Clearwater Court Docket Searches
A Clearwater court docket search runs through Nebraska JUSTICE. Pick Antelope and the right court level. County Court covers traffic, misdemeanors, and infractions. It also takes ordinance cases, small claims, probate, protection orders, and County Court civil matters. District Court covers general-jurisdiction civil cases, domestic relations, appeals, and felony proceedings after bind-over. Unsure which level? Run both paths, because the village name will not substitute for the court-level choice.
JUSTICE shows a one-time $17 search fee. It returns up to 30 public cases and keeps results open for a three-calendar-day window. Start with a full party name. Then narrow by Antelope, year, case type, or an exact case number. An empty result could mean several things. The filing may be recent, the name may not match, or the search may have hit the wrong court. The record could be old, or access could be restricted. An empty search is not proof that no court record exists.
- Decide whether the Clearwater question concerns a village record, County Court, or District Court.
- Open JUSTICE and select the matching court path.
- Search with a full name and add Antelope plus a second available criterion.
- Read the chronological register of actions and locate the newest setting or order.
- Use the courthouse terminal or appropriate clerk when online information is incomplete or a copy is needed.
Clearwater Village Clerk Court Records
Village Clerk Angie Hupp is the person to call. She handles anything tied to Clearwater village government, and her office sits at 626 Main Street, PO Box 116, Clearwater, NE 68726. The Village of Clearwater contact page lists a phone and fax of 402-485-2365. A cell number of 402-608-6652 is also listed for reaching the office. Email is clerk@clearwaterne.com. Hours run Monday through Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Friday hours are 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. That covers village business, but not a state court file.
Court records are a different errand. Kristina Sehi, the County Court Clerk Magistrate in Neligh, takes County Court questions at 402-887-4650. For District Court, Angela Mortensen is the clerk contact at 402-887-4508. A court-certified copy comes only from the clerk who holds the case. So the docket question goes to Neligh, not the village office. The official Clearwater contact page still shows those village details for anyone who needs them.
What that page gives you is the village administrative contact route. It is not a courthouse or a separate city case portal.
Inside the Clearwater Municipal Court
Clearwater has no municipal court of its own. No city judge, local court building, municipal docket, or ticket-pay database exists here. Village ordinance cases still reach a courtroom, though. Nebraska County Court handles them, so a Clearwater traffic or ordinance case runs through the County Court docket, the JUSTICE system, the state calendar, and the County Court clerk.
That missing city portal says nothing about whether a court record exists. The state channels cover it well. JUSTICE gives the public case information. The calendar shows court dates and settings. A free terminal sits inside the courthouse for docket searches. The clerk offices handle public inspection and copies, while village administration keeps only the records that are not court files.
Clearwater Village and Court Records
Split the errand in two. A Clearwater administrative record starts with the village clerk. A traffic or ordinance case starts with County Court. One event, say a citation, can raise both a village question and a court question at once. The village office answers board and village-business items, but it cannot produce the court's register of actions or certify a filed document. Only the court clerk can do that.
| Clearwater request | Best route |
|---|---|
| Village board or administrative record | Clearwater Village Clerk |
| Traffic, ordinance, misdemeanor, or small-claims court case | Antelope County Court and County Court Clerk Magistrate |
| General civil, appeal, domestic relations, or later felony record | Antelope County District Court and District Court Clerk |
| Current hearing setting | Nebraska Multi-Court Case Calendar, then the responsible clerk |
Which office holds a Clearwater court record depends on the system that produced it. The village where the case arose does not control that.
Finding Clearwater Court Dates
For any Clearwater hearing, go to the Nebraska Multi-Court Case Calendar and pick County Court or District Court. Choose Antelope from the county list. From there you can search by date or by last name, and the name search needs at least two characters. A result may show the case number, caption, court, date, time, location, and a setting label. Remember that this is a public schedule display for the Antelope County docket. It is not a village-meeting calendar, a complete register, or certified notice.
A docket listing can go stale fast. Check the newest register entry and any filed notice before you rely on a date. A continuance postpones a setting, a reset moves it, and a cancellation removes it. When the calendar looks blank or clashes with a later order, call County Court at 402-887-4650 or District Court at 402-887-4508. The latest court action plus a direct confirmation beats any older schedule listing.
| Date | The latest scheduled date from the calendar or current register entry. |
|---|---|
| Time | The posted time, checked against later court notices or resets. |
| Location | The Antelope County court location attached to the setting. |
| Court | County Court or District Court, selected independently in the state tool. |
| Setting type | The public event label, such as arraignment, hearing, pretrial, trial, or review. |
Clearwater Hours and Court Contact
Clearwater's village office and the Antelope County courthouse in Neligh keep different schedules. Mixing them up wastes a trip. The village office opens Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Friday hours there are 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The courthouse runs weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., holidays aside. So the rule is simple. Village records call for village hours. A docket search, a court copy, or terminal access at the courthouse calls for courthouse hours. It pays to confirm current procedure first.
One quirk involves the address. Official sources list the courthouse at 501 Main Street and also at 501 M Street. That is an inconsistency, not a second courthouse. The County Court page uses the M Street styling, while other pages use Main Street. A quick call to the court settles the address and any access question at once.
Clearwater Traffic Ticket Lookups
A traffic or ordinance citation written in Clearwater does not go to the village counter. It lands in Antelope County Court. For eligible standard or electronic citations, the state route is Nebraska Citation Payment. Read its legal affirmation before paying. Paying can waive an appearance. It can also count as a guilty plea with a conviction where the law allows it. Citations that require a personal appearance follow the notice straight into County Court. The village clerk does not hold citation records or take court payments.
For the court record itself, search County Court in JUSTICE. For a court date, check the calendar and the newest register entry. Payment can take time to post. If a Clearwater case looks unresolved or a setting was missed, call County Court directly. The countywide details are in Antelope County traffic court records.
Clearwater Court Portal Finding
Clearwater has no separate municipal court portal for the public. JUSTICE is where case information lives. The Multi-Court Case Calendar is where settings appear. Citation Payment covers only eligible citations. In Neligh, the courthouse offers free public JUSTICE terminal access, and the County Court and District Court clerks handle in-person questions and copy requests. Nebraska eFiling just transmits filings for authorized users; it is not a public Clearwater docket search.
For the judicial lineup in this part of the state, the District 7 judicial media release covers two names submitted for a District Court judgeship in the Seventh Judicial District.
District 7 context alone creates no separate Clearwater judge, court calendar, or municipal docket.
How Clearwater Cases Reach the County
A city-side question goes to Village Clerk Angie Hupp. A court case goes to the Antelope County courts instead. County Court holds traffic, ordinance, misdemeanor, small-claims, probate, and many other lower-trial-court records. District Court holds general civil matters, domestic relations, appeals, and later felony proceedings. Felonies can start in County Court at a preliminary stage. The case can pick up a District Court record after bind-over. One case may leave a trail in both courts.
Docket flow: Clearwater village administration › Antelope County Court › District Court
Three things drive the next search: the court name, the case type, and the newest register event. A village address or a city office contact tells you nothing about court level. When a case may have moved after a preliminary stage, search both levels.
Clearwater Court Copy Route
Need a Clearwater court document? File the CC 3:29 request form with the clerk who keeps the case. The form asks for the court, county, case number, and case name. It also wants the document and its date, the copy type, and contact or delivery details. County Court requests go to Kristina Sehi. District Court requests go to Angela Mortensen. Do not confuse this with a Clearwater village administrative-record request; the two processes are separate.
The fee schedule on the form breaks down by format. Electronic non-certified copies cost nothing. Mailed non-certified copies run $0.25 per page. Electronic certified copies are $1 per request, and mailed certified copies are $1 per seal plus $0.25 per page. Those are copy charges, not a universal case fee. Availability, prepayment, and delivery vary, and the court posts no universal turnaround time, so ask the clerk.
Who Can See Clearwater Court Records
Most Clearwater-related court records are public, but access has limits. Nebraska's electronic-access rules open public case summaries, registers of actions, calendars, and eligible images. Access runs through authorized providers and courthouse terminals. Protected identifiers, sealed cases, adoption material, and juvenile information stay redacted or unavailable. Presentence reports and similar restricted content stay off limits too. A search result helps you locate a case. It does not hand you a certified copy or unlock restricted material.
Key Rules:
Nebraska Article 8 public-access rules describe public electronic information, terminals, fees, and exclusions.
County Court rule §2-215 treats filings as public unless a restriction applies.
Nebraska Public Records Act §84-712 provides the written-request framework subject to court rules and exemptions.
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court District of Nebraska site covers a separate federal court system.
Federal bankruptcy records sit outside the County Court and District Court route. A Clearwater state case never touches that federal path.
Clearwater Census Court Record Context
The official 2020 Census incorporated-place table puts Clearwater at 320 people. That ranks fifth among the five profiled places. The figure is a 2020 village population count. It is not a current estimate, and it says nothing about court cases. The Antelope County Court traffic total cannot be assigned to Clearwater, because no Clearwater city-level court caseload exists to measure.
Village-clerk contacts and office hours answer city-government questions, not case-custody questions. Without a city-level traffic count, County Court filings stay countywide numbers. They cannot be treated as Clearwater filings. Identify the right state-court clerk by court name and case details, and skip any guess from population. For a wholly separate federal-docket route, see the Nebraska PACER information page.
PACER opens a door to federal filings only. It cannot substitute for a Nebraska state docket search when you are after Clearwater court records.
A public federal mirror sits at CourtListener, a separate archive that pulls federal case text into one free place.
That mirror stands apart from the official state route. Treat it as a federal archive only, not as a sign of what Antelope County Court has filed, because Clearwater cases live in the state system and never appear there.