How to Search the Douglass Court Docket
Start with the citation or notice in hand. The official Municipal Court page lays out the schedule, clerk contact, payment channels, and appeal route.
- Identify Douglass Municipal Court on the notice.
- Record the citation number, name, and listed date.
- Check the current monthly schedule and holiday note.
- Call the clerk when the date or portal result is unclear.
- Use Kansas CaseSearch for a Butler District Court case or appeal.
District records that never reach the web can still be pulled at the courthouse terminal, the Butler clerk counter, or through a written request. For the original municipal file, the city clerk is the fallback.
Douglass First-Wednesday Schedule
Douglass court normally falls on the first Wednesday of each month. Sessions start at 3:30 p.m. Holidays can shift that. The city asks people to confirm the date by calling 316-747-2109. That call matters. A monthly pattern is not an individual court order.
Follow the newest notice you have. If a holiday or a continuance moves the session, the replacement date governs. A calendar change never dismisses the case or lifts the duty to appear.
The Douglass Municipal Court
Douglass Municipal Court hears traffic, city ordinance, and misdemeanor matters. No juries sit there; a judge decides every case. District felonies, ordinary civil suits, domestic matters, probate, and juvenile cases all start elsewhere.
The court runs through City Hall at 322 S. Forrest, Douglass, Kansas 67039, phone 316-747-2109. Hours run Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Friday hours are 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. Mya Godinez serves as court clerk and can be reached at mgodinez@cityofdouglassks.com. The governing-officials page lists Judge William Muret.
Douglass Clerk and Code Sources
The city page is the straight route to court dates and payment instructions, and the official page posts them.
When the monthly calendar or the payment portal cannot answer a question about one case, the clerk can name the active setting.
Douglass Court Dates and Settings
Pair the first-Wednesday pattern with the exact date printed on your citation. Call if a holiday sits near the session or if a later order shows up. The notice controls, not a general web statement.
| Date | The citation date or latest court order. |
|---|---|
| Time | Normally 3:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday. |
| Location | Douglass City Hall unless the court directs otherwise. |
| Judge | The current municipal judge assigned by the city. |
| Setting type | Appearance, plea, trial, sentencing, or compliance event. |
A reset moves the event. Confirm it with the clerk.
Douglass Current Court Cost
The current municipal code sets court cost at $85.50. An older official PDF listed $96, and that figure should stay retired. Amendments and case-specific sums can move the total, so check the current code and any live notice before paying.
The current court chapter carries the governing provisions.
This conflict shows why the source date matters more than a saved brochure.
Douglass Traffic Tickets
A city traffic ticket normally stays inside Douglass Municipal Court. Payment goes through by phone, in person, by mail, or through the linked card portal when the charge qualifies. The portal offers no stable name-search field.
Paying a ticket is not a docket search. Contesting it means following the appearance and plea route. If the portal cannot find the matter, call the clerk. Do not assume the charge vanished. District traffic matters run through the Butler County traffic court records channels.
Douglass NexBill and Clerk
The linked NexBill Pay Court Portal handles money, while the clerk keeps the municipal record. Use the portal for a known eligible balance. For dates, plea status, continuances, copies, or a missing result, use the clerk.
| Channel | What it answers |
|---|---|
| NexBill Pay | Whether an eligible transaction can be submitted. |
| City clerk | Municipal setting, status, record, and payment questions. |
| Kansas CaseSearch | Public Butler District Court Events. |
Keep the citation number ready for each contact.
Where Douglass Cases End Up
A municipal appeal travels from Douglass Municipal Court to Butler County District Court. The city page describes a district filing fee and reimbursement if the appeal overturns the municipal result. Confirm the current amount and deadline before you file.
Docket flow: Douglass Municipal Court › Butler County Courts › Kansas District Court
The city keeps the original case, the Butler clerk keeps the appeal, and other district matters never pass through municipal court at all.
Douglass Code Stays Current
The official Douglass code portal states that it is current through Ordinance 940, adopted March 11, 2026. That makes it the strongest layer to cite for municipal provisions in force today. The official code portal posts the full text.
Even so, confirm any live fee or deadline with the court itself, because a case order can carry more specific terms.
Public Access to Douglass Court Records
Ask the Douglass clerk for a city file using the citation or case number, a name, and a date range. Say whether you want inspection or copies. District matters and appeals go to the Butler clerk.
Restricted details may be withheld or redacted, and the city publishes no annual count of municipal cases.
Douglass Court Officials Source
The official governing-officials page identifies current public officials.
Check the judge or clerk against that current page rather than an old brochure.
Douglass Monthly Docket Checks
Douglass Municipal Court runs on a first-Wednesday pattern. Treat that as a planning rule, not a personal order. Sessions normally start at 3:30 p.m., and a holiday can shift the monthly date. Call 316-747-2109 with your citation number in hand. Ask the clerk to repeat the date, time, and location. If the notice and the pattern disagree, the newest instruction controls, so never guess.
The city page names Mya Godinez as clerk and lists mgodinez@cityofdouglassks.com. City Hall sits at 322 S. Forrest. Doors open Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Friday hours run 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. Contacting the clerk directly matters here. Douglass posts no public case-by-name search or Events viewer for city matters. The clerk is the working route into the municipal docket.
NexBill answers a payment question, not a history question. Use it only when the notice permits pre-court payment and you can match a known balance. A payment never establishes a plea, continuance, judgment, or appeal. And a failed result does not mean the citation disappeared. Treat the payment account and the municipal docket as different records. Both may carry the same citation number.
Douglass accepts listed payments in person, by mail, by phone, or through its card portal where allowed. Ask whether a service charge applies. Ask whether the amount is current and whether appearance is still required. Keep the receipt.
The current official code is the stronger fee source. It runs through Ordinance 940, adopted March 11, 2026. That code lists an $85.50 court cost for applicable categories. An older official trial PDF shows $96. Do not present that old sum as current beside the code figure. Verify the live total, since amendments and case orders can be more specific.
Make any request precise. Name the citation, hearing, judgment, or date range, and say whether you want inspection or copies. Douglass publishes no certified-copy fee sheet, so assume no price and no turnaround. Restricted details may be redacted. The city posts no annual caseload count either, and the monthly schedule cannot be converted into one.
An appeal creates a Butler District Court record with a new custodian and number. Douglass keeps the city file. The Butler clerk keeps the appeal, whose public Events may appear in Kansas CaseSearch. Felony, civil, domestic, probate, and juvenile cases start at the district level. Those cases skip Douglass Municipal Court entirely.
The municipal court hears traffic, city ordinance, and misdemeanor matters without a jury. Don't enter a city citation into Kansas CaseSearch unless an appeal or another district filing created a county case. Don't send a Butler felony or civil case to the Douglass payment portal either. The court name on the notice is your first routing clue.
If payment is permitted, copy the citation number and current amount exactly. Ask the clerk whether phone, mail, counter, or card payment fits the matter. Save the receipt with the notice. Even so, the municipal docket is where plea, setting, judgment, and compliance entries live. A receipt cannot show that every court duty ended.
The code and the city page play separate roles. The code supplies jurisdiction, costs, clerk duties, and officials. The court page supplies monthly timing, the holiday warning, payment channels, clerk contact, and the appeal explanation. Neither is a public case register. A case-specific answer still comes from the clerk and the notice.
For a city record, email or call Mya Godinez with a narrow request. Name the citation, hearing, or judgment, and state whether you need inspection or copies. For a district appeal, go to the Butler clerk with the new district number. That split keeps you from asking one office to produce a file the other maintains.
Douglass publishes no certified-copy price or production timetable. Ask the current clerk what form of copy can be issued and what charge applies before sending payment. Specific requests get routed faster than broad name lists. Confirm the current record with Douglass.