Access Perry County Circuit Clerk Records

Perry County Circuit Court Clerk

Kentucky Court of Justice lists Charles Patterson as Perry County Circuit Court Clerk. The local Perry County page uses Charlie Patterson. The office is at the Perry County Hall of Justice in Hazard and supports court records for Circuit, District, and related Kentucky court matters in Perry County. KCOJ states that circuit court clerks manage records for Kentucky's Circuit, Family, District, and Business courts.

The Perry County Clerk contact page was assigned to this clerk topic and shows why the local split-clerk structure must be checked before sending a request.

That source belongs to the County Clerk, so court case records should still be directed to the Circuit Court Clerk listed by Kentucky Court of Justice.

Perry County Court Clerk Duties

The local Circuit Court Clerk page describes duties that explain why this office is the access point for court records. The clerk receives lawsuits and court documents, records legal documents for court cases, provides legal documents and materials, attends trials, schedules juries, receives and disburses money, maintains the jury system, administers oaths, and handles affidavits.

• Provides all Circuit and District case information through the office.
• Maintains a public terminal for checking cases.
• Handles jury information and trial support.
• Receives court payments and bond-related funds under local payment rules.
• Provides case copies at the researched per-page rate.

Perry County Case Record Access

KCOJ says AOC does not maintain case records and is not the source of those records. Requests for copies of court case records and information about reviewing court case records start with the clerk of the court that heard the case. For Perry County Circuit, Family, and District matters, that means the Perry County Circuit Court Clerk, not the separate County Clerk and not the statewide AOC records unit as a first stop.

Online tools can help identify a case. KYeCourts public court records guest access provides free public case information where available. The KCOJ docket search can show hearing information by county, division, date, courtroom, and subdivision. Official copies, availability, archived file status, and verification still come from the clerk-held case file.

Request Perry County Certified Copies

The research located a plain case-copy fee but did not locate a separate Perry County certified-copy surcharge for court case records. Use the clerk's office for the current certification process and cost before ordering. When a certified copy is needed for court, employment, school, licensing, immigration, or another formal use, ask the clerk what certification language and seal are available for the record type.

1. Identify the court, division, party names, approximate filing date, and case number if known.
2. Call the Circuit or District number based on the case type, or visit the Hall of Justice.
3. Ask whether the file is active, available locally, archived, sealed, or destroyed under retention rules.
4. Confirm copy cost, certification availability, payment method, and pickup or mailing options.
5. If archived, obtain the case and file locator numbers before contacting the State Records Center.

Perry County Request Details

The court clerk research did not locate a local court-record request form with fixed fields. Still, KCOJ's record-request guidance and local clerk facts show the information a requester should be ready to provide so the office can locate the file or explain the next step.

Perry County Circuit Clerk Copy Fees

The local Perry County Circuit Court Clerk page states that all Circuit and District case information is available through the office, that one public terminal is available for checking cases, and that copies are available at 25 cents per page. It also lists payment methods and bond payment rules.

Note: Driver licenses and state IDs are no longer handled by this office due to Kentucky's regional issuing system.

Perry County Clerk vs County Clerk

The court clerk should not be confused with the County Clerk. The Circuit Court Clerk handles court case records, filings, case information, jury information, public terminal access, and court payments. The Perry County Clerk handles land records, marriage licenses, notary bonds, open-records requests to that office, elections, motor vehicles, and delinquent-tax links.

The separate County Clerk forms page was one of the successful manifest sources for the clerk topic.

That source belongs to the County Clerk's records and forms work, so court case requests should still be routed to the Circuit Court Clerk.

Perry County Archived Court Records

If an older case file has moved to a records facility, KCOJ says the local clerk identifies the facility and supplies the case and file locator numbers. State Records Center requests require those locator numbers. A requester who starts with only a name should first contact the Perry County Circuit Court Clerk, because the State Records Center cannot search by name or Social Security number.

This matters for older civil, criminal, probate, divorce, and District Court files. Public online results may help identify a case, but the local clerk is the office that can say whether the file is local, archived, restricted, or unavailable under retention schedules.