Jackson County, MO, court to confiscate and destroy cell phones

The court security folks in the Jackson County, Missouri courts have a new rule that you need to know about if you have a court date either in Independence or Kansas City.

If you take your cell phone to the courthouse with you, the security personnel will confiscate your phone AND DESTROY IT. Yup, that's right. The word from the sheriff's department folks is that you WILL NOT have your phone returned to you. If it is confiscated at the door of the courthouse, THEY WILL DESTROY IT along with all other banned or prohibited items.

The sheriff won't say when the rule comes into effect - but the boxes are at the security stations now. In fact, all you lawyers who don't have current Kansas City Missouri bar cards - your phones are getting confiscated and destroyed too.

Missouri case access site back up after fire

CaseNet is now back up and running. Good job to the court administrator. We all rely on you guys.

Keep track of your Missouri case on CaseNet

If you are wondering what's happening on your Missouri case, the court has made it really simple to find out.

Every case that has been filed in Missouri, except municipal court cases and cases that are sealed, can be tracked on a system called CaseNet. Paternity cases, that is, cases involving children where the parents are unmarried, are sealed and cannot be tracked on CaseNet.

For other cases, you can find out when your next court date is and you can find out what court documents have been filed.

Access to CaseNet is a free service of the Missouri courts.

You can access CaseNet by clicking here.