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Adult Probation
The Delaware County Adult Probation Office serves the five Circuit Courts of Delaware County.
There are currently eleven probation officers including the Chief and the Assistant Chief.
Our Office is located on the third floor of the Delaware County Building
Probation fees can be paid at our Office with money order. You can also pay by credit card by calling 1-888-604-7888. You will need the pay location number (5069) and your probation id number to make credit card payments.
INDIANA PROBATION MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of probation is to provide necessary services to the offender toward reducing criminal/delinquent behavior while balancing the needs and enduring safety of the community. Probation is a profession that requires fundamental knowledge of the law, sentencing alternatives, human services, and community protection.
Auditor
The County Auditor is responsible for calculating the property tax rate and assisting taxpayers with deductions and exemptions. The County Auditor also administers the county tax sale and property transfers.
Other responsibilities include coordinating TIF and tax abatements for businesses and personal property owners and overseeing the county payroll, budget and finances. The County Auditor is also responsible for the recording secretary for the County Commissioners and County Council.
Clerk of the Courts
Rick Spangler
The Clerk of the Circuit Courts is a county elected official who serves as an officer of the court and the manager of court information.
The Clerk administers the official court records for all trial court cases with jurisdiction in Delaware County, prepares the permanent historical records for the courts, processes and issues various documents for court cases.
As a member of the Election Board, the Clerk oversees, conducts and certifies the results for all federal, state, county, township, municipal, special, and school board elections.
Our Duties:
Receipt filing fees, fines and costs for all court cases
Collect and disburses Child Support payments
Collect court costs and disburse judgment monies
Process marriage applications and issue marriage licenses
File and process new cases for Civil, Criminal, Family Relations, Probate and Small Claims Divisions
Issue various court documents including arrest warrants, commitments, jailer's releases, protective orders, service of process and writs
Maintain the Judgment Docket and Record of Judgments and Orders
Oversee the maintenance and microfilming of court records
Thank you for visiting the Delaware County Assessor's Home Page. I hope that this new site helps you with all of your assessing questions and needs. There are fact sheets about assessing, downloadable forms, as well as contact information for your local assessing official. Please look our site over and make suggestions on things you would like to see.
The County Assessors Office is responsible for assessing of all real and personal property within Delaware County. The County Assessor shall keep the assessment data and records current by securing the necessary field data and making changes in the assessed value of real property as changes occur in its use. The assessment of property is in accordance with the rules of the State Board of Tax Commissioners. Assessing officials must follow the rules of the State Board of Tax Commissioners in making any assessment or reassessment of real property.
In addition, the County Assessor provides the following services:
Keep information on residential & commercial property;
Provide all forms for filing of personal property;
Locating owners of properties;
Assist in variances for people doing additions to property;
Provide tax identification numbers; and
Keep plat maps current with deed changes.
Delaware County Circuit Court System
Delaware County CASA
Commissioners
The Board of Commissioners of Delaware County consists of three elected people who serve together much like a city mayor but do so primarily over the unincorporated areas of the County. The County Commissioners are responsible for the administration of County business and may enact ordinances and resolutions as established by state law. In addition to performing executive duties, the County Commissioners also exercise many of the legislative powers and duties of the county.
Welcome to the Delaware County Coroner's website. This site is designed to help you by providing important information if you are faced with the loss of a loved one. Here you will find answers to frequently asked questions such as:
What do I do now?
What does it mean when a case is pending?
How do I obtain a copy of the death certificate?
as well as other relevant information to assist you during a very difficult time.
It is the commitment of the Coroner's Office to serve the citizens of Delaware County through the performance of mandated functions pertaining to the deaths occurring within the County.
The County Coroner is an elected official with many responsibilities, the foremost being the oversight of the investigation and certification of a variety of deaths within the Coroner's jurisdiction for legal or public health interest. The Coroner is required by law, to determine the cause, circumstances and manner of death for cases found to under the Coroner's legal jurisdiction.
The Coroner's Office is staffed with and Office administrator, Chief Deputy Coroner and Deputy Coroner's to assist the Coroner with the various duties that befall the office and is done so with respect for the deceased and compassion for the families as they deal with the processes involved in bringing closure to their loss.
Council
The seven-member council appropriates all funds for county use, adopts the county budget, fixes the county tax rate, and has exclusive power to borrow money for the county.
About the Delaware County Emergency Communications Center Delaware County Emergency Communications Center, also known as, Delaware County E911, operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week and is responsible for answering all 911 and non-emergency calls for the citizens of Delaware County, Indiana. Communications personnel also dispatch Police, Fire, and Emergency Medical Services for the city of Muncie and rural areas of Delaware County. The citizens of Delaware County are provided quick access to emergency services by a team of 38 personnel.
The Emergency Communications Center (ECC) is the county's central command post to manage and coordinate major events and emergency responses. Equipped with three, wall-mounted LCD screens displaying situational awareness applications; the center was designed for command and control purposes.
The ECC provides complete communications capabilities for all police, fire, medical, city, and county emergency agencies. The center operates a world-class voice and data radio system, providing police and EMS/Fire personnel on the street, with valuable information to help them respond quickly to emergency situations.
New World Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) software enables personnel to display stored or current information and connect externally to state and federal databases. GPS mapping software allows the ability to track the location of 911 callers via landlines or GPS-capable devices. Approximately 350,000 calls are processed annually through the communications center.
The ECC utilizes language interpretation services that can interpret more than 140 languages in the event a 911 is received and the operator encounters a language barrier. The center is also equipped with Teletypewriter (TTY), as used by the hearing impaired to read voice communications converted to text.
Eight workstations are equipped with a high-end radio switch allowing all public safety agencies to communicate or create an audio bridge for patching communications during a crisis. Each position is equipped with six PLANAR 20-inch flat screens with added touch-screen capabilities. T1 uplink allows the ECC to send and receive data from the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) as well as State and other entities throughout Indiana.
Today, DC911 protects life and property by operating a world-class public safety communications system and by coordinating and managing emergency situations. The agency continues to evolve as a progressive communications and operations center dedicated to the community it serves.
Request for Public Information
To request public records from the 911 Communications Center pursuant to Indiana's Access to Public Records Act (APRA) which has been codified at Indiana Code § 5-14-3 et seq. Fill out this online form.
Emergency Management
EMA Staff (L to R: Deputy Director Cory Kissick, Office Manager Heidi Knuckles, Director John Coutinho, CIO Kyle Johnson)
If you need help call 911. For non-emergency assistance, call 765-747-7719 for the Business Office
The Delaware County Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agencyis responsible for the development, implementation, and management of county-wide disaster prevention, preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation. It is responsible for the County's All-Hazard Comprehensive Emergency Plan and coordinates the activities for the County's Emergency Operations Center (EOC). The EOC, when activated is a central location where representatives of local government and private sector agencies convene during disaster situations to make decisions, set priorities and coordinate resources for response and recovery. The Emergency Management Operations Division also provides the following services to our emergency support partners.
Search and Rescue, with night imaging capability (Infrared camera)
Missing Person Search
Traffic Control
Perimeter Assistance
Community Emergency Response Team Training
The Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
Emergency Operations Center (EOC) During Training and Incident Response
The Emergency Operations Center provides a meeting space that is used for a variety of uses. During large-scale incidents or emergencies, this room is the "command center" where representatives of first responder agencies, governmental department heads, elected officials, and representatives from the private sector such as utility companies come together to better communicate and handle the situation. The EOC has full video teleconference capabilities to allow individuals to remotely attend meetings. A 14x5' display wall allows the display of up to 6 different video or computer feeds from a variety of sources including laptops, broadcast TV, and video conferencing, or one source can be stretched across all 6 screens. The EOC is utilized regularly for training purposes and non-emergency meetings.
Incident Management
EMA Staff providing Incident Management Support for a missing child
Routinely public safety personnel and emergency managers respond to natural, technological, or civil emergencies throughout Muncie and Delaware County. Occasionally, these events reach a magnitude that is beyond the response capability of local or county-level resources. Events of this nature may require the support of adjoining jurisdictions including cities, counties, the State of Indiana, adjoining states, and federal resources.
Given an emergency of extraordinary scale, these events may be formally declared a disaster by the Governor of Indiana and by the President of the United States. The State of Indiana's response to state and federal-level disasters is managed by the Indiana Department of Homeland Security in the State Emergency Operations Center. The State of Indiana Emergency Operations Center, located on the lower level of the Indiana Government Center, functions as a central coordination center for subject matter experts and key organization personnel who facilitate an effective, direct, and coordinated response to the needs of the citizens of Indiana in the event of a natural disaster or significant events.
Delaware County EMA welcomes all Amateur Radio operators to register as a DCEMA resource. We will notify you by email for general information, and events, and list you or your station for Emergency or RACES communications. Contact us for more information
Welcome to the Family Support division of the Delaware County Prosecutor’s Office where you will find information about the office and the many public services we provide.
Mission Statement
The mission of the child support program is to enhance the well-being of children by assuring that assistance in obtaining support, including financial and medical, is available to children through locating parents, establishing paternity, establishing support obligations, and monitoring and enforcing those obligations.
Introduction
In 1975, Congress enacted legislation under the Social Security Act (Title IV-D) to require the states to establish programs to establish paternity and establish and collect child support orders for both AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) and non-AFDC cases. The State of Indiana contracts with local county prosecutor's offices to provide these services. In addition to paternity duties and establishing and enforcing child support, this office also establishes orders for health insurance where appropriate and regularly deals with other issues related to child support such as modification of support, emancipation questions, locating absent parents, review and adjustment of support orders, support in foster care cases, collection of medical reimbursement for parents and criminal felony nonsupport cases.
Child Support Enforcement Program
In association with the State of Indiana and the United States Federal Government, the Delaware County Prosecuting Attorney operates the Title IV-D Child Support Program in Delaware County to collect support for children living with only one parent or with another custodian. The Delaware County Family Support Division is responsible for the establishment and enforcement of child support orders, for the benefit of dependent children. The services of the Delaware County Child Support Division are available to all residents of Delaware County, Indiana. These services include:
Establishment of paternity for children born out of wedlock. After establishment, court orders will be entered, providing for child support payments of future medical expenses for children;
Establishment of child support orders when there is no existing child support order;
Enforcement of an existing child support order;
Modification of an existing child support order;
Locating non-custodial parents responsible for supporting their children; and/or
Actions to enforce child support orders in other states and foreign countries, if applicable.
The Delaware County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, in cooperation with the Attorney General, is using more aggressive tools to obtain payment from parents not living up to their obligations. Some of these tools include suspension of licenses, liens on property, interception of taxes, passport denial and withholding income.
Family Support services are available to anyone with legal custody of the minor child(ren), regardless of socioeconomic level. The Family Support Division can establish paternity for children born out of wedlock, establish a support order where a Family Support does not currently exist, and enforce and modify existing support orders.
Our Family Support Division has been successful in enforcing and collecting current and past due Family Support. However, this office is prohibited under state and federal law from becoming involved in custody and visitation issues. You must contact a private attorney for those issues.
Office of Information and GIS Services
SPECIAL NOTICES:
The Office of Information and GIS Services is located in the Emergency Operations Center which is a secured facility, and is open by appointment only.
You can send questions or appointment requests to kjohnson@co.delaware.in.us or call 765-213-1269 during regular hours (8:30am-4pm) to speak with staff.
Basic printed Property Maps can still be obtained through the Delaware-Muncie Metropolitan Plan Commission. Specific questions related to property/parcel boundaries should be addressed to the Auditor's Plat room at 765-747-7717.
The Office of Information and GIS Services Department is the single point of contact for Delaware County's web-based applications and creates, maintains, and provides access to county GIS databases. In addition, the OOI-GIS Dept is integrated into the Delaware County Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, providing technical support, logistics and planning services, and incident response along with HSEMA staff to the public safety agencies in Delaware County.
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We provide a large number of online interactive maps through ArcGIS Online that are easily viewed on desktop computers or mobile devices. Visit our map gallery to view all the available maps and applications.
Open Data
We have been working to make as much of the data we maintain available through web-based applications for ease of access and use. In addition, much of our data is available for download as well through our Open Data site located at: maps-delcogis.opendata.arcgis.com
What is GIS?
The Delaware County Office Information (OOI) manages the County's Geographic Information System (GIS). A GIS is a computer-based mapping system that relates various types of data and information with real-world locations.
The Delaware County OOI has three primary goals:
To efficiently create and maintain a state-of-the-art GIS that accurately and comprehensively represents all relevant and useful geographic data and information about the County
To deliver this data to the general public, private sector clients, and associated governmental agencies
To provide expert GIS consulting and application development
The basis of Delaware County's GIS is its library of GIS data layers. These layers provide a comprehensive representation of the County's property fabric; basic infrastructure; environment; recreational facilities; governmental structure and facilities; emergency services infrastructure and facilities; and transportation network.
These GIS data layers are developed and maintained by the OOI and other County Departments utilizing ESRI's suite of ArcGIS software.
What do we do?
As an enterprise GIS, one key objective of the OOI is to seamlessly integrate GIS into the daily workflows of County and City Departments and partner organizations. In other counties and organizations, GIS integration has provided time and cost savings, improved analysis capabilities, and enhanced decision-making capabilities. Therefore, in order to facilitate GIS integration, the OOI provides consulting services to its internal County agencies as well as its partner organizations. The OOI examines business practices for departments and develops recommended areas for applying GIS to daily tasks. Under certain circumstances, the OOI also will develop custom applications to meet the needs of County departments and partner organizations.
We provide Geographic Information support to all government agencies, citizens, community organizations, and many others. Information and geographic support include, but is not limited to:
Management of the county's web-based applications, website, and social media accounts.
printed and digital map creation
custom web-based map applications
web-based data collection applications
geographic analysis
address geocoding
suitability studies
land analysis
hazard analysis
field data collection
spatial data collection
environmental analysis
inventory management
geographic systems education and presentations
integration of GIS into government offices
cartographic and graphic design
Why GIS?
Nearly 80% of information housed in government is geographic in some way. In order to make informed and accurate decisions, all geographic information involved with a certain area must be known and understood. Efficient delivery and presentation of this geographic data is what we are all about.
Our ultimate goal is to make County GIS information accessible from anywhere, by whoever needs it.
Delaware County Health Department
The Delaware County Health Department provides a wide range of services to the community. For specific information, visit one of these sections of our website:
Administration
Environmental Health Division
Community Health Division
Informatics and Infrastructure Division
Public Health Preparedness and Emergency Response Division
10 Essential Public Health Services
The Essential Public Health Services provide the fundamental framework by describing the public health activities that should be undertaken in all communities. The Essential Services provide a working definition of public health and a guiding framework for the responsibilities of local public health systems.
Monitor health status to identify and solve community health problems.
Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community.
Inform, educate and empower people about health issues.
Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems.
Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts.
Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.
Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable.
Assure competent public and personal health care workforce.
Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services.
Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.
Do you have a public health-related problem or complaint?
The Delaware County Highway Department is committed to care for the bridges and thoroughfares of our county to keep them passable for all of the users of our system. Utilizing the knowledge and skill sets of the individuals diligently performing their duties, we remain faithful civil servants of the people of Delaware County in a prompt and courteous manner.