dates, and filings in the statewide case management system.

Search cases

Pay a fine or fee

Make a secure payment toward a ticket, court cost, or other balance.

Make a payment

Request a record

Order certified or plain copies of judgments, orders, and case documents.

Request copies

Court forms

Commonly requested forms by case type. In production each row links to an accessible, tagged PDF in the media library. The links below open the search demo.

Representative form catalog for this prototype.
FormDivisionFormatOpen
Small Claims PetitionAssociate CircuitPDFView
Fee Waiver Request (In Forma Pauperis)All divisionsPDFView
Adult Name Change PetitionCircuit CourtPDFView
Application for Change of JudgeAll divisionsPDFView
Continuance RequestAll divisionsPDFView
Jury Service Excuse / PostponementJury ServicesPDFView

Fee schedule

Representative filing fees and court costs. Amounts shown are illustrative; the production site reflects the Court's current statutory schedule.

Illustrative fees. Not the Court's official schedule.
FilingFee
Small claims petition$ 35.50
Civil case filing$ 152.00
Certified copy (per document)$ 9.00
Name change petition$ 110.00
Fee waiver requestNo charge

Can't afford the fee?

If paying a filing fee would create a hardship, you can ask the Court to waive it. Submit a fee waiver request (in forma pauperis) with your filing, and a judge will review it.

Tip: Bring documentation of income and expenses to support your request. Staff can point you to the form but cannot give legal advice.

Start a fee waiver

Note for reviewers

Forms and fees are where residents get stuck most often, so this page leads with the three highest-intent actions, then lists forms in a screen-reader-friendly table with real <th scope> headers. Every form link here routes through the working search so you can see the index respond. Fee amounts are illustrative placeholders.