Butte Court Docket Searches
Butte has no separate municipal docket portal of its own. Use the statewide JUSTICE one-time court case search to pull a Boyd County Court or Boyd District Court case record. Begin with a party name, never a witness name. Then match the court, case number, case type, filing date, caption, party role, and judge. A common name can drag in unrelated Boyd results. The court field matters before you read the Register of Actions.
JUSTICE covers Nebraska trial courts. It lags about 24 hours on new entries, returns no more than 30 cases, and holds results for three calendar days. It splits everything into Case Detail, Party Listing, Court Cost Information, payments, Register of Actions, and document images. Those labels keep you from reading a party or cost entry as the legal result. An image can help you read a filing, but it is not a certified copy.
- Use the citation, notice, or order to identify the court and case details.
- Search JUSTICE by party name and narrow with Boyd, year, court, or case type.
- Match the court, caption, case number, filing date, and party role.
- Read the Register of Actions and any public document image.
- Use the calendar and the correct Butte clerk route to confirm a current setting.
Butte Court Seat History
Butte's court-record setting grew straight out of its county-seat history. Per the official county history, an August 1, 1891 proclamation organized Boyd County, and Butte served first as the temporary county seat and then the permanent one. A two-room store building was hauled onto the courthouse grounds, a vault went in, and the courthouse was dedicated in fall 1904. The current courthouse dates to 1966. That timeline is records custody history, not a separate Butte court level. The Boyd County history page carries the full courthouse story.
That history explains why the county-seat record route runs through Butte. It does not change where any one docket sits. The court field still decides the record holder. County Court or District Court holds a given Butte case. Butte history describes the seat, not a separate court system.
Butte Municipal Court Basics
The heading matches a common search term, not a real Butte municipal court office. Butte is a village and the county seat. It is not its own state-court level. The village posts no separate municipal docket. There is no city citation portal, judge page, daily docket PDF, or remote-hearing link. Village ordinance and traffic matters travel the Boyd County Court path instead of a distinct Butte court database.
Because both clerks sit in the county seat, the two court systems can look like one. They are not. County Court and District Court have separate clerks and separate records paths. Route a Butte case by its court, case type, and procedural stage. Do not route it by where the matter arose or by the shared Butte address.
Butte Court Clerk Split
One shared courthouse does not mean one combined clerk in Butte. Kami Hooey keeps the Boyd County Court records at PO Box 396, Butte, NE 68722. The telephone there is 402-360-0814. Tracy Reiser keeps the Boyd District Court records at PO Box 26, Butte, NE 68722. That telephone is 402-775-2391. When you ask for a Butte record, give the court, the case number, the document name, and the date. The separate boxes and phone numbers trace the court-level split.
| Butte record path | Custodian | Typical route |
|---|---|---|
| County Court | Kami Hooey, PO Box 396, 402-360-0814 | Traffic, village ordinance, misdemeanor, small claims, probate, and felony preliminary-stage records. |
| District Court | Tracy Reiser, PO Box 26, 402-775-2391 | Felony record after bind-over, district civil, domestic-relations, and county-court appeal paths. |
The Boyd County Court and Boyd District Court contact pages carry the official clerk routes. A Butte preliminary hearing or a Butte appeal can force a search of both records. Both routes still meet at the Butte county seat.
Court Dates and Settings in Butte
For any Butte court date, read the citation, summons, newest notice, or signed order before anything else. Then open JUSTICE and find the Register of Actions. Check the latest hearing, notice, order, or reset. The public Court Calendar Search lets you pick County Court or District Court. Choose the Boyd path, and search by current or future date or by last name. One caution. A blank result does not always mean no date exists.
| Court choice | Select County Court for a traffic or ordinance case and District Court only when the actual record is district level. |
|---|---|
| Case number and caption | Use both to distinguish similar names and link the calendar result to the docket. |
| Date and time | Compare a calendar result with the newest notice or Register of Actions entry. |
| Location | The public calendar may provide a location; do not assign a courtroom, judge, or setting type that is not displayed. |
| Later action | A later continuance, reset, order, or clerk confirmation controls over an earlier Butte setting. |
A setting is scheduled activity, nothing more. A Butte trial, motion, plea, or sentencing label tells you nothing about what happened. If a Butte date is missing, changed, or urgent, call the clerk for the court named in the record.
Butte Court Record Products
A visit or request in Butte can chase three different products. The courthouse public terminal is covered by Article 8. It is for viewing lawful public electronic information during regular office hours. CC 3:29 covers a named filed document or a certified copy. CC 1:14 and the reporter or transcript route handle a hearing recording or transcript. One path never substitutes for another, even in the same case and courthouse.
| Butte request | What it supplies | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Public terminal | Lawful public court information for inspection | It does not promise unrestricted, sealed, or certified material. |
| CC 3:29 copy request | A named judgment, order, complaint, register, or certified copy choice | Name the court, case, document, date, and delivery or certification choice. |
| CC 1:14 and transcript route | Digital-audio request information or the separate transcript process | Audio is not the official transcript for an appeal. |
Pin down the exact record before you contact a clerk about a Butte document. A broad request for the whole Butte court file invites availability, archive, privacy, and cost questions. Asking for one specific Butte order or judgment avoids all of that.
Traffic Tickets in Butte
A ticket written in Butte lands in Boyd County Court, since the village runs no docket of its own. Keep the citation number handy. Hold onto the court date and any waiver instructions too. Pull up the case in JUSTICE, then check the Court Calendar to confirm an active setting, and call County Court if anything about the obligation seems unclear. Paying a Butte fine is its own transaction. A receipt cannot tell you that a court date moved, and it cannot fill gaps in the Register of Actions.
The citation stays your controlling document even when it mentions a waiver or payment option. A generic payment page is not evidence that Butte offers that waiver. For the fuller picture of how court records differ from payments, see the county-wide Traffic Tickets page.
Financial entries, settings, and later court actions can all sit inside one traffic case. Court Cost Information splits costs and payments away from the event chronology. Before calling a ticket resolved, get the newest case entry, the citation, an order, or word from the clerk.
Butte Court Calendar Limits
Butte posts no separate daily docket PDF. There is no village citation lookup and no city calendar of its own. No warrant-amnesty notice or remote-hearing link exists either. Work the chain that does stand up. Start with the citation or order first, then JUSTICE, then the statewide calendar, then the right clerk. An eNotice or eService feature proves nothing about how a Butte hearing will be held. And Butte is the county seat. Do not assume its dates show up on a paper board or a village notice.
- Reset or continuance
- A later change to a setting. Find the most recent notice, order, calendar result, or clerk confirmation.
- Register of Actions
- The chronological docket history. It can explain why an earlier Butte calendar date is no longer current.
- Case Detail
- The public summary area. It may show high-level information but does not replace the court's controlling order.
A missing local calendar proves nothing. A Butte case can still have a setting even without a daily docket list. The calendar itself warns users to confirm anything in Butte whenever a missed date or a change of plans carries real consequences, so take that caution seriously.
Where Butte Cases Go
Where does a Butte case belong? Village ordinance and traffic matters go to Boyd County Court. Misdemeanors land there as well. A felony preliminary hearing can happen in County Court. The felony record then moves to Boyd District Court once bind-over occurs. District civil claims and ordinary domestic-relations cases stay in District Court. Sitting in the county seat makes all these buildings easy to reach. But convenience does not merge the courts or blend their separate dockets.
Record flow: Butte village ordinance or citation → Boyd County Court → Boyd District Court only for a verified bind-over, appeal, or district-level case.
See a preliminary hearing, transfer, or appeal tied to Butte? Search both records, not just one. The court name paired with the case number remains the reliable bridge linking the originating record to any later Butte courthouse file.
Butte Court Filing Context
For system context, the FY2025 Annual County Court Caseload Report lists countywide totals. It shows 121 adult filings and 3 juvenile filings for Boyd County Court. Those are countywide counts. They are not Butte village filings, and they cannot be split out for the county seat. The report offers no Butte municipal court total and no daily docket count. It says nothing about any single record's status. Treat the figures as background only. The live case record answers questions about an actual Butte matter.
Butte counted 286 residents in the 2020 Census POP100 table selected here. That population figure predicts nothing about case volume, and it gives you no basis for dividing the county report among villages.
Butte Court Record Access Rules
Nebraska public-record statutes and Judicial Branch court-access rules govern access to Butte court records. During ordinary office hours, the public can inspect or copy records. Redaction, sealing, juvenile rules, and other limits still apply. Sometimes a public index shows who is involved and how a Butte case unfolded. The image itself stays unavailable or redacted. A missing image never proves a file is gone. Likewise, a public terminal does not open a sealed record to view.
Access rules: Neb. Rev. Stat. §84-712 covers public-record inspection and copies. Article 8 covers public court-record access and courthouse terminals. Court Rule §2-215 addresses public electronic records and trial-clerk access.
If a Butte record is withheld, ask the clerk which statute or court rule supports that call. Request a public or separable version when one exists. Protected personal information, exhibits, juvenile material, and sealed Butte records may each follow a different procedure.
Butte Court Counter Caution
The county home page lists general courthouse hours of 8:15 to 4:00, yet those building hours do not guarantee every clerk counter handles every request the whole time. The Judicial Branch publishes County Court office schedules separately. Verify the court, the office, the weekday, holiday status, and your record need before driving over. Butte publishes no visitor security, parking, floor, counter, accessibility, or same-day copy details.
Need a current docket? A Butte courthouse public terminal is the practical fallback during regular office hours. For a certified Butte order or judgment, use the focused CC 3:29 request route. Hearing audio or a transcript runs through the separate CC 1:14 and reporter process. The Case Lookup page can pin down the case number before you approach a clerk or file a records request.