Access Bracken County Circuit Court Clerk Records

Bracken Circuit Court Clerk

The Kentucky Court of Justice Bracken County page identifies Crystal Dunn as Bracken County Circuit Court Clerk. The Office of Circuit Court Clerk is located in the Bracken County Judicial Center at 132 W. Miami St., P.O. Box 205, Brooksville, KY 41004. The same page lists a Circuit Court phone number of 606-735-3328, a District Court phone number of 606-735-2522, and fax 606-735-3900. The office is the local records contact for cases heard in Bracken Circuit Court, District Court, Family Court matters that use the local court system, and any Business Court record tied to the county.

The Administrative Office of the Courts is not the case-file custodian. KCOJ's record-request page says requests for reviewing or copying a court case record should start with the clerk of the court that heard the case. That matters in Bracken County because online systems may show public case information, but certified copies, full document copies, older files, off-site files, and file-availability questions still route to the Circuit Court Clerk.

The Bracken County Clerk website is a separate county-record source and should not be confused with the court clerk office.

That county-clerk source is useful for marriage and recorded county documents, while Crystal Dunn's office is the court-record custodian.

What the Bracken Clerk Does

The Circuit Court Clerk supports the state court system at the county level. The office receives case filings, maintains case files, provides access to public court records, collects court fines and fees, handles bond money as directed by court rules, supports jury and docket functions, and routes record-copy questions to the correct court file. It serves both Circuit Court and District Court users, so the right phone number depends on the case type.

• Circuit Court records: felony, divorce, higher civil, contested probate, injunction, adoption, and District Court appeal files.
• District Court records: traffic, misdemeanor, violation, probate, small claims, lower civil, juvenile, domestic violence, and felony preliminary-hearing records.
• Docket support: local schedule questions should be checked against KCOJ docket search and clerk confirmation.
• Payments: the Bracken court page lists cash, check, money order, credit card, and debit card with a card fee; cash is required for bond.
• Copy access: public records can be copied when available and not sealed, restricted, destroyed under retention rules, or stored off site.

Court Clerk vs County Clerk

Bracken County has two clerk paths that sound similar. Crystal Dunn is the Circuit Court Clerk for court case records. Jennifer Free is the County Clerk for non-court county records. The County Clerk handles motor vehicle licensing, county elections, yearly delinquent taxes, marriage licenses, and county records. The County Clerk site also points users to eCCLIX for county-clerk documents from 1980 to current and says older documents should be requested from the office.

The Bracken County Clerk records page documents the county-clerk records channel.

That page supports the County Clerk side of the split, especially eCCLIX and older county-clerk documents.

Request Certified Court Copies

Certified copies are used when a court record must prove an official court action, such as a decree, judgment, order, disposition, or case filing. The research did not locate exact Bracken County copy or certification fees, so do not send payment based on a guessed amount. Call the appropriate Circuit or District phone line first, describe the record, and ask for the current fee, accepted payment type, turnaround time, and whether the file is on site.

1. Identify the case type. Use Circuit Court for felony, divorce, contested probate, higher civil, and appeals from District Court. Use District Court for traffic, misdemeanor, probate, small claims, and lower civil matters.
2. Gather the case number if known, party names, approximate filing or hearing date, court division, and document name.
3. Call the Bracken Circuit Court Clerk at 606-735-3328 or the District Court line at 606-735-2522 to confirm availability and fees.
4. Ask whether the record can be picked up, mailed, or must be requested after off-site retrieval.
5. If the clerk identifies State Records Center storage, get the case and file locator numbers before contacting state.records@ky.gov or 502-564-3617.

Bracken Records Request Fields

The research did not locate a Bracken-specific court-record request form with verified field labels. KCOJ's request guidance still makes clear what the clerk needs to locate a file. A request should be specific enough to identify the court, case, document, and copy type. For off-site files, the clerk must supply locator information before a State Records Center request can work.

Bracken Clerk Fees and Payments

Bracken's KCOJ page lists accepted court payment options, but the research did not locate exact Bracken court copy fees. Use the court clerk for court-copy fees and certification costs. Use the County Clerk fee schedule only for county-clerk recorded instruments, not for Circuit or District Court case copies. This distinction prevents a deed or will recording fee from being mistaken for a certified court-copy fee.

Online and Off-Site Records

Online court access begins with KYeCourts public records guest access for public case information and KCOJ docket search for court dates. KYeCourts separates public case searching from criminal record reports and from ePay. For court dates, docket fields include county, Circuit or District division, date, courtroom, subdivision, and submit. The docket screen warns that results are not the official docket and are subject to change.

For County Clerk records, eCCLIX is a separate system. The County Clerk records page says Bracken documents are available from 1980 to current, with older documents handled by contacting the office. The eCCLIX platform has login, public sign-up, subscription, and county-availability routes. It is useful for county-clerk indexed documents but not for Circuit Court case files.

The Bracken County Clerk online-records page points users to eCCLIX.

That online-records route belongs to the County Clerk side, not the court case file side.

The eCCLIX county-clerk records platform is the statewide county-clerk index system used by participating counties.

Use eCCLIX for recorded county documents, then return to the Circuit Court Clerk for court orders, judgments, dockets, and certified court copies.

Older Bracken Court Records

KCOJ says court records may be in the clerk's office, at a record facility, or destroyed under retention schedules. If a public court record is stored at a facility, the clerk can provide the case and file locator numbers. Those numbers are required for a State Records Center request. State Records Center staff cannot search by name or Social Security number, so the county court clerk remains the first step.

For off-site records, submit the clerk-provided case and file locator numbers to state.records@ky.gov or call 502-564-3617. Keep the request narrow. Include the court, county, case number, party names, document type, and whether a certified copy is needed. If the record has been sealed, restricted, or destroyed under a retention schedule, public access may not be available.

The eCCLIX login page is one way to reach county-clerk records after registration.

The login page does not replace the court clerk's role for off-site court files or certified Circuit and District Court copies.

The eCCLIX availability page lists participating counties, including Bracken.

County availability confirms the county-clerk channel, while older court files still depend on court clerk locator information.