Menifee County Marriage Records
Marriage licenses and local marriage-record questions route to the Menifee County Clerk, not the Circuit Court Clerk. The county clerk is Krystal Chapman. The office is listed at 12 Main St., P.O. Box 123, Frenchburg, KY 40322, with phone 606-768-3512 and email krystal.chapman@ky.gov. The clerk site lists hours Monday through Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Thursday and Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
The county clerk's legal-records page says public records and indexes are available to view in the office free of charge. Online access is through eCCLIX record indexes and images, with an account and password assigned by SMI and access fees charged. The same records page lists marriages among the county clerk's online legal-record categories, along with deeds, wills, liens, mortgages, releases, and other instruments.
Menifee County Clerk
Clerk: Krystal Chapman
12 Main St., P.O. Box 123
Frenchburg, KY 40322
606-768-3512
krystal.chapman@ky.gov
Mon-Wed and Fri 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; Thu and Sat 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Menifee County Marriage License Applications
The official research did not locate a Menifee-specific online marriage-license checklist or local license fee. That gap matters because a page should not invent identification rules, local appointment rules, or a fee amount. The safe process is to confirm current application steps with the Menifee County Clerk before visiting, then use state marriage-law sources for the broader Kentucky framework.
- Contact the Menifee County Clerk to confirm current license hours, payment method, and whether both parties must appear together.
- Ask what identification, age, prior-marriage, and name information the local office needs for a Kentucky marriage license.
- Bring the required documents to the clerk's office at the Frenchburg courthouse address.
- Pay the local license fee only after confirming the current amount with the clerk.
- After the ceremony, make sure the license is returned and recorded through the clerk's office so a record can be searched later.
The KRS Chapter 402 marriage statutes source supports the state-law side of Menifee County marriage records.
Use the statutes for statewide legal context, then use the Menifee County Clerk for the local filing counter and record search.
Menifee County Marriage Record Fields
Marriage certificate and ordering workflows ask for enough detail to identify the record and the requester. Kentucky OVS and VitalChek record orders are not the same as a local Menifee license application, but their fields show the kind of information needed when requesting a certified marriage certificate from state channels.
| Portal or Form | Fields or Requirements Noted | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Kentucky OVS marriage certificate order | Requester information, relationship or eligibility, spouse names, date of marriage, county of marriage, shipping address, payment | Certified certificate from June 1958 forward |
| VitalChek marriage certificate portal | State, certificate type, reason for order, marriage details, requester identity, contact, shipping, payment | Vendor-hosted online ordering path |
| Menifee County Clerk local license | Research gap: detailed online application checklist and local fee were not published in official sources found | Call the county clerk before applying |
| Item | Fee or Status |
|---|---|
| OVS certified marriage certificate | $6 per certified copy |
| OVS certified divorce certificate | $6 per certified copy |
| VitalChek online order | Additional vendor and shipping fees may apply at checkout |
| Local Menifee marriage license | Not located in official sources; confirm with County Clerk |
| Divorce case-file court copies | Not clearly published on Menifee KCOJ page; confirm with Circuit Court Clerk |
Menifee County Marriage Certificates
The Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics marriage and divorce page says marriage certificates are available from June 1958 forward. Older marriage records are requested from the county clerk where the marriage occurred. For a Menifee marriage before that state-coverage date, the local County Clerk is the more direct channel.
That state certificate path is useful for certified proof, while the local county clerk path is useful for older Menifee records and local index access.
The VitalChek Kentucky marriage ordering page is another state-approved ordering route for Kentucky marriage records.
VitalChek may add processing or shipping fees, so the total can differ from the base OVS certificate fee.
Menifee County Divorce Records
Divorce records divide into two common categories. A divorce certificate is a vital record that proves a divorce was granted. A divorce decree or case file is a court record that may include pleadings, motions, custody or support orders, property orders, docket entries, and the final decree. In Menifee County, the court-file channel is the Circuit Court Clerk because divorce is a Circuit Court matter in Kentucky.
For Menifee divorce decrees and case-file copies, contact the Office of Circuit Court Clerk at 12 Main St., Frenchburg, phone 606-768-2461. KYeCourts may provide public case information, and the KCOJ docket search can show hearing dates by county, division, and date. Older or stored court files require clerk help because KCOJ says the clerk must supply case and file locator numbers before the State Records Center can process a stored public-file request.
| Request Type | Fields or Details to Provide |
|---|---|
| OVS divorce certificate | Names of parties, date of divorce, county where granted, requester identity, contact, shipping, payment |
| Court records request | Case number if known, party names, approximate filing or disposition date, record type, plain or certified copy need, requester contact |
| Docket search | Menifee county, Circuit division, date, courtroom, subdivision |
Divorce case files may include restricted material. Minor-child information, financial identifiers, domestic violence material, sealed filings, adoption, and termination-of-parental-rights records may be withheld or redacted under Kentucky court rules and statutes.
Menifee County Family Record Limits
Kentucky court-record access is controlled by the Court of Justice and the Kentucky Supreme Court. KRS 26A.200 and KRS 26A.220 are key court-record authorities. KRS 61.878 also supports exemptions for privacy-sensitive, law-enforcement, and legally confidential records.
Family-record caution: Adoption files are sealed or digitally restricted under KRS 199.570, and juvenile records are restricted under KRS 610.320 and KRS 610.340.
The Eastern District CM/ECF source helps separate federal electronic filing from Menifee County marriage and divorce record access.
Most Menifee divorce files are state Circuit Court records, while federal case access follows federal court systems.
Menifee Divorce and Federal Records
Some family-record searches lead to related property, debt, or bankruptcy questions. Those records are not Menifee divorce records. The Menifee divorce decree and domestic case file stay with the Circuit Court Clerk. Land records and marriage records may sit with the County Clerk. Federal civil and bankruptcy cases use federal court systems such as PACER or the relevant federal court clerk.
The Eastern District bankruptcy court source helps separate bankruptcy record access from Menifee marriage and divorce records.
Use the state and local offices for Menifee marriage and divorce records, and use bankruptcy court channels only when the record is a federal bankruptcy case.