Access Boyd County Circuit Clerk Records

Boyd County Circuit Court Clerk

KCOJ names Mary Hall Sergent as Boyd County Circuit Court Clerk. The office is located at the Boyd County Judicial Center in Catlettsburg and is the official local court-record route for Circuit, Family, District, and Business court records. Public case summaries and docket schedules may be online, but the clerk is the point of contact for court copies, certified copies, older files, and record-facility locator information.

The Boyd County NextRequest portal is a county public-records portal, not the ordinary court case-copy route.

Use NextRequest for county agency records when appropriate, while keeping court case records with the Circuit Court Clerk.

Boyd County Clerk Duties

The Circuit Court Clerk's role is narrower than the broad phrase "county clerk" may suggest. For court records, the clerk manages local case files for Kentucky trial courts in Boyd County. That includes felony and civil Circuit Court files, District Court traffic and misdemeanor files, small claims, probate-of-wills files, domestic violence matters, juvenile matters subject to confidentiality limits, and other case categories assigned by Kentucky court structure.

• Keep court case records for Circuit, Family, District, and Business courts.
• Provide public case copies when the record is available and not restricted.
• Help route older files that may be onsite, offsite, or unavailable under retention schedules.
• Accept eligible court payments through listed payment methods and KCOJ ePay where available.
• Confirm case/file locator numbers for public-access records stored at a record facility.

Request Boyd County Certified Copies

A certified court copy is the route for formal proof of a disposition, order, judgment, decree, or filing. A public online entry is not a certified copy. Bring or provide as many identifiers as possible so the clerk can locate the file without relying only on a name search. For older cases, the clerk may need to check whether the file is still in the office, stored at a records facility, or destroyed under retention rules.

1. Identify the court level and case type, such as Circuit criminal, District traffic, divorce, probate, or civil.
2. Gather the case number if known, party names, approximate filing date, document type, and whether certification is needed.
3. Call or visit the Boyd Circuit Court Clerk to confirm availability, copy rules, and payment method.
4. If the file is older, ask whether clerk-provided case and file locator numbers are needed for a record-facility request.
5. Pay the required copy or court fee using the method the clerk confirms.

Note: Research did not locate a Boyd-specific court-copy fee table, so amounts should be confirmed with the clerk before payment.

Boyd County Record Request Fields

The research did not locate a Boyd-specific court-copy request form with a fixed field list. The practical request fields below come from KCOJ's case-copy routing and State Records Center limitations. Older records may not be searchable by name or Social Security number at the State Records Center, so the clerk's locator data may be essential.

Boyd County Clerk Fees

Published fees in the research mostly belong to the separate Boyd County Clerk, not the Circuit Court Clerk. KCOJ lists accepted payment methods for court payments and notes that credit or debit cards carry a fee. KYeCourts guest access also links ePay for eligible court fines, fees, and costs. Because the KYeCourts page displayed a notice about civil filing fee increases effective July 1, 2026, court filing amounts should not be copied from old schedules.

Circuit Clerk vs County Clerk

Boyd County has a practical split between the Circuit Court Clerk and the County Clerk. The Circuit Court Clerk handles court case records. The County Clerk handles marriage licenses, certified marriage copy ordering, land records, elections, notary matters, taxes, and other non-court county clerk services. A person looking for a divorce decree, felony disposition, traffic case copy, or probate court file should not start at the land-record email process.

The Boyd County Clerk land-record email page is useful for land-record requests but does not replace the Circuit Court Clerk for court cases.

The separate County Clerk path is important for marriage and land users, while court case users stay with the Circuit Court Clerk.

Older Boyd County Court Records

KCOJ says older court records may be in the clerk's office, in a records facility, or destroyed under retention schedules. If an older record is stored at a public-access record facility, the clerk can provide the facility location plus case and file locator numbers. State Records Center requests cannot be searched by name or Social Security number, so older record requests should start with the Circuit Court Clerk instead of a blind statewide search.

For genealogy or historical context, the Boyd County Public Library's genealogy and local history collection may help with background research. It is not the official court-record custodian. Certified court copies still come from the issuing court or clerk's route.

Boyd County Clerk Payments

KCOJ lists cash, check, money order, and credit or debit cards with a fee for Boyd court payments. KCOJ ePay is available for eligible court fees, fines, and costs. Payment access does not mean every record can be ordered online. A payment link may help with a fine or cost balance, while a certified copy still requires clerk confirmation of the document, record status, and copy rules.

Bond payments also show why the clerk and jail must be kept separate. The jail bond page says cash bonds under $10,000 can be accepted by the jail around the clock, but bonds over $10,000 must be paid at the Boyd Circuit Clerk's Office at the judicial center. Anyone dealing with bond should call the jail first to confirm amount and method before moving money.

Boyd County Clerk Access Channels

The best clerk channel depends on the record. Court case copies route by phone or in person through the Circuit Court Clerk. Dockets route through the KCOJ Docket Information portal. Public case information starts with KYeCourts guest access. County agency records use the county open-records process or NextRequest. Detention records use the jail open-records page and openrecordsbcdc@boydcountyky.gov.

• Court case copies: call or visit the Boyd Circuit Court Clerk.
• Hearing schedules: use KCOJ Docket Information, then verify with the clerk.
• Public case summaries: use KYeCourts guest access after CAPTCHA.
• Administrative AOC records: use OpenRecords@kycourts.net, not for case files.
• County agency records: use Boyd County open-records channels or NextRequest.
• Jail records: use the detention center's custodian process.

The practical rule is simple: case records and official court copies go to the Circuit Court Clerk, county agency records go to Boyd County's open-records process, and custody records go to the jail. That routing keeps requests tied to the office that can legally search, copy, or certify the record.