ADA Compliance 

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Fulton County will make available to disabled members of the public disability-related modification or accommodations. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the County to make arrangements to provide reasonable accommodations.

If requested, documents and other agenda materials can be made available in an alternative format for persons with a disability who are covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Contact the Fulton County ADA Coordinator with you request for accommodations at (574) 223-2385

• Resolution Adopting Accessible Design Standards for Buildings and Facilities Owned and Maintained by Fulton County
• Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan
• Resolution Adopting an ADA Grievance Procedure
• Grievance Policy
• Grievance Procedure
• Grievance Form
• LPA Annual Pre-Award Certification & Assurance Surveys
  • 2013
  • 2014
  • 2015

Title VI

• Title VI Nondiscrimination Plan & Policy
• Nondiscrimination Policy
• Grievance Procedure
• Voluntary Public Survey
• Complaint Form
• ISpeakCards

2024 Information - This is open for public comment until 3/22/2024

• Fulton County ADA Transition Plan 2024
• Fulton County 2024 Title VI Implementation Plan 2024

Welcome to the

Fulton County Area Plan Commission (F.C.P.C.) Department

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	Apply Online for Zoning Permits, Building Permits, Board Petitions, & Code Complaints Solicite en línea permisos de zonificación, permisos de construcción, peticiones de la junta y quejas del código

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• We are happy to premiere our new link to Online Permitting.  You are now able to apply and track the progress of any Zoning (Location Improvement Permit) and Building Permit.  You are also able to apply for the following board applications:  Technical Review Committee, Development Standard Variances, Special Exceptions, Zone Map Amendments, and Subdivision Primary/Secondary Plats.  Online Code Complaints may also be sent to the office through this portal.

  If you apply for a board application or permit online, feel free to share any comments or concerns with the staff through the APC email FCAPC@co.fulton.in.us or by phone (574) 223-7667.  Our goal is to make this an easy-to-use application that is helpful to both the staff and the public. 

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The County Assessor is responsible for accurately and uniformly determining the market value-in-use of every property in Fulton County as of January 1 of the current year. Assessing officials must follow the rules of the Department of Local Government and Finance (DLGF) in all assessment or reassessment of real property practices. These processes are intended to distribute the property tax burden in a uniform and equitable manner.  Mass appraisal is used as a process of valuing a group of properties as of a given date, using valid market sale prices, standard methods, employing common data, and allowing for statistical testing.  We welcome any questions and/or concerns you may have with the methods used to determine the value-in-use of your property.

This is achieved by using three approaches to value

1. Cost
2. Income
3. Sales Comparison

The State requires annual adjustments of assessments to reflect changes in the market. Pursuant to IC 6-1.1-4-4, the Cyclical Reassessment has commenced. Every year, we are required to review approximately 25% of the parcels in Fulton County.

In general, the County Assessor performs the following duties

• Assesses Land and Buildings for Residential & Agricultural Uses
• Assesses Land and Buildings for Commercial/Industrial Uses
• Processes Application for Property Tax Exemptions
• Annually Conducts the Cyclical Reassessment
• Serves as Secretary to the Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals
• Ensures Countywide Uniform Property Assessment Equalization
• Administers the Sales Disclosure Process
• Certifies Annual Assessments to the County Auditor’s Office
• Establishes Boundaries for Neighborhoods within their Townships
• Utilizes Recent Sales of Land to Establish Base Market Rates and Values
• Determines and Certifies Mobile Home Assessments to County Auditor
• Processes and Certifies Personal Property Assessments

The County Assessor is a statutory officer who is elected for a term of four years and may be elected without a term limit. This official functions under the direction of the Department of Local Government Finance and is required to have an Indiana Level III Assessor/Appraiser Certification. 

You are encouraged to contact the Assessor’s Office if you have any questions or concerns regarding your assessments. The staff will be happy to explain the various processes used in the valuation of property.

Welcome to the Fulton County Auditor's Office

About the Auditor's Office

The Auditor is the Chief Financial Officer of the County. The staff is responsible for handling all receipts and disbursements of county funds, creating financial statements for the County, completing annual reports for review by the State Board of Accounts, and processing payroll for over 190 county employees.

Additionally, the office handles all transfers of ownership of real property, maintains property boundary information in conjunction with the County GIS system, calculates property tax for all real, personal, mobile home, special assessment records, controls distributions of tax collections, special assessments, and special revenue collections for all units of government within Fulton County.

The Auditor also serves as the Secretary to County Council. The Auditor maintains all budgets, salary ordinances, additional appropriations, transfers, and abatement applications as well as the minutes of all County Council proceedings.

The Auditor serves as the Secretary to the Board of County Commissioners. The proceedings and determinations of the Board shall be recorded in a book, and books, accounts, vouchers, papers and documents, touching business or property of the County shall be carefully kept by the Auditor.

Please remember, our office is always here to assist you with any questions that you may have. Your comments are welcome as well. As always, it's a pleasure to serve as your County Auditor.

*Disclaimer*

Minutes are not finalized until being approved by the appropriate body and will

be posted subsequent approval.

Welcome to the Child Support Department. For more information on our services provided, please contact our office. 

For all Voting and Election information please use the tab for Voting and Elections.

The State of Indiana has ninety-two counties, and each county is served by the Clerk of the Circuit Court. While some
jurisdictions have one Circuit Court, Fulton County has two courts: Fulton County Circuit and Fulton County Superior Court.

The Clerk is an elected official who serves as an officer of the Court and the manager of Court information. Indiana Statute provides that the Clerk may serve up to two successive for year terms (or eight years in any period of twelve years). The Clerk serves as the chief financial officer for all revenues collected on behalf of the Court, and also serves as a member of the Fulton County Commission of Public Records.

In Indiana, the Clerk is the official who oversees and conducts all elections, as a member of the Election Board. The Clerk is responsible for administering and certifying results for all federal, state, county, township, municipal, special, and school board elections.

What We Do:

• Receipt court costs, fees and fines for all court cases
• Collect and disburses Child Support payments
• Collect costs and disburse judgement monies
• Maintain Traffic Infraction Division
• Process Marriage applications and issue marriage licenses. Please start your application at the State of IN website:     http://www.in.gov/judiciary/2605.htm
• Process Passport applications. You can access a fillable form for a new passport at this website:     https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports.html 
• File and process new cases for Civil, Criminal, Family Relations, Probate, Estates, Bonds and Small Claims Division
• Issue various court documents including arrest warrants, commitments, protective orders and service of process 
• Maintain the Judgement Dockets and Record of Judgements and Orders
• Oversees the maintenance and microfilming of court records 
• Prepare certified copies of documents
• Oversees jury selection for courts

The Clerk Staff cannot provide legal advice.

Welcome to The Fulton County Coroner's Office

Mission Statement

The mission of the Fulton County Coroner's Office is to serve and protect the interests of our county by providing timely medicolegal death investigations in a professional and courteous manner, while ensuring the highest level of compassion, respect and dignity for the decedents and their loved ones.

Through collaborative efforts that value recognized best practices, advances in technology and training, our efforts will serve those who can no longer serve themselves.  We will also care for the living by providing historical data, identifying trends and offering recommendations to help prevent deaths of similar circumstances.  Central to our mission are the values that guide our work and decisions and help us contribute to the quality of life in Fulton County.

Welcome to the Fulton County Commissioner's Office.

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS LEGISLATIVE BODY

• Controlling, maintaining, and supervising county property including courthouses, jails, and public offices.
• Supervising construction and maintenance of roads, bridges and to provide for traffic control.
• Developing economic development programs to attracts and retain jobs in the county.
• To grant vacation pay, sick leave, paid holidays and other similar benefits to county employees.
• To administer elections in conjunction with the county election board.
• To establish minimum housing standards.
• Auditing and authorizing payments on behalf of the county.
• To incorporate new towns and alter township boundary lines, on petition.
• Receiving bids and authorizing contracts.
• Exercising appointive powers including both the selection of members to fill positions on boards, commissions, and committees, and appointments of certain department heads.
• Planning and implementing strategies for solid waste handling as members of solid waste district boards.
• To create local emergency management department and to authorize and direct disaster and emergency management functions in the county.

Welcome to The Fulton County Council's Office

The Fulton County Council is comprised of seven members, four elected from districts and three elected at-large. Council serves as the County's fiscal body. Members of Council must reside within the county and the district from which they were elected, if applicable.

Council also sets and approves the County's annual property tax levy.

County Council is responsible for establishing an annual budget for County Government. Council is also responsible for appropriating funds for the operation of County Government. Council also sets and approves the County's annual property tax levy. The County Auditor serves as the secretary of the fiscal body.

The Council meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 5:00PM unless otherwise advertised.

Meetings will be held at the Fulton County Office Building, 125 East 9^th Street, Rochester, IN. 

Terms are four years with the ability to serve an unlimited number of terms.

The County Council has fiscal responsibilities for the county including the following:

   * Annually approves budgets presented by all county government departments.

   * Holds hearings to adopt all County budgets and tax rates.

   * Approves all additional appropriation requests for funding for the County throughout the year.

   * Approves all grants received by the County.

   * Holds a hearing and approves all abatements requested of the County.

   * Holds a hearing for library capital projects for various libraries within the County.

    *  Provides representatives to the Economic Development Corporation, Solid Waste District, Wage Committee, etc.

*Disclaimer*

Minutes are not finalized until being approved by the appropriate body and will

be posted subsequent approval.

Welcome to the Fulton County Circuit Court.

For more information on our services provided, please contact our office.

Working Together as a Team Striving for Perfection and Settling for Excellence 

It is our mission to promote Teamwork in the center, respect those who have given us their trust, to be accountable to those we serve, maintain Integrity in the performance of our duties and dedicate ourselves to the profession we have chosen.

For some this is an ordinary week. You may ask why they would dedicate a week to dispatchers. Don't they just answer the phone? They are not boots on the ground. They have it easy. They get to sit in a chair and be in a controlled climate. These are just a few of the comments these folks hear because some do not understand what we do. As a director and once a full time dispatcher I can testify this job is not easy. We may not be able to get boots on the ground but we are here to give pre arrival instructions, listen to your cry’s, comfort you in your loss and listen to your complaints. Yes sometimes you even throw in a compliment and we never forget and appreciate those moments. Dispatchers are a very important piece of emergency response. WE ARE THE FIRST RESPONDER! You see we have a great deal of responsibility that no one understands. We are a master at multi-tasking, consulting, talking on the radio, providing resources, answering admin lines, 911 lines, provide assistance for the Sheriff, Warrants, IDACS, NCIC and making sure our responders are SAFE. Please forgive us if we have a bad day and seemed unkind. We are not perfect. We give it our all. We remember all the bad calls and those of you who have lost someone. Our compassion runs deep and we cannot express enough how deeply sorry we are. But truly we have a lot of great outcomes. Sometimes we experience a child birth or save a life through pre arrival instructions or the calmness of our voice. I ask that you thank a dispatcher this week. Please give these folks a simple thank you for all the hard work they do behind the scene. They are the calm voice that gives HOPE, one who is rarely seen, angel in the airwaves, a 911 Dispatcher. Thank you to everyone at Fulton County 911 Communications. Your work and dedication is beyond GOLD. I'm proud to be the Director of you all. - Gail Karas

Mission Statement:

The Fulton County Emergency Management Agency is established to mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from all emergencies and disasters impacting the public, government and business within Fulton County.

Vision Statement:

A whole community approach to a safer, less vulnerable and more resilient Fulton County.

The County Highway Department Superintendent is a County official appointed by the County Commissioners. The Fulton County Highway Department is responsible for all roads, bridges and small structures (less than 20 ft. span) within Fulton County that are neither State nor Highways within the corporate limits of a town.

Mission Statement:

The Highway Department is responsible for approximately 800 miles of roadways and right-of-way that the County Commissioners have accepted into the road inventory. In addition to maintaining roads, Highway employees pick up trash, patch roads, trim trees, cut bushes, mow roadsides, maintain County culverts, replace road signs, work on drainage issues, and perform other necessary tasks needed to keep the roads safe for all who travel in or through Fulton County.

Emergency number for off hours: (574) 223-2819

The emergency number should be used only for immediate traffic hazards, such as stop sign missing, tree in roadway, etc.

Welcome to the Fulton County Parks and Recreation Department. For more information on the services provided, please contact our office or browse through the links below.

• County Parks

• Volunteer Application

Welcome to the Probation Department. For more information on our services provided, contact our office. 

Welcome to the Prosecuting Attorney's Office. For more information on our services provided, please contact our office.

Welcome to the Public Health Department. For more information on our services provided, please contact our office. 

Thank you for visiting your online gateway to the Fulton County Recorder’s Office. Here you will find information, forms, news and many answers to your questions about recording documents and searching for information.

The Fulton County Recorder’s Office preserves many of the community’s most important records, ranging from home mortgages and neighborhood covenants to business names and military discharge documents. Our dedicated staff is committed to providing you with fast and accurate assistance with your recording and searching needs.

Most documents are recorded within 24 hours and our turnaround time is the next business day.

We look forward to serving you and we hope that this website gives you a head start in the important business you may transact with the recorder’s office.

Sincerely,

Deb Bock

Fulton County Recorder

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our office:

Deb Bock - Recorder - (574)223-7710

recorder@co.fulton.in.us

Mission Statement

The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office is committed to protect the lives, property and rights of all people, to maintain order and to enforce the laws. The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office will strive to accomplish this mission by setting goals and objectives and practicing the values of the Department.

The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office is responsible for the professional care and custody of those confined in our jail, the security of our courts and the prompt investigation of crime when it occurs. It is our mission to improve and maintain the quality of life we enjoy and to ensure that our county is a safe place to live, work and visit.

We are totally dedicated to this mission, to the County we serve and to accept the responsibility of attaining our goal of achieving excellence within our profession.