The Monroe County Court Calendar
No single calendar answers every Monroe County court-date question. Circuit Court calendars cover felony criminal matters, general civil cases, and appeals from lower courts. Chancery runs a separate clerk. It uses the MEC court system for equity, domestic, probate, guardianship, commitment, and related matters. Justice Court and the municipal courts keep their own settings too. Check the court named on the summons, citation, bond paper, order, or case notice. Do not assume a date sits on the Circuit calendar. Criminal terms fall in February, June, and October. Monroe's grand jury convenes three times yearly as the court calendar sets. A term is a broad scheduling block. It is not a personal hearing date. Circuit civil matters can be set in vacation terms by special setting. Look past the term month alone. The court's date, time, judge, setting type, and any later order tell you far more. The district's 2024 calendar PDF shows one dated format model. It lists motion days, trial terms, special settings, judge and county listings, and a 9 a.m. start where stated. It is not a current 2026 calendar. It cannot establish the status of a Monroe County case today.
Monroe County Court Calendar Access
Calendars in this district do not sit open on the web. The First Circuit Court district site has calendar pages, trial-date requests, jury information, and local rules. A registered username and password are required, its notice says. Anonymous browsing of a live Circuit calendar is off the table. Two state systems help. Mississippi Electronic Courts and Public Access to MEC give read-only docket viewing for adopted courts once you register an account, with limits tied to each court's coverage.
Need a current Monroe County setting? The Circuit Clerk contact page routes you to the clerk by phone, counter, mail, or fax. The courthouse sits at 301 S Chestnut Street in Aberdeen. The clerk's office keeps weekday hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. It closes on legal holidays. Call ahead. Ask whether the docket, the calendar, an archived file, or a court-office contact is the right source for your date.
The Circuit Clerk contact page links a Monroe County court-calendar question to the local office that can confirm a Circuit setting. Note: A remote docket entry can identify a setting, but confirm any current date with the court or the responsible attorney when a reset or cancellation is possible.
How to Find Your Court Date
A court date is more than a day on a calendar. Keep the court name. Keep the case or citation number, the party name or caption where lawfully appropriate, and the last notice you received. These details let the clerk pull the right record fast. They also prevent mix-ups. A Circuit, Chancery, Justice, or municipal setting could otherwise be confused with another Monroe County matter.
- For a Circuit case, use the registered First Circuit calendar or MEC/PAMEC route if access is available, then open the matching docket rather than relying on a search-result line.
- Call or visit the Monroe Circuit Clerk for a current Circuit setting, a special-setting question, a paper record, or confirmation of a remote result.
- For a Justice Court matter, call the Justice Court Clerk with the citation or case number; no public searchable Monroe Justice calendar was located.
- For a city citation or ordinance case, contact the municipal clerk for Aberdeen, Amory, Nettleton, Smithville, or Hatley because municipal dates are not part of one unified Monroe search.
- For Chancery, contact the Chancery Clerk about a setting, and ask the responsible attorney or court to confirm any impending appearance.
Use the clerk's counter, telephone, mail, or fax channels where the proper court allows them. No universal court email request process exists, no daily Monroe County calendar is published, and no free statewide name-only calendar search is offered. A calendar or docket check never replaces a notice from the court itself.
Monroe County Court Calendar Sources
Location is a useful first filter. Monroe Circuit Court and the Circuit Clerk sit at 301 S Chestnut Street in Aberdeen. Monroe Chancery Court is at 201 W Commerce Street in Aberdeen. The Chancery Clerk's phone is 662-369-8143. Justice Court meets at the Monroe County Government Complex, 1619 Highland Drive in Amory. Its office follows a weekday schedule. It posts no public date-search interface. Municipal schedules run court by court. Amory's court FAQ says court begins promptly at 5:00 p.m. Nettleton's clerk page says court is held the last Friday of each month. It starts at 1:00 p.m. in the Board Room at City Hall. Those are local patterns. They can change, and they are not universal dates for every municipal case. Aberdeen and Hatley publish no scheduling details. Their clerks or directory contacts are the safer route. The First Circuit courthouse locations page is the official source for the Monroe Circuit courthouse listing. It also carries clerk contact information.
The courthouse-location page helps separate the Monroe County Circuit calendar route from Chancery, Justice, municipal, and federal court settings.
Reading a Court Setting
A court setting is a scheduled event, nothing more. Read the fields as a group. The court and case number tell you which matter the Monroe County docket entry belongs to. The date and time show when it is set, and the setting type names the activity, whether that is an arraignment, motion, hearing, pretrial event, or trial. A courtroom may be listed. Room numbers are not always published, though, so a calendar or remote screen can stay silent on that detail.
Older calendar files still help you learn the layout. Just remember that a newer docket entry or clerk confirmation controls once a setting has changed. Handle captions and calendar lists with care too. Never reuse minor identifiers, home addresses, or other sensitive case information pulled from a posted schedule.
| Date | The calendar day assigned to the event. It can change by order, continuance, or reset. |
|---|---|
| Time | May show docket call, a motion-day start, or an individual setting time. Confirm the meaning with the court. |
| Court and judge | Identifies the Monroe court and presiding judge or division when the calendar provides it. |
| Courtroom | May identify a room, floor, or building. If absent, ask the clerk before appearing. |
| Setting type | Explains the scheduled event, such as arraignment, pretrial, motion, hearing, trial, or special setting. |
Monroe County Court Calendar Terms
Short calendar labels can mean very different things. A dated list of scheduled cases does not tell you whether an appearance actually happened, whether an order was entered, or whether the matter was disposed. For the current procedural status, you need the court's latest docket entry.
- Scheduled
- An event is placed on the court calendar. It does not mean the court has ruled.
- Continued
- The setting has been moved or delayed. Check the later docket entry for the replacement date.
- Reset
- A setting has been taken off one date and assigned another date or future scheduling action.
- Vacated
- The listed setting has been canceled. A new setting may or may not be shown immediately.
- Taken under advisement
- The court has the matter under consideration. It is different from a final disposition.
Monroe Circuit's visible MEC vocabulary also includes Arraignment Pending, Plea Pending, Trial Pending, and Sentence Pending. Treat these workflow flags as prompts for a clerk question. They do not replace the order or docket event that explains the court action.
Resets, Continuances, and Cancellations
A continuance, reset, or cancellation has many sources. It can come from a court order, a scheduling conflict, a motion, a case-management need, or some other court action. Monroe's 2024 Circuit calendar is a historical structure. It does not prove a current setting still stands. A case can stay on a docket after one setting changes. A replacement date can show up later than the older calendar entry.
For Circuit civil special or vacation settings, Monroe Circuit Court information is clear. Available dates come from the district Court Administrator. Include the case number and judge initials. Add the requested setting type, estimated time, and opposing-counsel or party information as applicable. In a criminal case, a term month never substitutes for the individual date. After any change, the reliable checks are clerk confirmation and the latest docket entry.
Monroe County Court Calendar Updates
The most common calendar mistake is treating an old document as a live court status. The official 2024 First Circuit calendar PDF is useful for learning how calendar information is formatted. It covers terms, motion days, judge assignments, and special settings. Keep its date visible. Use it as an example only with that date in mind.
The Mississippi Judicial Directory and Court Calendar hub is a current official aid for court contacts and directory information. It does not replace a case-specific setting. Annual court statistics work the same way. They describe past aggregate activity, never an individual hearing. Pull the case docket or call the right clerk when the date matters now.
Note: A calendar list answers when a matter was scheduled, while the latest docket, order, or clerk confirmation answers whether that setting remains in effect.
What To Do If You Miss a Setting
Act promptly if a Monroe County appearance was missed. Find the notice, citation, or case number and identify the court. Then contact the responsible attorney. The clerk or court can give current instructions. Monroe Circuit's official information gives direction. People with a missed appearance question should contact the responsible attorney and appear on the first day of the term. That operational direction does not guarantee the status of any individual case.
Never infer the result from an old calendar, a payment receipt, or a status label. A missed Circuit, Justice, municipal, or Chancery setting can follow different procedures. Ask the court whether a new setting, appearance, order, or other step is required. Seek legal advice for an individual case decision.
Missed setting. Contact the responsible court, clerk, and attorney promptly rather than relying on a past calendar entry.
A Monroe County court date can move, and only the latest docket entry, court notice, or clerk confirmation can establish the current setting.
Monroe County Court Calendar Visits
Call first when an in-person calendar or clerk check is necessary. Ask about record availability, archive retrieval, security rules, payment methods, and holiday closures. Bring the case or citation number plus the court name. The Circuit Clerk's main office sits on the first floor of the Circuit courthouse. The courtroom office is on the second floor. Chancery, Justice, and municipal courts keep separate locations and practices.
The official Monroe jury page lists courthouse restrictions. No purses, briefcases, packages, cell phones, cameras, drinks, recording devices, weapons, heavy jewelry, or shorts. Those are access precautions, not docket-search rules. Confirm them before travel, since security procedures can change.
The jury page offers one practical reminder for a Monroe County court-calendar visit. Courthouse access rules are not case-status information, so check the clerk before you go.