Access Graves County Circuit Clerk Records

Graves County Circuit Court Clerk

The Kentucky Court of Justice Graves County page names Emily Ward Buzanis as Circuit Court Clerk and gives the current temporary court office address. The KCOJ clerk overview says circuit court clerks manage records of Kentucky Circuit, Family, District, and Business courts. For Graves County, that means the Circuit Court Clerk is the starting point for official court copies from both Circuit Court and District Court.

The title can be confusing because Graves County also has an elected County Clerk. Kim Gills, the County Clerk, handles marriage licenses, land and legal recordings, elections, motor vehicles, and delinquent tax sale records. Court dockets, court copies, fines, bonds, lawsuits, and case filings belong with the Circuit Court Clerk. The County Clerk homepage itself directs users looking for legal docket information to the Circuit Clerk's Office.

Graves County Clerk Court Duties

Kentucky's statewide clerk description gives the office a broad court role. Circuit court clerks receive lawsuits and court documents, maintain safe storage and control of court records, attend trials, schedule juries, receive fines, and handle bond money. In Graves County, the same local office supports Circuit Court and District Court records at the temporary courthouse location.

• Maintain Circuit Court felony, civil, family, appeal, and higher-level case records.
• Maintain District Court traffic, misdemeanor, probate, small claims, juvenile, and preliminary felony hearing records.
• Receive filings, pleadings, orders, judgments, and court documents for local cases.
• Provide court-record copy and certification access when a public or party copy is available.
• Receive fines, fees, court costs, and bond money under KCOJ payment rules.

The clerk's statewide role is shown in an image captured from the official Kentucky Circuit Court Clerks overview.

The statewide clerk overview explains why one local office is the record custodian for several trial-court divisions.

Request Graves County Certified Copies

A certified court copy is a clerk-authenticated copy of a court record. It may be needed for appeal packets, name changes, divorce proof, probation or sentence questions, agency filings, or another court case. KYeCourts and docket tools can help locate a public case, but the official certified copy comes from the clerk who holds the court file.

1. Identify whether the record is a Circuit Court case, District Court case, divorce decree, probate order, traffic citation, or other court file.
2. Gather the case number if known, plus party names, approximate filing date, and the exact document needed.
3. Call or visit the Circuit Court Clerk to confirm copy availability, certification process, fee, and accepted payment method.
4. Pay using an accepted method and request pickup, mail, or other delivery if the clerk offers it.
5. Review the copy for the certification mark before using it for legal proof.

Graves County Clerk Request Fields

The research file did not locate a Graves-specific court copy form, so requests should follow the clerk's instructions. Kentucky public-record request practice and the County Clerk open-records form inventory show the core details that make a request usable. For court files, the case number and document type are especially helpful because court records are filed by case.

Graves County Clerk Fees

The KCOJ Graves page gives payment methods but does not list exact court copy fees in the captured research. It says payment options include cash, cashier's check, and money order, with no out-of-state checks, cash for bond, and online payment through ePay where eligible. For exact plain-copy, certification, and filing costs, contact the Circuit Court Clerk before sending payment.

Note: Ask for the current fee on the same day a copy is requested because Kentucky court fees were changing in July 2026.

Graves County Clerk Office Split

The court clerk and county clerk are separate offices with different records. The Circuit Court Clerk handles court case records and trial-court payments. The County Clerk handles land records, marriage licenses, motor vehicles, elections, delinquent tax sale records, and local county open-records materials. A divorce decree goes to the Circuit Court Clerk. A marriage license copy goes to the County Clerk.

The Graves County Clerk homepage is shown in an image captured from the official County Clerk site.

The county clerk image is useful here because it shows the separate county office that should not be confused with the court clerk.

Graves County Online Clerk Channels

For court cases, online access starts with KYeCourts public records, the KCOJ docket portal, and ePay. For county clerk records, online access includes the County Clerk site, ECCLIX land records, and DOC ALERT for property-fraud alerts. Each channel answers a different question, so a search for a court judgment should not be rerouted through the land-record index unless the judgment also produced a recorded lien or property document.

The online land-record channel appears in an image captured from the official Graves County Clerk online land records page.

That image belongs on the clerk page because it shows why the County Clerk is a separate records office rather than the court case clerk.

Visit Graves County Clerk Offices

Graves County's current office layout reflects the post-tornado temporary government center. The Circuit Court Clerk is listed by KCOJ at 1102 Paris Road, Suite 21. The County Clerk is listed at 1102 Paris Road, Suite 4. The sheriff is listed at Suite 6, and the Fiscal Court is listed at Suite 2. Suite-level detail is not minor when a deadline, hearing, bond payment, or certified-copy request is involved.

Before visiting, confirm whether the request is a court record, county legal record, jail record, or sheriff record. Court copies, divorce decrees, probate case orders, traffic citations, criminal files, and case dockets belong with the Circuit Court Clerk. Marriage licenses, recorded wills, deeds, mortgages, liens, UCC or title-lien statement indexes, elections, motor vehicles, and delinquent tax sale materials belong with the County Clerk. Jail booking records use the jail's written open-records process, and sheriff records use the sheriff or law-enforcement custodian.

Accessibility details are also office-specific. The KCOJ Graves County page states that designated disability parking is in front of the annex and that the courthouse has elevator access. Official sources reviewed did not publish named parking lots, paid garage rates, public transit routes, or security-screening rules. For hearings, filings, and bond payments, call ahead and ask about current entry, payment, and closure rules.

Payment planning should be just as specific. KCOJ lists cash, cashier's check, money order, and no out-of-state checks for court payments, with cash for bond and ePay for eligible balances. The jail bond source adds that courthouse bond payment occurs during weekday courthouse hours, while cash and surety bonds may be paid at the jail only when the courthouse is closed. Those details affect anyone trying to clear a court balance, post bond, or obtain copies during the same trip.

Restricted Graves County Clerk Records

The Circuit Court Clerk can provide public court records, but some records are not public in full. Juvenile matters have separate confidentiality rules. Sealed and expunged criminal files may be hidden from ordinary public access. Adoption, mental-health, minor, financial-account, and safety-sensitive information may be withheld or redacted. If a requester is a party, attorney, guardian, executor, or agency representative, the clerk may ask for proof of authority before releasing more than the public portion.