Access Powell Circuit Court Clerk Records

Powell County Circuit Court Clerk

The Kentucky Court of Justice Powell County page lists Brian King as Circuit Court Clerk. The office is in the Powell County Courthouse at 525 Washington Street in Stanton. KCOJ lists court phones as 606-663-4141 and 606-663-4142, with regular hours Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Circuit Court Clerk is the practical local starting point for Powell County Circuit Court, Family Court, and District Court case records.

Kentucky Court of Justice says a person seeking court case records should contact the clerk of the court that heard the case. In Powell County, that means the Circuit Court Clerk for the state trial court records listed in the research. It does not mean the County Clerk's eCCLIX land-record system, even though both offices are in the courthouse area and both may be called "clerk" in casual speech.

Powell County Court Case Records

The Circuit Court Clerk manages case access for Powell County Circuit Court, Powell County Family Court, and Powell County District Court. Circuit Court is the general-jurisdiction court for felony criminal cases, larger civil matters, divorce, adoption, contested probate, land-title disputes, injunctions, writs, and appeals from District Court or administrative agencies. Family Court is a Circuit Court division for family and child cases. District Court handles misdemeanors, traffic, juvenile matters, small claims, probate of wills, arraignments, probable-cause hearings, mental health matters, and domestic violence matters.

• Circuit Court case records can include felony, civil, divorce, adoption, appeal, and contested probate filings.
• Family Court records can include dissolution, support, custody, paternity, domestic violence, and child-related matters.
• District Court records can include misdemeanors, traffic, probate, small claims, juvenile, and limited civil matters.
• Docket questions and certified copy requests should be confirmed with the Circuit Court Clerk.
• Older records may require case and file locator numbers before a State Records Center request can move forward.

Request Powell County Certified Copies

Certified copies are court copies authenticated by the clerk. They may be needed for appeal packets, employment licensing matters where lawful, name changes, divorce proof, expungement follow-up, or official proof of a court order. The research did not locate a Powell-specific court copy fee schedule, so payment and copy costs should be confirmed before ordering.

1. Identify the court division if known: Circuit, Family, or District Court.
2. Gather the case number, party names, filing year, and document type needed.
3. Search public case information in KYeCourts if a case number or party name is uncertain.
4. Call or visit the Powell County Circuit Court Clerk to confirm availability and copy fees.
5. Ask whether the file is at the courthouse or requires older-record locator numbers.
6. Pay using an accepted local method and request certification if an official copy is required.

Note: A public online case result may help identify the file, but it is not the same as a certified court copy.

Powell County Case Request Fields

A request to the Circuit Court Clerk should be specific enough for staff to find the case without guessing. Kentucky Court of Justice request guidance says court-record requests start with the clerk of the court that heard the case, and older records may require locator data from the clerk before archives can be contacted.

Powell Circuit Clerk Payments

The KCOJ Powell County page lists payment options for local court matters: cash, in-state check for fines, money order, and credit or debit cards with a fee. It also links Kentucky ePay for eligible online payments. The research did not locate local court-copy amounts for plain or certified copies, and KCOJ warned that civil filing fees were changing effective July 1, 2026.

Powell Circuit Clerk Online Access

KYeCourts Public Records guest access provides free public case information statewide after the guest checkbox and Continue step. The public docket portal offers county, division, date, courtroom, and subdivision controls, but warns that docket data is not the official docket and is subject to change. Critical hearings, payment deadlines, and motion dates should be confirmed with the Circuit Court Clerk.

The county clerk screenshots assigned in the image manifest show the reason the office split must stay clear.

The Kentucky.gov Powell County Clerk listing is a county clerk source, not the Circuit Court Clerk source for court case records.

Use County Clerk sources for local records such as marriage and land instruments, and use the Circuit Court Clerk for court files.

Circuit Court Clerk vs County Clerk

Powell County has a split clerk structure. The Circuit Court Clerk handles court case records for Circuit, Family, and District Court. The County Clerk handles marriage licenses, deeds, mortgages, liens, wills as recorded instruments, election services, motor vehicle services, delinquent-tax services, and county-clerk open records. The difference is especially important for divorce and probate. Divorce decrees are court records. Marriage licenses are County Clerk records. Probate administration is District Court, but a recorded will can also appear in County Clerk records.

The County Clerk's own contact page supplies the local contact source for county clerk records.

The Powell County Clerk contact page lists the separate county clerk office, email, mailing address, and e-recording provider links.

That contact source should be used for county clerk records, while Brian King's Circuit Court Clerk office remains the court case-record contact.

Powell County Clerk Record Systems

The County Clerk's records page explains eCCLIX, DOC ALERT, e-recording providers, recording fees, and printable open-records items. Those tools are valuable for deed, mortgage, lien, will-recording, and estate settlement research. They are not a replacement for KYeCourts or a request to the Circuit Court Clerk for case files.

The Powell County Clerk website is the local portal for county clerk services such as marriage licenses and land records.

For court case copies, use this distinction as a routing check before spending time in the wrong clerk system.

Visit Powell County Circuit Clerk

The courthouse parking note on the official court page is unusually specific. Parking is around the building and on the right behind the Farm Bureau building. Designated parking for people with a disability parking permit is on the right side of the courthouse. Circuit Court is listed as being in continuous session, and Circuit Court motion hour is the first and third Wednesday following the first Monday of each month, with a call-ahead instruction for confirmation.

For a courthouse visit, bring the case number if available, party names, photo identification if the clerk requests it, and enough detail to distinguish similar cases. A person seeking legal advice, strategy, or interpretation of an order should speak with an attorney. The clerk can provide record access and procedural information, but not legal advice.