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Clark Circuit Court Clerk

The official Kentucky Court of Justice Clark County page names Tony Kirk as Clark County Circuit Court Clerk. The office is located at the Governor James Clark Judicial Center, which is the Clark County court location for Circuit Court, Family Court divisions of the 25th Judicial Circuit, District Court divisions of the 25th Judicial District, and related circuit-clerk services.

Kentucky Court of Justice describes circuit court clerks as elected officials responsible for custody, control, and safe storage of Circuit Court and District Court records. The same state court clerk information says the office receives lawsuits and court documents, is present during trials, schedules juries, receives fines, and handles bond money. For Clark County, that makes the Circuit Court Clerk the starting point for court case records rather than land records or vehicle records.

Clark Court Clerk Duties

The Circuit Court Clerk manages court records for Circuit Court and District Court matters. Circuit Court is Kentucky's general-jurisdiction trial court for felony criminal cases, divorce, adoption, termination of parental rights, higher-value civil matters, and appeals from District Court. District Court handles misdemeanors, traffic offenses, felony preliminary hearings, probate of wills, small claims, lower-value civil cases, juvenile matters, mental health proceedings, and domestic violence matters.

• Maintain Clark County Circuit, Family, and District Court case files.
• Receive pleadings, motions, lawsuits, and other court documents.
• Process fines, fees, bonds, and payment-related court business.
• Support jury scheduling and courtroom recordkeeping.
• Help locate older court files or storage locator numbers when available.
• Provide access to certified court copies when the record is public and available.

Use the Clark County County Clerk instead for land records, recorded wills, recorded instruments, marriage licenses, vehicle title and registration, election records, and county-clerk open-records requests. The two clerk offices serve different public-record systems.

Request Clark Court Records

The Kentucky Court of Justice records-request route says requests for court case records begin with the clerk of the court that heard the case. For Clark County trial court files, the practical request path is the Circuit Court Clerk. A request should identify the case type, party names, case number if known, approximate filing year, and whether certified copies are needed.

1. Identify whether the record is a Circuit, Family, or District Court file.
2. Gather the party names, case number, citation number, or filing date range.
3. Call or visit the Circuit Court Clerk to confirm that the case is public and available.
4. Ask for copy costs, certification steps, and whether the file is onsite or stored elsewhere.
5. For older files, ask the clerk for case or file locator numbers before contacting state.records@ky.gov.

Certified copies are usually needed when a court record must be used for legal filing, licensing, employment screening, immigration, school, or agency review. Online printouts may help identify a case, but they are not the same as a clerk-certified copy.

Online Clark Court Access

Kentucky provides online court applications through KYeCourts. The research notes that the application page provides access to criminal and civil case information filed with the Kentucky court system, but login access may be required. CourtNet is described by Kentucky Court of Justice as the online database for public case information from all 120 counties, with the linked contact form specifically noted for media access.

The public KYeCourts Easy Pay channel supports payment searches by case, citation, or party fields. That tool can be useful when the record need is tied to court costs, fines, fees, or citation payments. It should not be treated as a complete case-file replacement because pleadings, orders, exhibits, sealed material, and certified copies still require clerk access.

Court Request Details

Kentucky court records requests do not use the County Clerk open-records form when the target is a court case file. The court-file request should be specific enough for the clerk to identify the case and the needed document. If the case number is missing, party names and a filing year range help the clerk search.

Clark Court Clerk Fees

The research did not locate a Clark-specific court copy fee table for Circuit Court Clerk records. Court costs, filing fees, certification fees, and copy fees should be verified with Tony Kirk's office or the current Kentucky Court of Justice fee schedule before a request is mailed or filed. The state court page does list payment methods for Clark County court matters.

Note: Do not use County Clerk recording fees for court files; those fees apply to recorded instruments such as deeds, wills, liens, and marriage records.

Clark Court Forms

The Kentucky Court of Justice legal forms library is the researched statewide source for court forms. It includes form categories for expungement, probate, divorce, juvenile matters, and other proceedings. The Kentucky self-help portal includes guided interviews for common situations such as divorce, probate, child support, small claims, name change, and expungement.

• Divorce and family forms for Circuit or Family Court filings.
• Probate forms and self-help materials for District Court probate matters.
• Small claims and civil forms for District Court or Circuit Court case types.
• Expungement forms and certification materials for eligible criminal records.

Clark Clerk Visit Details

The Kentucky Court of Justice page lists Clark County court hours as Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. It also lists two-hour and 30-minute parking around the town square, a city lot at Broadway and Highland, and a direction that jurors should park in the city lot. Designated parking for people with disability parking permits is noted.

Accessibility notes are specific: the building has a ramp at the side door, visitors should see court security on arrival, and the building has elevators and equipped bathrooms. Visitors should expect entry screening and should call before bringing recording equipment, large bags, or unusual devices.