How to Search Boyd County Court Records
Boyd County court records are searched through Kentucky Court of Justice systems and the local Circuit Court Clerk. The KYeCourts guest public records login provides free public case information after a CAPTCHA step. The KCOJ Docket Information portal gives hearing schedules. Certified copies, complete files, and older records route to the Boyd Circuit Court Clerk because Kentucky circuit court clerks keep records for Circuit, Family, District, and Business courts.
Use the record type to choose the channel. A hearing date belongs in the docket portal. A case summary may be available through KYeCourts. A certified disposition, divorce decree, probate filing, or old case file requires the clerk. Administrative records about the court agency itself are different and use the AOC open-records process, not the county case-file request route.
- Start with the case type. Felonies, divorce, major civil cases, and contested probate point to Circuit Court. Traffic, misdemeanors, small claims, juvenile matters, and probate of wills point to District Court.
- Use KYeCourts guest access for public case information. Complete the CAPTCHA before searching.
- Use the docket portal for hearing dates. Select Boyd County, choose Circuit or District, enter the date, then submit.
- For official copies, call or visit the Boyd Circuit Court Clerk with the case number, party names, case type, and rough filing date.
- For older files, ask the clerk whether the file is onsite, offsite, or destroyed under retention rules.
The official KCOJ Boyd County page is the main court profile for Boyd County court records.
That official page ties the Boyd County Court record path to the local judicial center, clerk, judges, hours, parking, and accessibility notes.
Boyd County Court Search Fields
The docket portal has the clearest public field list because the KYeCourts case-search form is behind CAPTCHA. The docket form is useful for a Boyd County Court date search, but it is not the official docket and is subject to change. It should be treated as a schedule tool, then verified against the court file or clerk when the date matters for appearance, payment, bond, or case status.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| County | Dropdown | Yes | Select BOYD from the Kentucky county list. |
| Division | Radio buttons | Yes | Choose Circuit or District based on case type. |
| Date | Date input | Yes | The research observed a forward-limited window. |
| Courtroom | Dropdown | Optional or unspecified | ALL appears before county and date selection. |
| Subdivision | Dropdown | Optional or unspecified | ALL appears before county and date selection. |
| Submit | Button | Yes | Runs the docket schedule search. |
The Kentucky docket portal shows the public schedule form used for Boyd County court records and hearing dates.
The docket tool is most useful when the case division and date are known, but the official record still comes from the clerk.
Boyd County Court System
Boyd County is in Kentucky's 32nd Judicial Circuit and 32nd Judicial District. Circuit Court is the general-jurisdiction trial court and the primary trial court name for this build. District Court is the limited-jurisdiction court for traffic, misdemeanors, probate of wills, small claims, juvenile matters, mental commitments, domestic violence matters, and early felony proceedings. Appeals from District Court go to Circuit Court. Circuit Court appeals move into the Kentucky appellate courts.
Officially listed Boyd court officers include Chief Circuit Judge George W. Davis III, Circuit Judge John F. Vincent, District Judge Scott T. Reese, District Judge Devon E. Reams, and Circuit Court Clerk Mary Hall Sergent. The official Boyd page did not list a separate Boyd Family Court judge during research, so Family Court should be understood as a Kentucky Circuit Court division where established, not as a separate verified Boyd County listing.
Case flow: District Court › Circuit Court › Kentucky Court of Appeals › Supreme Court of Kentucky.
| Court | Jurisdiction | Boyd County Record Types |
|---|---|---|
| Circuit Court | General jurisdiction | Felony, divorce, major civil, adoption, real-property title, contested probate, appeals from District Court. |
| District Court | Limited jurisdiction | Traffic, misdemeanor, violations, probate of wills, small claims, juvenile, mental health, domestic violence. |
| Circuit Court Clerk | Record custodian | Local case copies for Circuit, Family, District, and Business court records. |
The KYeCourts guest login provides the statewide public case access entry point for Boyd County court records.
Because the KYeCourts form is CAPTCHA-gated, a static record page should not claim downstream field labels that were not visible in research.
Boyd County Judicial Center
The local court-records hub is the Boyd County Judicial Center. It is close to, but distinct from, the Boyd County Clerk and the Sheriff's Office. That Louisa Street office geography matters. Court case records, warrant questions, and bonds over the jail's cash-bond threshold point to the Circuit Court Clerk. Marriage licenses and land-record requests point to the County Clerk. Sheriff and tax-office questions point to the Sheriff's Office.
The Boyd County Justice Center page confirms the local court building and Circuit Court Clerk contact point.
That source supports using the judicial center for court case copies instead of sending court-record users to the county clerk's non-court office.
Boyd County Judicial Center
2805 Louisa Street
P.O. Box 688
Catlettsburg, KY 41129-0688
606-739-4131 / 606-739-4132 / 606-739-4133
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Boyd County Clerk
2800 Louisa Street
P.O. Box 523
Catlettsburg, KY 41129
606-739-5116
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Boyd County Sheriff's Office
2900 Louisa Street, Suite 1
P.O. Box 558
Catlettsburg, KY 41129
606-739-5135
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Boyd County Court Record Types
Boyd County court records include civil, criminal, traffic, family, probate, juvenile, domestic violence, mental health, and small-claims records. The public path varies by category. Criminal and civil case files are court records held through the courts. Marriage licenses are county clerk records. Divorce case files are court records, but Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics certificates are state vital records. Jail custody records are detention records, not court case files.
- Civil court records: District Court civil matters up to $5,000, small claims up to $2,500, and Circuit Court civil cases above that threshold.
- Criminal court records: Felonies in Circuit Court, with misdemeanors and early felony steps in District Court.
- Traffic court records: District Court citation files and dockets, separate from Kentucky driver history records.
- Family and divorce records: Circuit Court or Family Court division records where applicable, with some restricted categories.
- Probate records: District Court probate of wills, accessed through the Circuit Court Clerk.
- Juvenile and mental health records: Restricted categories that should not be treated as ordinary public search results.
What Boyd County Court Records Show
A court record is a case file or docket trail. It can show parties, court division, judge, attorney status, case type, charge or cause of action, hearings, motions, orders, disposition, sentencing, judgment, financial entries, bonds, and appeal events. A public online entry may show less than the complete file. A certified copy from the clerk is the better route when a record will be used for court, licensing, immigration, employment disclosure, or a formal agency process.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Case number | The official case identifier from court papers, docket entries, or clerk records. |
| Court and division | Circuit or District Court, plus the 32nd Judicial Circuit or District context. |
| Parties | Plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, respondent, Commonwealth, attorneys, or pro se status. |
| Docket entries | Hearings, motions, arraignments, pleas, continuances, orders, judgments, and notices. |
| Status or disposition | Pending, dismissed, convicted, amended, transferred, appealed, sealed, or disposed. |
| Financial section | Fines, fees, costs, restitution, bond, and payment status where part of the file. |
Boyd County Court Public Access
Kentucky public access uses more than one legal and practical channel. KRS Chapter 61 sets Kentucky's open-records framework for public agency records, but court case records are handled through court clerks. The AOC administrative-records page makes that distinction clear: administrative records are not the same as court case records, compiled case information, background checks, or trial-court files.
Key Statutes:
KRS Chapter 61 defines Kentucky public-records access for public agencies.
KRS Chapter 23A supports Circuit Court jurisdiction for felonies, major civil cases, divorce, and contested probate.
KRS Chapter 24A supports District Court jurisdiction for traffic, misdemeanors, small claims, and probate of wills.
KRS 610.340 keeps juvenile court records confidential.
The Boyd County open-records page gives the county agency request route, including NextRequest, in-person, mail, fax, and email options.
Use that county route for county agency records, while keeping court case copies with the Circuit Court Clerk and jail records with the detention center custodian process.
Restricted Boyd County Court Records
Not every Boyd County court record is public. Juvenile records are confidential under Kentucky law. Mental health proceedings, adoption files, some domestic violence or protective-order materials, and records with protected personal data may be sealed, redacted, or limited. AOC public criminal record reports also exclude juvenile, mental health, and domestic violence cases. A search page that returns nothing may reflect a legal limit rather than the absence of a case.
Sealing and expungement are different. A sealed record is restricted from general public view. An expunged record is removed from ordinary public access under the applicable Kentucky process. Kentucky has separate felony and misdemeanor, violation, or traffic expungement statutes. Eligibility depends on the charge, disposition, waiting period, and current law. The clerk can identify the case route, but legal advice should come from counsel.
Boyd County Sheriff and Jail Records
The Boyd County Sheriff's Office is led by Sheriff Jamie Reihs and sits at 2900 Louisa Street, Suite 1, Catlettsburg. The sheriff's warrant page does not publish a public active-warrant search. It routes warrant questions to the Circuit Court Clerk. That point is important because many unofficial sites imply a live local warrant list that the official Boyd sources did not show.
The Boyd County Sheriff's Office page supplies the local law-enforcement office contact details used for warrant and agency routing.
For warrant confirmation, the sheriff's own warrant page points back to the Circuit Court Clerk rather than to a public sheriff database.
Boyd County Detention Center is the custody and jail-records source. The jail website lists a current-inmate portal, but the official Cadmus inmate portal is CAPTCHA-gated. Jail open-records requests use the detention center process, including openrecordsbcdc@boydcountyky.gov and mail to Major Ryan Mitchell. The Ashland Police Department has official app links, but no official Boyd County Sheriff app was found in research.
The county detention center page identifies the jail office and local custody contact route.
Custody status belongs with the jail roster and jail phone line, while the court case and bond route may still involve the clerk.
Boyd County Marriage Divorce Probate
The Boyd County Clerk handles marriage licenses and certified marriage copy ordering. Divorce case files and decrees are court records at the Circuit Court Clerk, while Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics holds marriage and divorce certificates from June 1958 forward. Probate of wills is a District Court subject in Kentucky, but Boyd probate records are accessed through the Circuit Court Clerk because that clerk manages District Court records.
The Boyd County Clerk homepage is the non-court clerk source for marriage licenses, land records, and county clerk services.
That source should not be confused with the Circuit Court Clerk for case files, divorce decrees, and probate case copies.
- Probate
- The court process for wills, estates, guardianships, curatorships, and related filings.
- Executor
- A person named to manage an estate under a will after court appointment.
- Administrator
- A person appointed when there is no will or no qualified executor.
- Disposition
- The outcome of a case, charge, claim, or court request.
Boyd County Traffic Court Records
Traffic cases in Boyd County are District Court records. The docket portal can show traffic hearing schedules by choosing Boyd County and District division. KYeCourts may show public case information after CAPTCHA. Official copies route to the Circuit Court Clerk. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet driver history record is a separate driver-licensing record, not the court file.
Boyd County has a specific local traffic diversion channel. The County Attorney's CATS program can result in dismissal of eligible citations so they do not show on the driving record or add license points. The County Attorney screens citations and mails instructions if the citation qualifies. Ineligible examples include an already paid ticket, State Traffic School signup, Kentucky CDL, CATS completion within the last year, or speeding 26 mph or more over.
Boyd County Records Fees
Several researched fees are specific enough to publish. Court filing fees should be verified before filing because KYeCourts displayed a notice that civil filing fees for Circuit and District Courts increase effective July 1, 2026, under Supreme Court Orders 2026-15 and 2026-18. Do not use county clerk land-record fees as court-copy fees.
| Item | Amount / Rule |
|---|---|
| Boyd County marriage license | $60.00 through the Boyd County Clerk. |
| Email land-record documents | $0.50 per page through the County Clerk land-record email process. |
| Plats by email request | $1.00 each through the County Clerk. |
| OVS marriage or divorce certificate | $6 non-refundable search fee per certificate. |
| Online KYTC three-year driver history | $6 total, including $3 record fee and $3 electronic access fee. |
| Jail video visit after free weekly time | $0.25 per minute through GettingOut. |
Federal Courts for Boyd County
Federal records are separate from Kentucky state court records. Boyd County is within the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and federal civil local rules place Boyd in the Northern Division, Ashland docket. The Ashland federal courthouse is the Carl Perkins Federal Building. Bankruptcy records route through the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, with Boyd listed in the Ashland division.
Federal case files are searched through PACER, not KYeCourts. PACER fees and federal court rules differ from state case-copy rules. A Kentucky felony or misdemeanor prosecuted by state authorities remains a state case. Federal crimes, federal civil cases, bankruptcy, habeas, tax, and federal civil-rights actions use federal systems and federal clerks.
Boyd County Court History
Boyd County was created from parts of Greenup, Carter, and Lawrence counties and was named for Linn Boyd. Catlettsburg is the county seat and the local court-government hub. Ashland is the largest city and the location of the federal courthouse and county clerk branches. For record users, that local geography matters more than a broad history note because several public offices are close together but hold different record types.
The Kentucky.gov Boyd County profile gives a state-level county entry.
Historical and genealogy research may also benefit from the Boyd County Public Library collection, but the library is not the official court-record custodian.
Boyd County Government Records
Some public records are county agency records rather than court records. Boyd County's open-records page says requests may be submitted in person, hand-delivered, mailed, faxed, emailed, or through NextRequest. It encourages but does not require NextRequest. Requests must identify Kentucky-resident status under KRS 61.870 and include accurate contact information. Detention center records use the jail's separate open-records path.
The Boyd County government homepage is the entry point for county notices and department pages.
County-government pages help locate agency records, but court case files still follow the Kentucky Court of Justice and Circuit Court Clerk path.
Boyd County Court Records FAQ
Where are official Boyd County court records kept?
Official case records are kept through the Boyd Circuit Court Clerk for Circuit, Family, District, and Business court records. Online portals may show public information or schedules, but certified copies and complete files route to the clerk.
Is there a public Boyd County warrant search?
No official public active-warrant database was found. The official sheriff warrant page directs warrant questions to the Boyd Circuit Court Clerk at the judicial center.
Are Boyd County inmate records court records?
No. The current inmate portal and jail open-records process are detention records. A criminal court case file is separate and is handled through the court clerk.
Are dockets the same as court files?
No. A docket is a hearing schedule or event list. KCOJ labels docket information as not official and subject to change, so the case file should be verified with the clerk.
Who handles marriage licenses?
The Boyd County Clerk handles marriage licenses and certified marriage copy ordering. Divorce decrees and divorce case files route to the Circuit Court Clerk.
Can old court records be searched by name?
Not always. KCOJ says older records may be in the clerk's office, at a records facility, or destroyed under retention schedules. State Records Center searches may require locator numbers.