Access Franklin County Circuit Clerk Records

Franklin County Circuit Court Clerk

The Kentucky Court of Justice Franklin County page lists Kem Marshall as Circuit Court Clerk. The Office of Circuit Court Clerk is at the Franklin County Courthouse / Judicial Center, 222 Saint Clair Street, Frankfort, KY 40601. The phone number is 502-564-7013 and the fax number is 502-564-8188. Hours listed by KCOJ are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., with Saturday and Sunday closed.

KCOJ states that Circuit Court Clerks manage records of Kentucky Circuit, Family, District, and Business courts. For Franklin County, that means the Circuit Court Clerk is the local fallback for court case copies after online search, including Circuit Court, Family Court, District Court, traffic, probate court files, criminal cases, civil cases, and docket-related questions.

Franklin Court Clerk Duties

The Circuit Court Clerk is not the recorder for every county document. The court clerk keeps case records and handles court-related payments, copies, and filings within the Kentucky Court of Justice system. County recorded documents, marriage licenses, land records, DD214s, plats, and many County Clerk open-records requests belong to the Franklin County Clerk at 315 West Main Street.

• Maintains Franklin County Circuit, Family, and District Court case records.
• Provides the local request path for copies of court case records.
• Handles court payments listed by KCOJ, including mailed and online payment options.
• Supports bond processing rules tied to the court and jail.
• Identifies storage facilities and locator numbers when a public record is stored off site.

The Franklin County Clerk open-records policy applies to County Clerk records rather than Circuit Court Clerk case files, which is why the office split matters.

This county source helps distinguish County Clerk open-records requests from court case copy requests handled through the Circuit Court Clerk.

Request Franklin Certified Copies

Certified court copies should be requested from the Circuit Court Clerk when the record is a court file. KCOJ notes that a case may be in the clerk's office, at a record facility, or destroyed under record retention schedules. If a stored file remains available to the public, the clerk identifies the storage facility and provides the case and file locator numbers.

1. Search KYeCourts Public Court Records for the case number or party information when possible.
2. Check KCOJ Docket Information if a hearing date or division must be confirmed.
3. Call or visit the Circuit Court Clerk at 222 Saint Clair Street with the case number, party names, case type, and document needed.
4. Ask whether the file is in the clerk's office, stored at a records facility, or unavailable under retention rules.
5. Pay the required copy or certification charge confirmed by the clerk before pickup or mailing.

Franklin Clerk Request Fields

The research did not identify a separate Franklin Circuit Court Clerk downloadable copy-request form. A complete request should still include the core fields the clerk needs to locate the case and document. For county recorded documents, use the County Clerk written request rules instead.

Franklin Court Payments

The Franklin KCOJ page lists payment options rather than a full copy fee schedule. It says payments may be made by cash, personal check, postal money order, mail, and online through KYeCourts/ePay. No personal checks are accepted for probation and parole fees or cold-check payments. People who mail payments should include a self-addressed stamped envelope if they need a receipt.

Circuit Clerk vs County Clerk

The Franklin County Clerk site identifies Jeff Hancock as County Clerk at 315 West Main Street. That office handles deeds, mortgages, marriage licenses, DD214s, plats, subdivision restrictions, some recorded wills, and County Clerk open-records requests. It also keeps public terminals in the Deed Room and says computer records go back to January 1981. This is not the same as the Circuit Court Clerk's court case counter.

The Franklin County Clerk contact page gives the County Clerk address and phone for recorded county records outside the Circuit Court Clerk's case-file role.

The contact source is useful when a person reaches the wrong office for a marriage license, deed, recorded will, or land record.

The Franklin County local official directory lists Circuit Court Clerk Kathryn "Kem" Marshall along with other local officials.

The directory source supports the local official name used for the Franklin County Circuit Court Clerk profile.

Franklin Clerk Bonds and Warrants

Bench warrants, missed court dates, and bond questions often lead back to the Circuit Court Clerk. Warrant status may also involve the jail or Sheriff's Office, but case-related bench warrant activity appears through court records and docket checks. The research confirms that bond posting depends on amount: under $10,000 at the jail, cash only, and over $10,000 at the Circuit Court Clerk during regular operating hours, cash only.

That local split is important because the jail can take some cash-only bonds, while the clerk handles higher bond amounts during regular courthouse hours. The Circuit Court Clerk is also the better contact for the next court date, case number, docket division, and whether a bench warrant event appears in the court record. The Sheriff's Office or jail may have custody or service information, but they do not replace the court case record.

For mailed payments, the Franklin KCOJ page says to include a self-addressed stamped envelope when a receipt is needed. For older records, ask whether the file is still in the clerk's office, stored at a record facility, or no longer available under court retention schedules.

Note: Warrant status can change quickly, so court, jail, sheriff, or attorney verification is more reliable than an old online result.