Locate Pendleton County Circuit Court Clerk

Pendleton Circuit Court Clerk Office

The Kentucky Court of Justice lists Michael D. Redden as the Pendleton County Circuit Court Clerk. The office is at the Pendleton County Judicial Center, 120 Ridgeway Avenue, P.O. Box 69, Falmouth, Kentucky 41040. The office phone is 859-654-3347. Public hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The state court page lists on-site parking and payment methods of cash, check, and money order, with ePay linked for eligible court fees, fines, and costs.

The Circuit Court Clerk is the clerk for Pendleton County trial-court case records. That includes Circuit Court, Family Court, District Court, and Business Court records handled in the county. The office is the contact for copies, certified copies, older case files, file-location questions, traffic court payment questions, probate filings, criminal dockets, civil records, family cases, and District Court matters. It is not the same office as the Pendleton County Clerk on Main Street.

The manifest includes a County Clerk homepage capture from Pendleton County Clerk Rita Spencer's office, which helps show the separate county-record office that often gets confused with the court clerk.

Pendleton Court Clerk Duties

The Pendleton County Circuit Court Clerk supports the court side of Kentucky's local record system. The clerk's office is the local route for trial-court file questions after a search in KYeCourts, after a docket check, or when a copy must be certified. The office is also the practical contact for court dates and record questions in District Court matters, because the same local clerk supports both Circuit and District court functions at the Judicial Center.

The Pendleton County Clerk, led by Rita M. Spencer at 233 Main Street, Room 1, has a different record role. That office handles county recordings, land records, marriage licenses, motor-vehicle forms, notary bonds, and county-clerk open records. The researched County Clerk homepage lists hours of Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and second and last Saturday of the month, except holiday weekends, 8:30 a.m. to noon.

• Court case records route through the Circuit Court Clerk at the Judicial Center.
• County recordings, deeds, mortgages, liens, and notary bonds route through the County Clerk on Main Street.
• Marriage licenses are issued by the County Clerk, while divorce case files route through Circuit or Family Court.
• Traffic court payment and court-date questions route through court systems and the Circuit Court Clerk.
• County-clerk open-records requests use the County Clerk's form or written request process.

A manifest capture from the Pendleton County Clerk recordings page shows county recording categories such as deeds, mortgages, liens, and fixture or UCC filings.

Request Certified Court Copies

A certified copy is a copy authenticated by the proper clerk for legal use. For Pendleton County court cases, start with the Circuit Court Clerk when the record is a Circuit, Family, District, or Business Court file. The research did not locate a Pendleton-specific court-copy fee schedule from the Circuit Court Clerk, so the requester should confirm cost, payment method, and pickup or mail options with the clerk before submitting payment. The state court page lists cash, check, and money order for the court office and links ePay for eligible fines, fees, and costs.

The current-notice research also captured a statewide KYeCourts notice, visible June 30, 2026, stating that civil filing fees for Circuit and District Courts increase effective July 1, 2026 under Supreme Court Orders 2026-15 and 2026-18. Because the notice did not include a local copy-fee schedule, Pendleton County court-copy costs should still be confirmed with the Circuit Court Clerk.

1. Identify the court record as Circuit, Family, District, or Business Court before contacting the clerk.
2. Search KYeCourts first if the case number, party names, or filing details are not known.
3. Call the Pendleton County Circuit Court Clerk at 859-654-3347 to confirm whether the file is local, archived, restricted, or destroyed under retention rules.
4. Ask for the cost, accepted payment method, and whether the certified copy can be mailed or must be picked up.
5. Provide the case number, party names, document type, number of certified copies, and contact information.
6. For County Clerk certified copies, use the County Clerk office and its published fee schedule instead of the court clerk.

Pendleton Clerk Request Fields

The research includes a formal field inventory for the Pendleton County Clerk open-records process. That process applies to County Clerk records, not Circuit Court case files. Still, it is useful because it shows the level of detail that Pendleton record custodians ask for: a requester name, contact details, precise documents requested, residency, and other helpful information. For court records, the Circuit Court Clerk may ask for equivalent case-locator details such as case number, party names, and document type.

The manifest capture from the Pendleton County Clerk open-records request page documents the county-clerk request channel.

Pendleton Clerk Fee Examples

The researched published fee table is from the Pendleton County Clerk, not from the Circuit Court Clerk. Those amounts should not be applied to court case copies unless the court clerk confirms a matching fee. They are still relevant because many residents use the word clerk for both offices and may need recorded wills, liens, deeds, mortgages, or certified County Clerk copies after a court or estate matter.

The manifest capture from the Pendleton County Clerk fee schedule is the source for the recorded-document fee examples above.

Pendleton Clerk Forms

The Pendleton County Clerk forms page lists transportation forms, a voter-registration form, notary application, marriage and divorce certificate application, request to inspect public records, mechanics lien, and release of real estate mortgage. Those forms are not a substitute for court filing rules in a Circuit or District Court case. A person filing or copying court documents should use Kentucky Court of Justice resources or ask the Circuit Court Clerk what form or record request path applies.

County Clerk forms are still part of the local record ecosystem. A probate user may need a will recording or a related land-record instrument. A marriage-record user may need the marriage or divorce certificate application. A lien or mortgage release may connect to a judgment or estate issue, but the recording itself belongs with the County Clerk.

The manifest capture from the Pendleton County Clerk forms page shows the local forms list.

Pendleton Clerk Contact Channels

For court cases, use the Pendleton County Circuit Court Clerk at 859-654-3347 or visit the Judicial Center during public hours. For County Clerk open records, the researched instructions allow hand delivery to 233 Main Street, Room 1, Falmouth, Kentucky 41040; email to Rita.Spencer@ky.gov; mail to P.O. Box 112, Falmouth, Kentucky 41040; or fax to 859-654-5600. The County Clerk page states the office will respond within 5 business days of receipt and that fees must be paid in advance before copies can be obtained.

The County Clerk contact web form requires first and last name, email, comment or message, and reCAPTCHA. That form is suitable for County Clerk communication, not for confirming court dates, warrants, criminal docket events, or Circuit and District case copies. For those court matters, use the Circuit Court Clerk and, when needed, the Kentucky Court of Justice records request guidance.

The manifest capture from the Pendleton County Clerk contact form shows the county-clerk web form fields.