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Powell County Clerk Office

Powell County has a separate County Clerk office for local records that are not court case files. Kentucky.gov lists Rhonda A. Barnett as County Clerk at 525 Washington Street, Room 109, with phone 606-663-6444 and fax 606-663-6406. The clerk's own website lists Powell County Clerk's Office, 525 Washington St., Room 109, Stanton, KY 40380-0548, mailing address P.O. Box 548, phone 606-663-6444, fax 606-663-6406, and email Jackie.everman@ky.gov.

The research found a name mismatch between the Kentucky.gov county page and the direct clerk website contact details. For records service details, hours, fees, eCCLIX, marriage licenses, and DOC ALERT, the direct Powell County Clerk website is the better operational source. For an elected-official biography, the name should be verified before publication because official sources do not line up perfectly.

Powell County Clerk Records

The County Clerk handles marriage licenses, land records, deeds, mortgages, liens, wills as recorded instruments, election services, motor vehicle records, delinquent-tax services, notary processing, and open records for the county clerk's office. Those records are different from court pleadings, orders, criminal files, traffic cases, divorce decrees, and District Court probate administration.

• Marriage licenses and certified local marriage copies are County Clerk records.
• Deeds, mortgages, assignments, releases, plats, powers of attorney, and liens are recorded instruments.
• Recorded wills, renunciations, and disclaimers can be County Clerk records, even when probate case administration is in District Court.
• DOC ALERT is a county clerk fraud-notification tool for deed and mortgage filings.
• County-clerk open records use the clerk's policy and application items, not the court-record request path.

Powell County Clerk Hours

The direct clerk website lists detailed office hours. The Fiscal Court page had an older Friday closing time, so the direct clerk website should be preferred and the office should be called before a visit if timing matters. This is especially true for marriage license visits, title work, and any transaction near a holiday or filing deadline.

Search Powell County eCCLIX Records

Powell County uses eCCLIX/CCLIX through Software Management for online county clerk records. The Powell County Clerk records page says eCCLIX lets users view or print documents filed by more than 85 Kentucky county clerk offices. It is useful for title follow-up, estate settlement, appraisals, and avoiding courthouse trips. Private citizens searching Powell County records for personal reasons with no commercial gain may search at no charge but are limited to five searches per day. Commercial users pay a subscription fee and may add other counties.

Note: eCCLIX is for county clerk recorded documents, not Powell County Circuit, Family, or District Court case records.

Powell County DOC ALERT

DOC ALERT is a free mortgage and deed fraud-notification tool advertised by the Powell County Clerk records page. It requires name and email registration and sends an alert when a mortgage or deed bearing the registered name is recorded. The feature is important in Powell County because it gives property owners a passive notice channel for new deed or mortgage filings, while eCCLIX provides the active search path.

DOC ALERT does not block a filing or decide whether a document is valid. It is a notice tool. A person who receives an unexpected alert should check the recorded document through the clerk's records process and follow up with the clerk, counsel, or law enforcement as appropriate. It should be treated as a fraud-warning aid, not a title opinion.

Powell County Clerk Recording Fees

The Powell County Clerk records page gives selected recording fees for high-use documents. These are county clerk recording fees, not court filing fees. A probate court filing, divorce filing, traffic payment, or certified court copy should be confirmed through the Circuit Court Clerk instead.

Powell County Marriage Records

The County Clerk issues Powell County marriage licenses. Both parties must apply together and be present. The clerk lists a $60.00 license fee, no waiting period, no blood test, no physical requirement, and a license validity period of 30 days including the date issued. The license is valid anywhere in Kentucky but not outside Kentucky. Accepted ID includes driver's license, government-issued picture ID, original birth certificate, passport, or Social Security card.

Certified marriage copies can be requested from the County Clerk. In-person certified copies are $5.00, and certified copies by mail are $6.00. For older copy requests, include bride's maiden name, groom's name, and year of marriage if before June 26, 2020. For later records, include partner 1 or partner 2 maiden name and year of marriage. Divorce decrees are not County Clerk marriage records; those route through the Circuit Court Clerk.

Recorded Wills and Probate Limits

Powell County Clerk records include wills as recorded instruments, plus renunciations and disclaimers of will. That can be useful for title follow-up, estate settlement, and genealogy-style document research. Probate administration itself remains a District Court matter through the Circuit Court Clerk. The distinction matters when a person needs court orders appointing an executor or administrator, inventories, settlements, or contested probate filings.

A recorded will may show that a document was filed with the County Clerk. It does not prove that a District Court probate case has been opened, that an executor has authority, or that the estate is closed. For probate case status, use KYeCourts if public, then call or visit the Circuit Court Clerk.

Powell County Clerk Open Records

The Powell County Clerk records page lists Open Records Policy and Open Records application items under printable records, but the crawler did not expose PDF URLs. Use the clerk's records page rather than inventing form links or fields. Kentucky open-records law generally requires a written request with a specific description of the records sought, and county offices apply their adopted policy and application to local agency records.

1. Decide whether the record is a county clerk record or a court case record.
2. For a county clerk record, use the Powell County Clerk records page or contact the office.
3. Describe the document, name, date range, book/page or instrument data if known.
4. Ask whether eCCLIX, in-person search, mail request, or an open-records application is the best path.
5. For court case files, stop and use the Circuit Court Clerk instead.

Powell County E-Recording Providers

The Powell County Clerk records page names several e-recording providers. These are for recordable county clerk instruments, not court pleadings filed in a court case. The researched provider list should be used as contact context only, since each provider sets its own onboarding process and account terms.