Menifee County Circuit Court Clerk
Kentucky uses elected circuit court clerks for trial-court records. KCOJ explains that circuit court clerks have custody, control, and safe storage of Circuit Court and District Court records. They receive lawsuits and court documents, attend trials, schedule juries, receive fines, and handle bond money. In Menifee County, the Circuit Court Clerk is Kelly Botts, and KCOJ lists the clerk phone as 606-768-2461.
The Office of Circuit Court Clerk serves both Menifee Circuit Court and Menifee District Court. That means felony, higher civil, divorce, adoption, contested probate, and appeals from District Court route through the same court-record office as misdemeanor, traffic, small claims, juvenile, probate of wills, felony preliminary, and domestic violence matters, subject to confidentiality limits.
Office of Circuit Court Clerk
Clerk: Kelly Botts
12 Main St.
Frenchburg, KY 40322
606-768-2461
Circuit and District Court records, dockets, payments, bonds, and certified-copy questions
Menifee Court Clerk vs County Clerk
Menifee has two clerk roles that searchers often confuse. The Circuit Court Clerk is the clerk for Circuit Court and District Court case files. The County Clerk, Krystal Chapman, handles local legal records, marriage records, deeds, mortgages, liens, recorded wills, forms that require original signatures, and County Clerk open-records requests. Both offices are tied to the Main Street courthouse area, but they are not interchangeable.
| Office | Records Handled | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Circuit Court Clerk | Circuit and District Court case files, dockets, court payments, bonds, certified court copies | Kelly Botts, 606-768-2461 |
| County Clerk | Marriage records, deeds, mortgages, liens, wills recorded as legal instruments, eCCLIX, County Clerk open records | Krystal Chapman, 606-768-3512 |
The Menifee County Clerk records page is assigned to this clerk topic because it shows the separate local legal-record system.
That source is useful for deeds, marriages, liens, and recorded wills, while the Circuit Court Clerk remains the source for court case files.
Request Menifee Court Files
KCOJ instructs users to request Circuit, Family, District, and Business Court records through the Office of Circuit Court Clerk in the county where the case was handled. For Menifee court files, that means the clerk at the Frenchburg courthouse. KCOJ also says only the court clerk can advise whether a record is in the clerk's office, at a records facility, or destroyed under the Court of Justice retention schedule.
- Identify the case type, court division, party names, and case number if known.
- Search KYeCourts or the docket search first when public online information is enough.
- Call or visit the Menifee Circuit Court Clerk for official copies, certified copies, older files, or stored-record questions.
- Ask whether the file is in the local office or at a record facility.
- If the file is stored and public, obtain case and file locator numbers from the clerk before contacting the State Records Center.
- Confirm current copy, certification, and payment rules before ordering.
State Records Center requests cannot be searched by name or Social Security number. KCOJ lists state.records@ky.gov and 502-564-3617 for the State Records Center, but the clerk must first supply the locator information.
Menifee Clerk Request Fields
The court clerk process is not the same as the Menifee County Clerk open-records form, but the research gives reliable field categories for records requests. A clear request helps the clerk identify the correct court file, copy type, and delivery path. For court files, include case details. For County Clerk open records, use the County Clerk form and policy.
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Case number | Helpful | Use the exact number when known; it is critical for stored files. |
| Party names | Yes in practice | Include plaintiff/defendant, petitioner/respondent, or Commonwealth/defendant names. |
| Court division | Helpful | State Circuit or District if known. |
| Document type | Yes in practice | Order, judgment, decree, docket entry, citation, bond order, or full file. |
| Copy type | Yes for copy request | Plain or certified copy need should be stated. |
| Requester contact | Yes | Phone, email, or mailing address for response and fee instructions. |
Menifee Clerk Fees and Payments
The research did not locate a Menifee KCOJ court-copy fee table, so court copy and certification amounts should be confirmed with the Circuit Court Clerk. Payment rules published on the KCOJ Menifee page are specific and should be followed. Payments are not accepted over the phone. ePay is the online route for eligible fees, fines, and costs.
| Payment or Fee Item | Published Rule or Status |
|---|---|
| Court copy or certification fee | Not clearly published on Menifee KCOJ page; confirm with Circuit Court Clerk |
| Cash, check, money order | Listed by KCOJ for Menifee payments |
| In-person credit or debit card | Accepted with card fee and cardholder driver's license number |
| Bond | Cash required; photo ID required to post or pick up bond |
| Restitution | Cash or money order payable to Menifee Office of Circuit Court Clerk and designated for victim |
| Prepayable mailed offense | Cashier's check or money order |
| Phone payment | Not accepted |
The Menifee County Clerk recording fees image is relevant only for County Clerk legal records, not court case-copy fees.
Use that fee schedule for county legal-record instruments, and verify court-record copy costs with the Circuit Court Clerk.
Menifee Clerk Docket Support
The clerk office is also the practical point of contact for schedule and docket questions. Circuit Court Division 1 motion day is the fourth Thursday, with civil at 9 a.m., child support at 9:30 a.m., criminal at 10 a.m., and domestic or family at 11 a.m. Circuit Court Division 2 motion day is the second Thursday, with civil at 9 a.m., criminal at 10 a.m., and domestic or family at 11 a.m.
District Court schedules include civil motions on the first, second, and third Tuesday at 9 a.m.; traffic, misdemeanor, and felony arraignment Tuesday at 9 a.m.; payment docket on the second Tuesday at 9 a.m.; and juvenile matters on the second and third Tuesday at 1 p.m. KCOJ states that motions must be filed one week before motion day and must include the defendant and judge on the certificate of service.
Docket caution: Online dockets help with hearing dates, but the official court record and last-minute schedule checks belong with the clerk.
Menifee County Clerk Forms
County Clerk forms and eCCLIX records are included here to prevent a common wrong turn. The Menifee County Clerk forms page lists legal-record forms such as affidavit, affidavit of conversion to real estate, assumed name renewal certificate, certificate of assumed name, release of real estate mortgage, and release of vendor's lien. The County Clerk site says forms must be mailed or brought in person because an original signature is required. They cannot be emailed or faxed.
Those County Clerk forms are useful for local legal instruments, while court pleadings and court-record copies use the Circuit Court Clerk and Kentucky Court of Justice channels.
| County Clerk Open-Records Field | Notes |
|---|---|
| Name | Requester name. |
| Mailing address | Address for response or copies. |
| Contact or response email. | |
| Records to be inspected | Description of requested County Clerk records. |
| Commercial purpose | Commercial or noncommercial selection. |
| Kentucky residency category | Requester identifies Kentucky residency basis. |
| Signature and date | Written signature and date signed. |
Menifee Clerk Online Systems
KYeCourts guest public records provide free access to public case information throughout Kentucky after the CAPTCHA and Continue step. The KCOJ docket search gives county, division, date, courtroom, and subdivision fields. AOC criminal record reports are separate statewide products and are not official court records. KCOJ says the official court record is housed in the Office of Circuit Court Clerk where the case was filed.
Federal records are outside the Menifee Circuit Court Clerk's custody. PACER and PACER Case Locator are used for federal district, bankruptcy, and appellate case searches. A Menifee resident's federal case does not become a Menifee County court file just because the person lives in the county.
The PACER Case Locator source shows that federal case lookup is a different system from Menifee Circuit and District Court records.
Use the Circuit Court Clerk for Menifee state trial-court files and PACER only for federal court records.