Tishomingo County Court Calendars Explained
No single countywide calendar covers every Tishomingo County court. Circuit Court runs on the First Circuit calendar and its related case docket. Chancery Court posts a separate First Chancery public calendar. Justice Court, the municipal courts, and the citation systems each follow their own local routes. So ask which court holds the case. Ask what its latest docket or notice says. Then ask whether the posted setting still stands.
For Circuit and Chancery cases, MEC/PAMEC can show case-specific settings once you log in. The First Circuit public calendar requires registration. First Chancery offers a date and month calendar marked with judge initials and links where available. Tishomingo County's citation lookup helps with an eligible ticket. Ticket payment details are no substitute for a full court docket.
Tishomingo County Circuit Calendar Limits
The First Circuit Court Calendar is a registered public-service calendar. Its own notice describes it as informational. It may be incomplete, and it can change without notice. Registration takes a username and password. A request contact appears on the court page. Treat any Tishomingo County Circuit calendar line as a starting point. It cannot replace the case's most recent setting or a written notice from the court.
The warning matters most when a Tishomingo County case was reset, passed, continued, or cancelled after an earlier date went up.
The historical 2024 First Circuit term list shows examples of criminal terms and legal holidays. It is not a current calendar. For a date that matters now, rely on the live calendar, the case docket, the Circuit Clerk, or the Court Administrator.
Finding Your Court Date
Match the channel to the court and the case type. Read the citation, summons, notice, or last docket entry you already hold before searching. There is no single statewide public docket search covering every Tishomingo County court. PAMEC is the shared Mississippi access system for participating Circuit and Chancery courts. It requires registration and login. The county publishes no official daily printed calendar. It also runs no general court-date reminder program. Confirm any dated online display instead of trusting it as a complete daily list.
- Identify Circuit, Chancery, Justice, or the relevant municipal court from the case papers or citation.
- Check the appropriate online channel: First Circuit calendar, First Chancery calendar, MEC/PAMEC case docket, or MyFinePayment for an eligible citation.
- Compare the online date with the newest case setting, continuance, or notice. Do not rely on an older screenshot.
- Call the responsible clerk with the case or citation number, party name, approximate date, and court. Circuit is 662-423-7026, Chancery is 662-423-7010, and Justice Court is 662-423-7033.
- If phone confirmation is not enough, visit the responsible courthouse counter or ask whether the clerk will accept a written, mail, fax, or email request. Use the attorney or party notice where one is involved.
The First Circuit courthouse page confirms the Iuka courthouse location and posts jury-service information. The current county directory and the 2026 state directory both list Rebecca Oaks as Circuit Clerk. An older First Circuit clerk name should not be treated as current.
The courthouse is a shared service point. Still, the right counter depends on which court owns your setting.
Tishomingo County Chancery Calendar
The First Chancery calendar gives Tishomingo County Chancery Court its own public calendar layer. In the August 2026 calendar, Tishomingo settings fell on August 3, 5, and 6. Judge initials appear throughout. M stands for Mask, B for Bailey, MM for Malski, and T for Tennison. Some dates link to setting information.
A calendar date without a link may be a first setting. The Chancery calendar note says so. That label does not run a full case-number search. Nor can it tell you whether a later order moved the setting.
Chancery handles divorce, custody, adoption, estate, guardianship, property, and equity cases. When a setting is unclear, the Chancery Clerk is the court's record route. Give the case number, the date in question, and the type of event. Then ask one thing. Does a newer notice or order supersede the calendar line?
How to Read a Court Setting
A setting is simply scheduled court activity. It might be a first appearance, a motion, a trial, a plea or announcement, sentencing, or a review. Always read it next to the case docket. The docket records later continuances, cancellations, orders, and new dates. Public pages do not consistently list the courtroom. Confirm any building or room with the clerk rather than inferring it from a general courthouse address.
| Date | The day listed for the court activity. Compare it with later docket events and written notices. |
|---|---|
| Time | The time shown for a docket call or individual setting. Ask whether attendance is required at that exact time. |
| Court or judge | The venue or presiding judge. First Chancery calendar initials identify the judge, while other calendar pages may use court labels. |
| Location | A courtroom or courthouse detail if stated. Confirm missing room information directly with the responsible office. |
| Setting type | The purpose of the event, such as motion, trial, agreed order setting, cancellation, or a criminal term activity. |
The First Circuit judge roster shows the district's judicial context. It cannot tell you the judge or courtroom in a specific Tishomingo County case.
For a specific setting, the assigned case docket and the latest notice govern. A general roster does not.
Tishomingo County Court Setting Types
Calendar words carry distinct meanings. A motion setting puts a request for court action before the judge. A trial setting reserves the time set aside for trial. An agreed order setting reflects a scheduling-order process. A criminal term is a broader court period. It is not automatically the appearance date for every criminal case. And a citation date may begin in Justice or municipal court rather than Circuit Court.
- First setting
- An initial calendar placement. The Chancery calendar note says an unlinked date may be a first setting.
- Reset
- A later date or replacement setting. The newer docket entry should be checked for the operative date.
- Continuance
- A delay or move in the scheduled activity, usually reflected by a new entry or order.
- Cancellation
- A removed setting. In Circuit civil practice, a Notice of Cancellation is filed with the Circuit Clerk and copied to the administrator.
These labels describe scheduling steps only. In any given Tishomingo County case, the order of events and direct confirmation from the court control what a setting actually means.
Continuances, Resets, and Cancellations
A later Tishomingo County docket entry beats an earlier calendar line. Words like reset, continued, pass, cancelled, or a new setting usually mean the old date is gone. What truly controls is the court's order plus the latest event. The county publishes no countywide definition of pass. It also gives no fixed advance calendar horizon, so never assume either from a single listing.
Circuit civil motions work through a set sequence. Parties check dates and confer. Then they prepare an Agreed Order Setting, sending the original to the Court Administrator. Cancelling means filing a Notice of Cancellation with the Circuit Clerk and copying the administrator. Even a signed proposed order stays unfiled until it reaches the proper Circuit Clerk. That is why the calendar and the court docket can change at different moments.
Tishomingo County Court Administrator Workflow
The First Circuit Court Administrator's Office runs the published civil setting workflow for the district. Its office sits in Tupelo, and the listed phone is 662-432-2360. Setting a trial means asking for open dates. You agree on one and send in an Agreed Order Setting Trial. Settled? A letter removes the trial. The administrator also takes copies of certain motions and responses for the assigned judge.
Keep the roles separate. The administrator schedules; the Circuit Clerk keeps the court docket. A person checking a case date should tell apart an available calendar date, a signed order, and a clerk-filed docket entry.
If You Miss a Court Setting
Move fast after missing a Tishomingo County court setting. Find the court and the case number first. Then call the right clerk or court office. Ask where the docket stands and what comes next. Circuit, Chancery, Justice, and municipal cases each follow different procedures. A general online summary cannot settle a failure-to-appear or warrant question. For a citation or lower-court status, go to the Sheriff and Justice Court official channels.
Missed setting flag. A missed setting can have serious court consequences, and the online calendar may not show the latest action.
Call the responsible clerk or court immediately with the case or citation number, and preserve any notice, order, or portal result that shows the date in question.
For a pending matter, use the court's stated process and obtain legal advice from a licensed attorney if the situation requires it.
Justice Court sits in Room 212 of the Tishomingo County Courthouse, and its published phone is 662-423-7033. Circuit and Chancery dates belong with their own clerks. Got a city ticket? Contact the municipal court that issued it. Confirm any replacement setting in writing, or through the docket when the court provides that record.
Tishomingo County Court Date Fallback
A date that never shows up online calls for a careful retry. Check the court, the case number, alternate party-name order, and the approximate year before searching again. Then use the clerk phone line, the courthouse counter, or a written request. Circuit Clerk Rebecca Oaks holds the Circuit docket information. Her office is Room 204 at 1008 Battleground Drive, Iuka. Chancery Clerk Peyton Cummings keeps the separate Chancery docket. For citations and lower-level criminal matters, Justice Court is the county fallback.
One caution: a PAMEC search may charge for a result page even with no match. Tishomingo County publishes no official daily printed calendar. A narrow, direct question to the correct court beats broad repeated searching. Name the court and the case or citation number. Give the party, the date at issue, and the setting you need confirmed.