Walthall County Criminal Docket Searches
For Walthall Circuit Court cases filed electronically, start at the public arm of Mississippi Electronic Courts. It is known as PAMEC. That system covers the Circuit docket only. It is not one Walthall search engine for every criminal matter. The Fourteenth Circuit Court information page gives Walthall's MEC go-live date as February 8, 2021. Older cases may still call for a trip to the clerk's office or a docket search there in person.
Bring the case number if you have it. Without one, keep the person's exact spelling. Also bring the rough year, the case type, and whatever court is named on the paperwork. The unauthenticated PAMEC pages do not display the live field labels for party-name or case-number searches. Confirm the available controls after you sign in rather than guessing at a format.
- Open PAMEC and register for the public, non-attorney account if needed.
- Select the participating Fourteenth Circuit and Walthall case context when the account provides that choice.
- Use the case number first, or use the available party and court information to narrow the result.
- Open the matching docket sheet and read the newest dated setting, order, or status entry.
- Ask the maintaining clerk for a certified copy or an older paper record when the electronic result is incomplete.
Walthall Criminal Dockets Through PAMEC
PAMEC's public login page is where electronic access begins. A public account needs registration and a $10 annual fee. The public terms also set a $0.20 charge for each page a search returns. That applies even to a one-page no-match result. Public users get read-only access; the court-specific MEC filer login is a separate role entirely.
Registering opens a door, not a full library. Some documents stay restricted or chargeable. Read the docket sheet apart from its document links, jot down the case number and visible dates, and turn to the Circuit Clerk when a document is restricted, missing, or needed as a certified copy.
PAMEC is just one Walthall channel for a Circuit case. Dan Hawn's Circuit Clerk office holds older paper material. A Walthall public terminal works during regular hours. You can also phone in with the case year and type, or mail a written request for the particular docket or document.
Criminal Dockets: What They Show
Think of a Walthall criminal docket as a dated timeline. When items are publicly visible, it can show the court, filing date, case style, parties, dated filings, hearing settings, orders, plea activity, and a later disposition. An entry proves something was filed or set. It does not hand you the full text or legal effect of a document.
| Case number | The court-assigned identifier. No public Walthall-specific criminal format was located, so retain the number exactly as shown rather than inventing a YYYY-CR-##### pattern. |
|---|---|
| Case header | The court, filing date, case style, judge, case type, and current status when the public view displays them. |
| Charge and stage | A charging entry, indictment, information, arraignment, pretrial event, plea, trial setting, or sentencing entry may appear by date. |
| Settings | The date, time, location or courtroom, judge, and setting type only if the case view or notice makes those details public. |
| Documents and result | Links or references to orders, judgments, and other filings may be chargeable, restricted, sealed, or available at the clerk's office. |
Walthall Criminal Dockets From Justice to Circuit
A Walthall criminal record can begin outside the Circuit docket. Justice Court handles misdemeanors within its authority, traffic cases outside the municipalities, initial felony appearances, bond, and preliminary hearings. When a preliminary matter is later marked BOUND OVER, it moves to the Circuit Court felony docket after the proper charging step.
- BOUND OVER
- A Justice Court felony matter referred onward for Circuit Court handling after the preliminary stage.
- Arraignment Pending
- A system flag showing an unresolved arraignment stage, not proof that a person failed to appear.
- Trial Pending
- A trial-related event remains in the system. It is not a verdict or final disposition.
Keep the court name attached to the case number. The later Circuit record never erases the earlier Justice Court record. And a county address alone tells you nothing about which court currently holds the docket.
Criminal Case Stages on the Docket
A Walthall criminal docket often opens with a charging entry: a complaint, information, indictment, or similar filing. Justice Court may then show the initial appearance, bond, or preliminary hearing. In Circuit, the case can pick up arraignment, motions, pretrial settings, a plea or trial setting, judgment, and sentencing. Later entries might include a cost bill, appeal notice, or closure.
Docket flow: charging entry › initial appearance or preliminary stage › arraignment › pretrial settings › plea or trial › disposition and sentencing.
Read the dates on their own terms. A plea entry and a sentencing date are not always the same event. A “CLOSED” flag also says less than the dated disposition or signed order that explains how the case actually ended.
Walthall Criminal Docket Status Flags
The Fourteenth Circuit's MEC information page lists system flags. Examples include Capias Pending, Bench Warrant Issued/Returned, Pretrial Interv Pending, COST_BILL, Partial_Pmt, Pending_Fee, APPEAL, SEALED, and CLOSED. Treat these as reading clues, not a Walthall codebook. No flag alone is a final outcome; check the dated entry or signed order. The Fourteenth Circuit MEC login notice adds a warning. A “no permission” message can mean a document is restricted to attorneys of record.
Take Capias Pending. That flag marks a capias-related matter, not a disposition. A returned bench-warrant event likewise leaves the final result unexplained. For the current legal effect of any criminal entry, contact the clerk or a licensed attorney.
Walthall County Criminal Docket Courts
Walthall County Circuit Court, part of the Fourteenth Circuit Court District in the 2026 materials, keeps the main felony docket through Circuit Clerk Dan Hawn at 601-876-5677. For Justice Court criminal and preliminary proceedings, go through Justice Court Clerk LaShanda Magee at 601-876-2311, located at 808 Magnolia Avenue. These are separate access channels, even when a matter later moves between court levels.
| Court path | Criminal docket role | Practical contact route |
|---|---|---|
| Circuit Court | Felony prosecutions and the primary felony docket after indictment, information, or bind-over. | PAMEC where participating, Circuit counter or terminal, phone, or a focused written request. |
| Justice Court | Misdemeanors within its authority, initial felony proceedings, bond, and preliminary hearings. | Use the case or citation number with the Justice Court clerk and counter. |
| Tylertown Municipal Court | City ordinance, municipal traffic, and municipal misdemeanor matters. | Use the ticket and municipal contact at 601-876-5121; no official online city criminal docket was located. |
Walthall Criminal Dockets and Federal Cases
Some Walthall cases end up in federal court. Those files live outside the county Circuit docket entirely. Walthall County sits in the Hattiesburg/Eastern Division of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. Searching PACER's specific-court search is the right move for those files. Its nationwide Case Locator works too. PAMEC will not carry them. The Southern District's divisional county listing shows which federal division covers Walthall.
Treat the division listing as a routing tool. It is not a county criminal calendar. A Southern District conviction can be appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, while state criminal cases travel a separate Mississippi court path.
Access Rules for Criminal Dockets
Remote electronic access to nonrestricted criminal cases has limits under the MEC Administrative Procedures. Only PAMEC subscribers get it. Free public electronic access stays available at the clerk's office during regular hours. For a missing or older record, call the clerk. You can also visit the right counter or terminal, or mail a narrow written request. Identify the court and the case number or caption. Add the approximate year and the document you want. Say whether you need a plain, certified, or docket-only copy.
Ask the clerk for current search, copy, certification, mailing, and delivery charges instead of assuming a local rate. A court docket is not automatically certified. The Mississippi Public Records Act frames access to public-body records. Yet judicial rules, confidentiality, redaction, and a sealing order can each limit what a court file releases.
Access limits matter. A visible docket entry does not make its document image public, and a general records request does not override a seal or Youth Court confidentiality.
MEC Administrative Procedures, Section 7 describes subscriber remote access and free public electronic access at the clerk's office.
Mississippi Code Section 25-61-7 states the actual-cost fee principle for covered public-record requests.
Walthall Criminal Dockets and Youth Court Limits
Youth Court matters do not work like an ordinary public criminal-name search. Walthall has no listed county court. So the Chancery function handles Youth Court work. Mississippi law keeps Youth Court records confidential except as authorized. A name search can return nothing even when a confidential matter exists.
A result may be marked sealed or restricted. Keep the case number, date, and exact label. Then ask the maintaining clerk whether the item is restricted, sealed, outside the electronic range, or held on paper. No clerk can unseal a record on request alone. Verify the applicable court procedure and seek legal advice where needed.