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Choose Case.net for a court event or MACHS for a history response

Missouri has two distinct online routes. Case.net is the judiciary’s route to public case information and available filings. The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s MACHS Name Search supplies the state repository’s public criminal-history response. Choose by the question: a particular dismissal or sentencing order belongs in the court file; a repository check belongs in MACHS. Searching both can be useful, but different coverage means their results need not be identical.

Begin at Missouri Courts for Case.net and at the Highway Patrol’s MACHS link for a history check. Avoid a lookalike site that adds a subscription or describes its commercial report as the court record. Retain the exact product name, search date and identifiers so a later correction can be directed to the office responsible for that record.

Search Case.net, then read the docket and the actual order

Use a known case number when you have it; otherwise use the litigant-name route and narrow the court or case information available to you. The court’s guidance explains that name searching depends on how a person is identified as a litigant, so a name search is not an exhaustive personal history. Save the court and case number, then inspect the docket entries and document dates. A charge description records an allegation or filing stage, not necessarily the final result.

When a docket references the needed judgment, identify its filing date and title before requesting a copy. A link or docket entry is an index to the case activity; read the corresponding order and any later amendment before describing an outcome. If a name search fails but you know the case number, ask the filing court about that specific case rather than concluding that the event never existed.

Understand the July 2023 boundary and copy options

Missouri’s remote public access expansion covers eligible public documents filed on or after July 1, 2023. It permits viewing, downloading and printing those documents from a personal device. Older public documents may require courthouse public-terminal access or a clerk copy request. A docket without a remote image does not establish that no filing exists, and public remote access does not open restricted or sealed material.

For a certified copy, contact the court holding the case and specify the case number, exact filing and number of copies. Ask whether the recipient needs certification and which delivery methods that clerk offers. The statewide access guidance does not establish one universal clerk-copy price or processing time; obtain the applicable quote before paying or traveling. Certification of a court order is a different service from notarization of a MACHS response.

Prepare identifiers and use the current MACHS price

MACHS requires the person’s name plus an exact date of birth or Social Security number. Check the inputs before submission: a submitted search is not refundable for an input mistake. Up to two maiden or alias names may be included in the inquiry. Use the official service directly for sensitive identifiers.

The current name-search fee is $16 per person plus payment processing, replacing older $15 guidance. The public product includes convictions, arrests less than 30 days old, prosecutor-filed charges awaiting disposition, and suspended imposition of sentence during probation. It excludes closed Missouri records and FBI records. A name-based response is a possible match; fingerprint-based products have different identity and eligibility rules.

Recover a paid request and save the response

If payment went through but no result appeared, check Order History for completed or pending requests. If the request is absent, MACHS directs users to Shopping Cart and Retry to finish processing. Most name checks return promptly, but research may require 5–7 business days. Save or print the response within 90 days; afterward, another copy requires a new paid request.

A pending transaction is not a negative criminal-history result. Preserve the transaction reference before asking support for help, and do not automatically purchase a replacement while the original order remains unresolved. A downloaded response describes the repository at its recorded search time; keep that timestamp rather than labeling an old report as current.

Arrange notarization or a fingerprint product before ordering

If a notarized name-check response is required, select Mail Notarized Results before adding the request to the cart. The extra fee is $5, with the letter and printed result sent by U.S. mail; it cannot be added after submission.

For a fingerprint-based check, follow MACHS Fingerprint Search and the instructions for the requesting individual or authorized organization. Do not assume the public name portal grants FBI or closed-record access. The Highway Patrol page contains inconsistent fingerprint-vendor fee totals, so verify the applicable current total with the official scheduling service before paying; its name-search $16 fee is consistently stated.

Challenge the record at the repository and the filing at the court

For an inaccurate or incomplete MACHS record, contact the Record Check Processing Unit at 573-526-6153, option 3, with supporting documentation. For a namesake or identity-theft mismatch, ask CJIS for challenge instructions. A no-record response can reflect unreported or nonreportable information.

Keep the court case reference and the repository transaction reference together when a discrepancy concerns a disposition. Obtain the underlying court order and identify which field is wrong. Do not silently merge two people’s records or treat a repository correction request as a request to change a judicial decision.

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