Find Lawrence County Court Schedule

How the Lawrence County Court Calendar Works

Lawrence County does not run one countywide calendar. The state directory assigns it to the 15th Circuit District and the 13th Chancery District. Justice Court and municipal courts follow their own routes. No Lawrence County Court or County Court judge appears in that directory, so any paper labeled a county-court matter should go to the Circuit Clerk before anyone assumes which calendar controls it.

For a date-based view, the 13th Chancery calendar report is the public calendar with a direct date search. It works well for a Lawrence County Chancery setting. It is not a case history, though. Circuit and Justice settings generally take a call to the clerk, because the court posts no public daily Circuit docket or Justice Court calendar.

Lawrence County Circuit Court Terms

Six Lawrence County Circuit sessions appear in the state-published 2026 Circuit Court terms. The first is the first Monday in February. It runs two weeks and includes a grand jury. Next come the first Monday in March for two weeks and the fifth Monday in March for one week. The fifth Monday in June runs one week. The second Monday in August runs two weeks with a grand jury. The sixth is the first Monday in September for two weeks.

A term tells you when the court plans to sit. It does not put your case on every date within it. For an individual hearing, confirm the judge, setting type, time, and any continuance. Circuit Clerk Tracey Carney handles that confirmation through the state directory. The Fifteenth Circuit MEC CourtInfo page identifies the Lawrence system. Treat it as system information rather than an anonymous daily calendar.

State term publications are planning references only. Confirm the specific Lawrence County Circuit setting before you travel to the courthouse.

Lawrence County Court Date Lookups

A Lawrence County court date lookup goes fastest when you already know the court. The judge or post matters too. Pull the case caption, citation, notice, or the most recent docket entry. Chancery settings show on the public report. Circuit and Justice Court dates need a clerk or court-office confirmation. That applies whenever the MEC access route does not cover them. What if remote access is restricted? The courthouse public terminal remains the practical way to reach state case information.

1. Identify whether the Lawrence County matter belongs in Circuit, Chancery, Justice, or a municipal court. A citation issued inside a town may follow a municipal route.
2. Check the published state term date for the court, then use the 13th Chancery calendar report for a Chancery setting by date and court information.
3. For Circuit or Chancery case detail, use the official MEC/PAMEC route if eligible, or ask at the courthouse public terminal or clerk counter.
4. Call the Circuit Clerk at 601-587-4791, the Chancery Clerk at 601-587-7162, or the Justice Court Clerk at 601-587-4854 when an official public calendar does not show the setting.
5. Confirm the date, time, courthouse room or location, continuance status, and any attendance restriction before relying on the result.

The clerk counters and MEC terminals sit at the courthouse, 517 Broad Street in Monticello. Public electronic access runs during regular hours under the official access procedure. That procedure also imposes record restrictions and reproduction rules. Call ahead, since the clerk publishes no current hours page.

For a written setting inquiry, ask first whether the clerk accepts mail or fax. Circuit Clerk mail goes to P.O. Box 1249, Chancery Clerk mail to P.O. Box 821, and Justice Court Clerk mail to P.O. Box 903, all in Monticello. The clerk offers no general email or online dropbox for court requests. Confirm any fax number with the receiving office before sending anything.

Lawrence County Chancery Calendar Report

The Chancery report is built around a date. Its fields cover the calendar date, judge, post, county term, setting time, case-number field, matter description, attorney field, and any prior-set date. Visible categories can include EX PARTE, Rule 81 or first returns, uncontested conservatorships, guardianships, fault-ground divorces, contested matters, DHS docket, and pro se settings. Those labels name calendar categories only. They say nothing about an outcome or about whether every underlying record is public.

The official Chancery calendar report shows the date-navigation and setting layout. It is used for Lawrence County Chancery matters.

That layout lets you capture the setting facts you need. Do it before a follow-up call. The clerk still confirms a changed date, a filed order, or a confidential file category.

For a family, estate, guardianship, or other protected matter, call Chancery Clerk Kevin Rayborn. Do that before relying on a public entry. The Chancery Clerk keeps the filed records and can explain any public copy, certification, redaction, or authorization requirement.

Court Settings: What Each Field Means

A setting is a scheduled court event, nothing more. The calendar field alone never establishes what happened there. Record the fields together, then check them against the latest public docket entry or ask the clerk whether a later notice moved the event. A prior-set date hints that the setting followed an earlier one, but it cannot tell you why the case moved.

Not every field on a Lawrence County court docket entry is public. Styles and case numbers can hold private details. Stick to what the requester already knows, and never publish protected information from family, youth, ward, or sealed matters.

Lawrence County Calendar Fields

A Lawrence County court calendar entry carries several useful fields. Jot down the weekday, court district, term, judge or post, and time. Note the matter description and the setting category. Also note any prior-set date. The report may also name the type of setting. That could be a temporary hearing, a review, a final trial, a status conference, a trial-contempt matter, or a petition to close. Handing a clerk all of that helps. It makes a docket inquiry far sharper than asking for a date alone.

Rule 81 or first return

A Chancery calendar category used for certain initial return settings. It is not a finding or final result.

Ex parte

A calendar category shown by the report. Public visibility of a calendar label does not make every related document available.

Pro se

A label that can identify a self-represented party setting. The calendar remains separate from the full court file.

Continuance

A setting moved to a later date. Confirm the new date with the court because a listed prior date may no longer control.

Note: Read a Lawrence County calendar entry as a scheduling notice only. It is not proof of a ruling, judgment, or complete docket history.

When a Court Date Moves

Court dates in Lawrence County move. A setting can be continued, reset, canceled, or swapped for a new notice. The public Chancery report itself warns that entries change without warning. Circuit and Justice Court dates may never reach an open calendar at all. So a date that vanishes from a report proves nothing. It settles no question of dismissal, closure, or a final order. The court file controls the current public record. Confirm it with the clerk.

When a setting shifts, pull the most recent official docket information the requester can access. Then call the clerk. The assigned judge-office contact for that court works too. For Chancery, the directory lists court-administrator contacts at the two District 13 judge offices. For Circuit, the Lawrence Circuit Clerk handles county-filed documents and can confirm the assigned judge. Always ask whether the matter is remote or in person. Also ask whether any access rule limits attendance.

Lawrence County Circuit Docket Gap

Lawrence County posts no public Circuit daily docket page. That gap matters. State-published term dates are broad session dates. A specific case can be set, moved, or dropped within a term. Go through the Circuit Clerk, the proper MEC/PAMEC access path, or the courthouse public terminal instead. A search-result snippet or an unofficial reposting is not a current Circuit setting.

Federal notices sit outside Lawrence County state-court schedules entirely. The Southern District of Mississippi news page posts federal court announcements and closures. A federal case never appears through state MEC, though, and its calendar proves nothing about a Lawrence County Circuit setting.

That separate federal notice source is a good prompt to double-check the court caption. Confirm it before calling a Lawrence County clerk about any scheduled matter.

Missed Settings and What Comes Next

Missed a Lawrence County court setting? Start by naming the court. Then get current information from the clerk or an authorized attorney. Ask whether the court has issued a new setting, an order, or another public notice. The right next step turns on three things. It depends on the court, the case type, and where the case stands procedurally. An old calendar date or a status label alone will not carry the answer.

Lawrence County Justice Calendar

Lawrence County Justice Court handles small civil claims, misdemeanor matters, preliminary felony proceedings, and traffic tickets outside a municipality. The court posts no public calendar or citation-search page. Call Justice Court Clerk Elizabeth Smith at 601-587-4854 to confirm a setting. Give the clerk the issuing agency, the citation, the court caption, and the judge post. That makes the matter easy to find.

Municipal citations follow a different track. Monticello, New Hebron, and Silver Creek each call for a municipal routing check before any Justice Court inquiry. Monticello runs an online payment channel. That page is no substitute for a court calendar or docket search. The Silver Creek court listing does not appear in the current municipal judge directory. So start with the town clerk or Justice Court. Do not assume the Monticello route fits.