Welcome to the Official Web Site of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana

The Law Library, housing 14,000 volumes, is on the third floor of the City County building and is open from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. It is open to the public and has computer access to additional legal materials. The library assists the Judges, other City-County agencies and the general public in locating legal information.

The library's collection includes:

• Legal decisions from all state and federal courts.
• Federal law: U.S. Code, federal rules and practice, federal forms, jury instructions and indexes to the federal cases
• Indiana law: Indiana Code, administrative code, jury instructions, local ordinances, continuing education materials, Indiana rules of court and books of forms.
• Reference materials: legal encyclopedias, statutes from surrounding Shepard's citations, law reviews and journals.
• Specialized collections: family law, criminal law and procedure, probate matters, insurance, products liability, contracts, corporations, and some bankruptcy materials.

Location and General Information

The Library is located in downtown Indianapolis, 2 ½ blocks from the City Circle on the 3rd Floor of the City-County Building.

Downtown meters or paid parking lots on Alabama Street.

Please note that all visitors entering the City/County Building will have to pass through metal detectors.

Some attorneys may be eligible for an authorized attorney identification card to avoid security screening. For details, see  Security Screening Policy for Attorneysfor the Application Form (PDF) - Forms are effective Friday, Sept 5, 2003.