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Circuit Court Clerk
Bobby Morris
Background
Kentucky’s Constitution of 1891 stated that at the general election in 1892 there shall be elected in each county a circuit court clerk and shall hold their offices five years, and until their successors are elected and qualified. In the year 1897, and every six years thereafter, there shall be an election in each county for a circuit court clerk, who shall hold their office for six years, and until the election and qualification of their successors.
Circuit court clerks have offices in all 120 Kentucky counties and are responsible for managing the records of Circuit and District courts. Circuit court clerks are elected officials and serve six-year terms.
Qualifications
In order to qualify for the office of circuit court clerk, a person must be 21 years of age, a citizen of Kentucky, a resident of the state for two years, and a resident of the county in which he or she is a candidate for one year preceding election.
Circuit Court Clerks are elected officials of the court and are responsible for the custody, control, and safe storage of court records for both Circuit and District Court.
Among the duties of the clerks and their deputy clerks are the receipt of lawsuits and papers for the courts, being present during trials, receiving fines, issuing drivers' licenses, scheduling juries, handling bond money and operating the tape recording equipment which records District Court proceedings.