New Augusta Court Docket Searches
No single public search covers every New Augusta case. So begin with the court level. The Circuit Clerk holds circuit civil cases, felonies, and appeals. Divorce, custody, probate, guardianship, and equity filings belong to the Chancery Clerk. Justice Court keeps county traffic outside the city limits. It also handles misdemeanors, preliminary matters, and small claims. A New Augusta ticket starts with the Municipal Court named on it, not with PAMEC.
For electronic Circuit and Chancery cases, Mississippi Electronic Courts and Public Access to MEC offer the online route where the service is in place. A public PAMEC account is read-only. It requires registration and carries an annual fee. City cases are different. The municipal court offers no online docket or citation-search form of its own.
- Read the court name, case number or citation number, and type of matter before choosing a New Augusta record source.
- Use PAMEC for a Circuit or Chancery electronic docket, or ask the court that appears on the citation about its current lookup route.
- Check the docket sheet for the case header, entries, settings, orders, and status rather than assuming a document image is available.
- Call the responsible New Augusta clerk if the case is missing, restricted, municipal, or not yet available in the electronic system.
- Request a plain or certified copy from the actual custodian after confirming the record, fee, payment method, and delivery route.
Note: PAMEC can locate a state-court docket, but it never substitutes for the original New Augusta municipal file.
New Augusta County-Seat Record Split
Sharing a county seat does not merge New Augusta's record systems. The State & County Officials directory lists the Circuit Clerk, Chancery Clerk, Justice Court Clerk, county offices, and the courthouse in New Augusta. Each office keeps its own docket stream. A request that just says county court record may hit the wrong counter. So name the court and the record type you want.
The Circuit Clerk holds circuit civil and felony-criminal records, judgment material, and lower-court appeals. The Chancery Clerk keeps estates, guardianships, conservatorships, divorces, custody, and adoptions. Property disputes and equity cases land there too. Justice Court runs its own lower-court docket. New Augusta Municipal Court handles city traffic, ordinance violations, and municipal misdemeanors. Federal cases travel a separate Hattiesburg route.
Inside the New Augusta Municipal Court
New Augusta Municipal Court is the first stop for a city citation or ordinance matter. Route the ticket to the Municipal Court or its clerk named on the citation. Being the county seat changes nothing here. A city case does not become a Circuit, Chancery, or Justice Court matter on its own. Docket questions, appearances, receipts, and certified copies must all be confirmed on the municipal side.
The city provides no online docket portal. There is no citation-search form or payment screen. No calendar, case-number format, fee schedule, or request form exists either. A 2020-2024 Mississippi municipal directory lists City Hall at P.O. Box 401, New Augusta, MS 39462-0401, phone 601-964-3710, and fax 601-964-3719. That listing does not confirm a current clerk. It says nothing about a judge or procedure either.
Note: Confirm the current municipal court contact. Use the citation or the town office before sending any request.
New Augusta City Court Contact Gap
Start by rereading the citation itself. Use the court name and contact printed there. Ask whether the municipal clerk, City Hall, or another city office holds the file. The official flood-map index places New Augusta City Hall at 102 Second Street. That address alone does not tell you where the court file sits or how payment works.
When you call, ask for the court name, citation or case number, date, the record you need, copy type, fee, payment method, and delivery option. New Augusta publishes no municipal fee, response time, or preferred request channel. So never assume a county clerk fee applies. A PAMEC charge does not fit a city file either.
New Augusta city-file check: A municipal ticket remains a city-court matter unless the citation, municipal clerk, or later appeal identifies a different court. The courthouse clerks should not receive a city request without that direction.
Finding New Augusta Court Dates
Confirm any New Augusta court date with the court that owns the case. The county Events page is not proof of a city hearing. For a municipal matter, use the citation date. Then call the issuing court. For Circuit or Chancery cases, PAMEC and the responsible clerk provide the state-court route. A setting request is just a request. It stands only once the court administrator acts on it.
| Case or citation number | Use the identifier printed on the case paper or citation; New Augusta municipal format was not published. |
|---|---|
| Named court | Distinguishes Municipal Court, Justice Court, Circuit Court, or Chancery Court. |
| Appearance or setting | Use the citation or latest court notice, then confirm a changed date with the owner of the docket. |
| Setting type | A docket can identify a hearing, motion, trial, plea, arraignment, continuance, or other court event. |
| Status | Ask whether the case is pending, reset, disposed, restricted, or transferred. |
For New Augusta Chancery dates, the Tenth Chancery District lets you select Perry in its setting forms for trial, probate, ex parte, and Rule 81 matters. Circuit criminal dates run through the Twelfth Circuit's Hattiesburg-based court administrator. Both channels cover state-court dockets only, not a city-ticket calendar.
New Augusta’s One-Address Problem
Everything starts at the courthouse on 103 South Main Street in New Augusta. That one public building houses separate clerks for separate courts. There is no single counter for Perry County records. Call the Circuit Clerk's office at 601-964-8663. That number comes from the 2026 directory listing. The county page adds 601-964-3398 and a fax line at 601-964-8740. Chancery Clerk Larry Wilson answers at 601-964-8398. Justice Court runs its mail through P.O. Box 455, where Teresa Watford can be reached at 601-964-8366.
City Hall is a different building entirely. A New Augusta municipal ticket should not go to the Circuit, Chancery, or Justice clerk unless the citation itself or the municipal clerk says otherwise. So much shares the New Augusta address. The court named on your paper, not the building, decides which clerk holds the court record you need.
New Augusta Court Record Routing
Courthouse: 103 South Main Street for Circuit and Chancery record inquiries
Circuit Clerk: 601-964-8663; county page also lists 601-964-3398
Chancery Clerk: 601-964-8398
Justice Court Clerk: 601-964-8366
New Augusta Traffic Ticket Lookups
The citation itself carries the fields you need for a New Augusta ticket lookup. Look for the citation number, the issuing court, the issuing agency, and the appearance date. No citation format is published. Read the paper in hand. Whichever court is printed there decides whether the city Municipal Court or Perry Justice Court keeps the first file. The Mississippi Department of Public Safety sends citation and contest questions to the court in the jurisdiction of issuance. Printed contact information sits on the bottom of the citation.
| New Augusta ticket field | What the public source establishes |
|---|---|
| Citation number | Printed on the ticket; local format not located. |
| Issuing court | Read it from the citation to distinguish Municipal Court, Justice Court, or a later Circuit case. |
| Issuing agency | Helps the responsible clerk locate the file. |
| Appearance date | Controls the response date; no general New Augusta deadline was published. |
| Online lookup | No official New Augusta municipal citation form was located. |
The city posts no online lookup or payment route for New Augusta municipal traffic. Once you know the issuing court, the Perry County traffic court records page explains the split between a court's ticket file and the separate state licensing record.
New Augusta Ticket and Justice Court Split
A traffic ticket written inside New Augusta goes to the city court named on the citation. Tickets written outside the city limits go to Perry Justice Court instead. That split matters. The same Justice Court docket also carries county misdemeanor, preliminary, and small-claims cases. A city court file starts under municipal authority. Even when a state or local officer wrote the ticket, the court line on the citation controls which clerk holds the record. Both routes sit inside Perry County. The court line still controls.
If a New Augusta citation will not come up in a case lookup, reread that court line. Call the city contact or the court named on the ticket. Ask whether the matter is municipal or Justice Court. For county-level traffic, Justice Clerk Teresa Watford is the contact. Reach for Circuit, Chancery, or PAMEC only if the case has actually been filed at that level. The city sets no universal payment deadline, course option, or failure-to-appear procedure. The printed citation and the named clerk govern.
Note: Paying or contesting a New Augusta ticket depends on the printed citation and the named clerk. A generic county deadline does not govern.
How New Augusta Cases Reach the County
Not every New Augusta case stays municipal. Felonies and major Circuit civil matters move up to Circuit Court. Divorce, custody, probate, guardianship, and equity land in Chancery Court. Justice Court keeps the lower-level county work already described. An appeal can open a higher-court docket. The original file stays with the original clerk. The Circuit system marks the new case with a flag such as Municipal Court Appeal or Justice Court Appeal so you can spot it.
Docket flow: New Augusta Municipal Court → Perry County Justice or Circuit Court when the case route requires it → Mississippi Court of Appeals and Mississippi Supreme Court when an appeal reaches that level. For a New Augusta county-level file, the Perry County docket search route helps choose PAMEC, the clerk counter, or a lower-court clerk.
The Eastern Division Hattiesburg courthouse page identifies the separate federal location for Perry County.
The federal courthouse in Hattiesburg plays no part in the New Augusta county docket, the municipal court records, or any clerk counter route in Perry County.
New Augusta Circuit and Chancery Search
PAMEC is the public, read-only layer for eligible Circuit and Chancery electronic records. A Non-Attorney public user registers and accepts the MEC terms. The user pays the $10 annual fee. No current unauthenticated search fields are open. Gather the party name, case number, filing year, court, and case type before you begin.
A docket sheet lists filings, settings, orders, pleas, judgments, and other actions. It is not certified. Some documents stay restricted or reach nonparties only at the clerk's office. A New Augusta municipal file sits outside PAMEC unless a higher-court case pulls it in. MEC CourtInfo lists Perry Court public viewing hours. They run 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For a federal comparison, the Southern District court site explains PACER and CM/ECF access.
PACER is separate from PAMEC. Confirm the New Augusta certified-copy fee and request route with the proper clerk before sending payment.
Who Can See New Augusta Court Records
Public access in New Augusta depends on the court and the record. One office does not control it. Start with the clerk or court holding the public file. Circuit and Chancery docket sheets may be available through PAMEC after registration. MEC procedures offer a courthouse viewing route during regular hours. A public docket is not a certification. For a plain, certified, or exemplified copy, ask the office holding the record. Confirm the exact fee before paying.
New Augusta access rules:
Mississippi Supreme Court public-records policy supports openness and availability of judiciary records, subject to applicable restrictions.
Miss. Code §25-61-2 states the Public Records Act policy of inspection unless an exemption applies.
Miss. Code §25-61-5 addresses written requests, timing, and denials where the statute applies.
MEC Administrative Procedures address public electronic access, redaction, and restricted documents.
Juvenile, sealed, expunged, restricted family, domestic-abuse, and protected-identifier material may not show up as ordinary public documents in New Augusta. A restricted docket sheet can still appear even when remote document images are limited. Ask the responsible New Augusta clerk about current status instead of treating an online absence as the final word.
New Augusta Appeals Create Two Files
A New Augusta municipal appeal can open a higher-court docket. It never replaces the original municipal file. The same goes for Justice Court. An appeal there can reach Circuit Court, where the Circuit Clerk keeps the appeal record. Header details and docket flags help identify the new case. The lower-court citation, order, receipt, or certified copy is different. The original city or Justice clerk remains the source.
For bankruptcy matters, the Southern District Bankruptcy Court locations page lists Hattiesburg as a hearings-only location.
Hold onto two numbers when a New Augusta case goes up on appeal. One is the original case or citation number. The other is the number the Circuit Court assigns later. Bankruptcy takes a different path entirely. That kind of file moves through its own federal route, untouched by the county docket. If the appeal shows up in MEC, read the new docket from oldest to newest. Then confirm the latest setting with the clerk or administrator who handles it.
New Augusta Federal Records Boundary
New Augusta dockets do not reach into federal court. Perry County sits inside the Southern District of Mississippi’s Eastern Division, and that is a separate system entirely. The U.S. Attorney’s Southern District overview spells out how that federal side works.
Federal cases never land in a New Augusta docket. The Southern District county listing places Perry in the Eastern Division.
The division listing separates federal files from New Augusta courthouse clerk records.