Access Grayson Circuit Court Clerk Records

Grayson County Circuit Court Clerk

The Kentucky Court of Justice lists Stacie Blain as Circuit Court Clerk for Grayson County. The office is located at the Grayson County Judicial Center, the same courthouse used for Circuit Court and District Court business. This office is the practical contact for court case files, certified court copies, payment questions, and local case access. It is also the public-facing court office when a user needs help distinguishing a Circuit Court felony or divorce case from a District Court misdemeanor, traffic, small-claims, juvenile, domestic-violence, mental-health, or probate matter.

Grayson County has a split clerk system. The Circuit Court Clerk is the court-record clerk. The County Clerk is a separate county official. That split matters because a divorce decree is a court record, while a marriage license is a County Clerk record. A felony case is a Circuit Court record, while an estate deed or recorded will may require the County Clerk. When a request involves both court and recording channels, start with the office that created the record and then follow the linked channel if another office holds a related document.

What Grayson Clerk Records Cover

The Circuit Court Clerk's court-record role connects to both local trial courts. Circuit Court handles felony criminal cases, higher-value civil matters, divorce and family matters where assigned, land title disputes, contested probate matters, and appeals from District Court. District Court handles misdemeanors, traffic, violations, small claims, probate of wills, preliminary felony proceedings, juvenile matters, mental-health matters, and domestic-violence cases. One Circuit Court Clerk office supports those court records for Grayson County.

This means the clerk's office is often the best practical stop when a user is unsure which court level produced the record. A traffic citation, misdemeanor, or probate-of-will filing may be a District Court matter, while a felony, divorce decree, higher civil case, or District Court appeal may be a Circuit Court matter. The same clerk contact can help route the person to the right file, but the request should still identify the court level when possible.

• Circuit Court case files, including felony, civil, divorce, and appeal records.
• District Court case files, including traffic, misdemeanor, small-claims, probate, and preliminary felony records.
• Local court copy and certification requests when the case can be identified.
• Payment support for court costs, fines, and fees, including the ePay path listed by KCOJ.
• Schedule and docket questions when the statewide docket portal needs local verification.

Do not use the Circuit Court Clerk for land-title recording, mortgage searches, vehicle licensing, voter registration, or marriage-license applications. Those belong to the Grayson County Clerk.

Request Grayson Certified Copies

Certified copies are official court copies used when a receiving agency will not accept a screen print, docket result, or plain photocopy. Divorce decrees, judgments, sentencing orders, name-change orders, and final civil orders often require certification. The research file does not provide a local copy-fee schedule for the Circuit Court Clerk, so fees should be confirmed before ordering. The best request starts with the case number, court level, party names, document type, and the reason a certified copy is needed.

The distinction between a certified court copy and a public search result is important in Grayson County. KYeCourts or the public docket portal may help identify the case, but a printed webpage is not the same as a clerk-certified order. Agencies that need proof of divorce, final disposition, sentence, judgment, or name change may reject a docket printout. Ask the clerk whether the copy must be certified, exemplified, or otherwise issued by the court.

1. Identify the case type and whether it belongs in Circuit Court or District Court.
2. Find the case number through KYeCourts, old paperwork, docket notices, or the clerk counter.
3. Contact the Circuit Court Clerk at 270-259-3040 to confirm availability, certification, fee, and pickup or mail options.
4. For archived files, follow the State Records Center route when case and file locator numbers are available.
5. Verify whether sealed, juvenile, adoption, medical, or protected information will be redacted or unavailable.

Grayson Court Request Fields

Kentucky Court of Justice records guidance is important for older files. The State Records Center requires case and file locator numbers for court case records, and those records cannot be searched by name or Social Security number. Local clerk requests can still begin with party names and case type, but a precise request is more likely to succeed. The table lists practical fields to gather before calling, emailing a state records channel, or visiting the clerk.

Grayson Clerk Fees

The researched KCOJ county page lists payment options as cash, check, money order, and online payment through ePay. The KYeCourts guest-login page also links to ePay for court fees, fines, and costs. The research did not provide a Grayson County Circuit Court Clerk copy-fee schedule, and Phase B rules prohibit inventing those amounts. Confirm court copy, certification, and filing amounts with the clerk before ordering.

The same caution applies to the July 1, 2026 civil filing-fee notice shown on the KYeCourts guest-login page. The notice points to Kentucky Supreme Court orders for statewide filing-fee changes, but a Grayson County user should still confirm the exact amount for the filing, copy, or certification being requested. A current clerk quote is the safer source before payment.

Note: County Clerk recording fees are separate from court copy fees and should not be used for Circuit Court Clerk case copies.

Online and Archive Access

Grayson County court records use several Kentucky judiciary access points. The KYeCourts guest login provides public access to public case information throughout Kentucky after a CAPTCHA and guest continuation step. The trial court docket portal helps users check hearing dates by county, division, date, courtroom, and subdivision. For archived court records, the Kentucky Court of Justice records request page directs users to the State Records Center or KDLA path depending on the record.

The docket portal is not a certified record. It warns that results are not an official docket and are subject to change. That warning matters for bond, custody, deadlines, and hearing attendance. For certified proof, the Circuit Court Clerk or the official court record remains the source. For County Clerk recorded documents, eCCLIX and the County Clerk office are separate channels.

Archived records require extra precision. The State Records Center instructions say court case records require case and file locator numbers and cannot be searched by name or Social Security number. A person with only a name may need to start with KYeCourts, old paperwork, docket notices, or the local clerk before the state archive request can move forward. For older marriage records, recorded wills, or land instruments, the County Clerk path may be more useful than the court archive path.