Pulaski County Circuit Court Clerk Office
The Kentucky Court of Justice Pulaski County page identifies J.S. Flynn as Circuit Court Clerk. This is the clerk for court case files, not the separate County Clerk who handles land records and marriage licenses. In Kentucky, circuit court clerks hold custody and control of Circuit Court and District Court records at the trial level. They receive filings, keep court records, help schedule juries, collect fines and court costs, and handle bond money. In Pulaski County, that role covers case files from Circuit Court, Family Court, and District Court.
The office is located in the Pulaski County Court of Justice in downtown Somerset. Case-copy requests, certified-copy questions, older-file routing, payment questions, and clerk counter access all start there when the matter is a court case. The Pulaski County Clerk is a different office for deeds, mortgages, recorded wills, marriage license records, notary records, elections, liens, and vehicle services.
Office of Circuit Court Clerk
Clerk: J.S. Flynn
Pulaski County Court of Justice
50 Public Square
P.O. Box 664
Somerset, KY 42502-0664
606-677-4029
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; closed Saturday-Sunday
Pulaski County Clerk Court Duties
The Circuit Court Clerk is tied to the Kentucky Court of Justice rather than Pulaski County fiscal government. The office is the records desk for local cases in the 28th Judicial Circuit and 28th Judicial District. It supports Circuit Court cases such as felonies, major civil claims, divorce, adoption, title disputes, injunctions, contested probate, District Court appeals, and administrative appeals. It also supports District Court matters such as misdemeanors, traffic offenses, violations, ordinances, small claims, probate of wills, juvenile matters, felony first appearances, and probable-cause hearings.
For a court record user, the key point is scope. A name may appear in a docket search, a KYeCourts public case search, a payment screen, or an older court file. The Circuit Court Clerk is the office that can tell a requester whether the public copy is at the counter, whether the file has moved to a record facility, or whether a restriction applies. The office does not replace the statewide KYeCourts public portal, but it is the local source for official case copies from Pulaski County cases.
- Maintains Pulaski County Circuit, Family, and District Court case records.
- Receives lawsuits, pleadings, orders, motions, citations, and other court documents.
- Collects court fines, court costs, and bond money where allowed by court procedure.
- Supports jury scheduling and trial-level court administration.
- Routes older available files to the proper record facility process when the file is not local.
Pulaski County Clerk Record Channels
Pulaski County does not publish a county-built civil and criminal case database in the gathered official sources. Public case access uses Kentucky Court of Justice systems and the local clerk counter. For public case information, the KYeCourts public records guest access page is the first online route. For hearing calendars, the KCOJ docket portal lets searchers select Pulaski County, a division, date, courtroom, and subdivision. For certified copies or files that do not appear online, call or visit the Pulaski County Circuit Court Clerk.
| Need | Best starting point | What to expect |
|---|---|---|
| Public case lookup | KYeCourts guest access | Free public case information where available across Kentucky courts. |
| Hearing date or daily docket | KCOJ docket portal | County, division, date, courtroom, and subdivision controls, with a change disclaimer. |
| Certified court copy | Circuit Court Clerk | Office staff confirm availability, copy route, and whether the record is restricted. |
| Older court file | Circuit Court Clerk first | Clerk provides case and file locator numbers if a record facility request is needed. |
| Land or marriage copy | County Clerk | Separate office at 100 North Main Street handles county recorded documents. |
Request Pulaski County Certified Copies
A certified copy is a clerk-issued copy that carries official certification for legal, filing, or agency use. Online search results can help identify a case, but they are not the same as a certified court copy. For Pulaski County case files, the Kentucky Court of Justice records request guidance says the Office of Circuit Court Clerk in the county is the starting point for copies from cases in that county.
- Identify the court case type, such as Circuit, Family, District, traffic, probate, small claims, criminal, or civil.
- Gather the case number if known. If the number is not known, gather full party names, approximate filing year, and case type.
- Call or visit the Pulaski County Circuit Court Clerk at 50 Public Square to ask whether the file is local, public, and copy-ready.
- Ask whether a certified copy is available and what fee or payment method applies before ordering.
- If the file is off site, get the case and file locator numbers from the clerk before using a State Records Center request.
- For Court of Appeals or Supreme Court records, use the appellate clerk or C-Track process instead of the Pulaski office.
Note: KCOJ says State Records Center files cannot be searched by name or Social Security number, so the locator numbers from the clerk matter.
Pulaski County Court Copy Fields
The research did not locate a Pulaski-specific downloadable court copy form. A good court-record request still needs enough information for staff to find the case without guessing. The fields below come from the KCOJ copy route and the local access-channel sweep. They should be treated as request information, not as a promise that every field appears on a single Pulaski County form.
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Case number | Helpful when known | Use the exact case number from KYeCourts, a docket entry, or prior paperwork. |
| Party names | Yes | List full names and roles, such as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, respondent, or decedent. |
| Court division | Helpful | Specify Circuit, Family, or District when known. |
| Case type | Yes | Examples include felony, misdemeanor, divorce, civil, probate, small claims, or traffic. |
| Document type | Yes | State whether the need is a docket sheet, judgment, order, decree, citation, or certified copy. |
| Copy type | Yes | Say plain copy or certified copy, and ask whether the record can be released. |
Pulaski County Clerk Fees
The research file confirms local payment rules but does not include a Pulaski court-copy fee schedule for Circuit Court Clerk records. The KCOJ Pulaski page says court-related payments at the Pulaski County Court of Justice may be made by cash, check, money order, credit card, or debit card, and that a fee applies to card payments. It also says some fees, court costs, and traffic tickets can be paid by credit or debit card by phone at 606-677-4029, but bond and filing fees cannot be paid by card by phone.
| Item | Published Pulaski detail |
|---|---|
| Court costs or eligible traffic payments | May be payable by phone with credit or debit card through 606-677-4029. |
| Bond payments | KCOJ Pulaski says bond cannot be paid by credit or debit card by phone. |
| Filing fees | KCOJ Pulaski says filing fees cannot be paid by credit or debit card by phone. |
| Card payments | A card fee applies. |
| Court copy fees | Specific Pulaski court-copy amounts were not located in the gathered official sources. |
Older Pulaski County Court Files
Older Pulaski County court records require a different path than current counter copies. KCOJ records guidance says a file may be in the local clerk's office, stored at a record facility, or destroyed under court retention schedules, depending on record type and age. If a public file is at the State Records Center, the Circuit Court Clerk identifies the facility and gives case and file locator numbers. Those numbers go with the state records request form, by email to state.records@ky.gov, or through the State Records Center phone route at 502-564-3617.
Older appellate records are not Pulaski County clerk records. Kentucky Court of Appeals records route to the Court of Appeals clerk at 502-573-7920 or C-Track Public Access. Kentucky Supreme Court records route to the Supreme Court clerk at 502-564-5444 or C-Track Public Access. That split matters when a Pulaski County case was appealed after the local judgment.
Restricted Pulaski County Court Records
Some Pulaski County court records are public, but court access is not unlimited. Juvenile cases are restricted under KRS 610.340. Adoption files, mental-health commitments, sealed cases, expunged cases, and protected personal identifiers are not ordinary public copies. Kentucky CR 7.03 requires privacy protection in court filings, which limits exposure of Social Security numbers, financial account data, and similar identifiers.
Kentucky Open Records Act statutes such as KRS 61.870, KRS 61.872, and KRS 61.880 are important for county executive, sheriff, jail, land, and other public agency records. Court case copy access, though, is routed through KCOJ systems and the Circuit Court Clerk. If a Pulaski County case is sealed or expunged, counter staff may not be able to release it without party status, statutory authority, or a court order.