Civil Docket Entries

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What is Civil Docket Entries?

The Clerk of Courts enters each document that is filed by a party in a civil case in the public docket of the case so that a date and the nature of the item filed may be readily accessed or investigated by an examination of the docket pertaining to the case.

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