St. John Court Docket Searches
Start any St. John court docket search with the court named on your paperwork. City ordinance cases and city police tickets belong to St. John Municipal Court. The city lists its clerk, judge, session schedule, payment options, and phone contact. It offers no searchable docket export, though. State-law cases take a different path. Try Kansas Smart Search or the Stafford County District Court clerk. Before you search, gather the party name and ticket or case number. Add the issuing agency, appearance date, and the alleged violation. Those details make the lookup far quicker.
- Read the court and issuing agency printed on the ticket.
- For St. John Municipal Court, call Jamie Getty at (620) 549-3208 and give the ticket number and appearance date.
- For a state case, search Kansas District Court Smart Search by number or public party name.
- If the web result is absent or incomplete, ask Judy Lyon at (620) 549-3295 to check the Stafford events index.
- Confirm the live setting with the clerk before appearing or paying.
Two St. John Court Addresses
St. John is a city with its own municipal court. It is also the seat of Stafford County. That dual role means two records counters. City Hall and St. John Municipal Court sit at 115 E 4th Ave. The Stafford County District Court clerk works from 209 N Broadway, third floor. One wrinkle: an official city directions page places the courthouse building at 215 N Broadway. So confirm the entrance and floor with the clerk before you go.
| Place | Record role | Best starting clue |
|---|---|---|
| St. John City Hall | City ordinance and municipal ticket matters | St. John named on citation |
| Stafford County courthouse | Kansas District Court cases and state traffic | Stafford District Court named on notice |
The official City Hall page lays out the local court site. Its image makes the municipal location easy to spot, but the case caption still decides which clerk holds the record.
A building photo is only a location aid, not a St. John docket or proof of any hearing.
Inside the St. John Municipal Court
St. John Municipal Court handles municipal ordinance violations and city traffic matters. Its official page names Timarie Walters as judge and Jamie Getty as clerk. Proceedings take place in the City Hall Council Chambers. Walters also appears in listings as a District Magistrate in the 20th Judicial District. That is a separate role entirely. A shared name does not merge the two courts or their records. The city posts a recurring session time rather than a case-by-case calendar. Court is generally held on the second Wednesday of each month at 5:00 p.m. Always rely on the date printed on your citation. Call the clerk to confirm. Resets, special settings, and other changes may never appear on a static city page. The city offers no official name-search form or case-number format. There is no document tab, copy-fee sheet, or docket download either.
St. John Monthly Court Rhythm
The second-Wednesday, 5:00 p.m. schedule tells a St. John reader when municipal business is ordinarily heard. It proves nothing about when a named case will be called. The citation, any later court order, and the clerk's current register control. A monthly session might include arraignments, compliance matters, trials, or other city proceedings. Any single matter may still be reset.
- Appearance date
- The date printed on the citation or later set by the court.
- Setting
- A scheduled court event, not necessarily a trial.
- Reset
- A later setting that replaces an earlier date.
- Disposition
- The recorded result of a matter.
If your ticket and the monthly city schedule conflict, call (620) 549-3208. A general schedule is useful context. Clerk confirmation is the safer source for a live St. John court date.
Finding St. John Court Dates
A St. John municipal setting starts with the appearance date printed on the ticket. The city clerk can tell you whether the matter stays on that date, was reset, or needs a different step. For a state case, Kansas Smart Search may show hearings and events, though Kansas Rule 22 lets some material sit only at a courthouse terminal or with the clerk. Treat no portal screen as proof that court has not changed.
| Date | The ticket date or latest date set by the St. John court. |
|---|---|
| Time | The city publishes 5:00 p.m. for its regular monthly session; confirm the case. |
| Courtroom | City Hall Council Chambers for the published municipal session. |
| Judge | Timarie Walters is named on the official city court page. |
| Setting Type | Arraignment, trial, payment, compliance, or another event identified by the clerk. |
When you call, save the clerk's name and the date of the call. That small habit pays off later. It helps resolve any conflict between a ticket, a web result, and a newer order.
St. John Ticket Payment Cutoff
The official St. John payment instructions set the deadline. Payment is due before 4:00 p.m. on the appearance date. City Hall accepts cash, check, cashier's check, and money order. Payments can also go by mail to P.O. Box 367, St. John, KS 67576. The city links an online payment vendor and warns of a transaction fee. But the vendor fields and the current fee amount are not spelled out.
Do not assume payment fits every case. Installments need judge authorization. A person who wishes to appeal is told to come to court on the appearance date.
That payment deadline is a local St. John rule worth confirming before you send any funds. The city page, not a generic payment search, supplies the controlling route.
St. John Traffic Ticket Lookups
A traffic ticket routed to St. John Municipal Court starts with the city clerk. Give the clerk the citation number. Also give the appearance date, the name exactly as printed, and the officer or agency that wrote the ticket. The city's own page explains how to pay. But it offers no searchable St. John ticket database online. Tickets written by the sheriff or the Kansas Highway Patrol can land elsewhere instead. Try the statewide Central Payment Center or the District Court events index.
Pay the way the city instructs, if payment resolves the charge. Want to fight it? Follow the procedure printed on the citation or get it from the clerk. Kansas law is blunt about skipping court. Missing an appearance or ignoring the terms can bring added court action and possible license consequences. For the broader county picture, see Stafford County traffic court records.
St. John Schedule, Not Docket Export
A published monthly court time is not the same as a public St. John docket. One tells you when the municipal court generally sits. The other would list case entries, parties, charges, settings, and outcomes. The city publishes the schedule but no case detail. So treat a missing web result as meaningless. Call the city clerk before concluding a case does not exist.
The Kansas Judicial Branch supplies the statewide framework, which its official page displays. That portal reaches eligible District Court information. It does not automatically cover St. John ordinance files.
The state source helps you slot a St. John matter into the right court layer. It does not turn the state portal into a city docket.
How St. John Cases Reach County Court
City limits define St. John Municipal Court. Felonies, state misdemeanors, larger civil suits, probate, domestic relations, and state traffic charges stay with the Stafford County District Court, even when the trouble started inside St. John. Judy Lyon clerks that court. Not the St. John city clerk, and not Stafford County Clerk Lisa Weber.
Docket flow: St. John Municipal Court › Stafford County courts › Kansas District Court, Stafford County, 20th Judicial District
Take the city route for a St. John ordinance case. Take the Kansas portal and the county clerk route for a state case. The Stafford County court docket overview maps that county layer, though it never changes where the city ticket actually belongs.
St. John Records Counter Split
Three counters, three jobs. Jamie Getty's St. John municipal counter runs the city court's process. Judy Lyon's District Court office keeps the Stafford County events index and the state court documents. Lisa Weber's County Clerk office holds county administrative records. All three serve the same small county seat, so mix-ups happen easily.
A request dropped at city hall does not flow into a municipal case file on its own. Ask Jamie Getty whether the record is public. Ask what identifying details are required, and whether a plain or certified copy is available. Need a state judgment, a probate file, or a District Court event? Call Judy Lyon at (620) 549-3295. The city posts no official St. John copy tariff. Never assume the county's administrative fee policy carries over.
Who Can See St. John Court Records
Kansas policy leans toward open records, but access has limits. A St. John requester should name the municipal case. Then ask the city clerk what record is available. State District Court records answer to Kansas court rules. Those rules treat web access and courthouse-terminal access differently. Sealed, expunged, juvenile, and sensitive material may be withheld or redacted. Remember that an events index is just the chronological list of filings and actions. It is not every document in the file.
Key Rules:
Kansas Open Records Act, K.S.A. 45-216 states the policy favoring open public records.
K.S.A. 45-218 governs inspection requests, responses, refusals, and lawful fees.
K.S.A. 12-4214 addresses municipal citations, notice, appearance, payment, and noncompliance.
The assigned official-source page displays the municipal-citation statute. It explains why the printed St. John appearance notice carries real weight.
The statute gives the legal frame. The St. John clerk gives the current case-specific answer.
St. John Federal Docket Boundary
A federal case tied to St. John lives in neither local system. Search it through PACER first. Then use the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. The District's CM/ECF interface handles federal filing and court information. It is not a municipal ticket lookup. It is also not Kansas Smart Search.
Keeping the federal layer separate stops a St. John municipal search from drifting into an unrelated court system.