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Official questions about a Lake County, Michigan court docket, hearing, court order, or certified court copy belong with the Lake County Trial Court division holding the case. The Trial Court is separate from the County Clerk/Register of Deeds and from the county FOIA coordinator. The correct route depends on whether the request concerns a judicial case file, a county administrative record, or another agency record. The details below identify the documented office roles and the local court contact for public case-record questions.

This Is Not a Court or Government Office. Lake County Court Docket is a private reference resource. It cannot retrieve official case files, change a court date, remove or seal a record, issue a certified copy, or provide legal advice. Those matters must be directed to the responsible court or government office.

Need an Official Docket or Record?

For a Lake County court docket, register of actions, hearing setting, judgment, pleading, or certified court copy, begin with the Lake County Trial Court. The Trial Court is the documented local route for Circuit Court, 78th District Court, Probate, Family Division, and related court files. When calling or visiting, provide the court division, case number, party or business name, approximate filing year, record title, and whether inspection, a copy, or certification is requested.

  • A public case search: use Case Lookup and select the court of record in MiCOURT; the online result is informational rather than the official record.
  • A criminal or civil docket: use Criminal Docket Search or Civil Docket Search, then confirm the division holding the case with the Trial Court.
  • A hearing date: check the case notice and available case events, then use Court Dates or contact the Trial Court if the date is missing or conflicts.
  • A certified court copy: ask the Trial Court for the exact document and its current copy, certification, postage, and payment requirements.
  • A court case file: use Court Record Search to identify the court-record request path, not the county FOIA form.

Lake County Trial Court: 800 Tenth Street, Suite 100, Baldwin, MI 49304. Telephone: 231-745-4614. Published courthouse hours are weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Circuit Court and District Court pages use Suite 300 for their contact blocks, so confirm the counter or suite before an in-person records visit.

The Lake County Clerk/Register of Deeds is a separate office. Its published responsibilities include county administrative, vital, land, assumed-name, marriage, and election-related records. It should not be assumed to hold a Circuit, District, Probate, Family Division, or other Trial Court docket. For a county department’s non-court record, the Lake County FOIA request route goes to the county FOIA coordinator. Judicial case records remain subject to the Trial Court and Michigan court-record rules rather than the county FOIA form.