Logan County Circuit Court Clerk
The Kentucky Court of Justice lists Mary Orange Burkeen as the Logan County Circuit Court Clerk. The office is the local records counter for court case files at the Logan County Court of Justice. Kentucky circuit court clerks are elected trial-level clerks and are responsible for the custody, control, and safe storage of Circuit Court and District Court records. They receive lawsuits and court documents, attend court proceedings, schedule juries, receive fines, and handle bond money.
The Logan County directory page for the Circuit Court Clerk is the local county source for the office listing.
That listing should be read with the Kentucky Court of Justice county page, which gives courthouse hours, routing, records access, and payment notes.
Logan County Circuit Court Clerk
Clerk: Mary Orange Burkeen
329 W. 4th St.
P.O. Box 420
Russellville, KY 42276
270-726-2424
County directory also lists 270-726-3107
Fax: 270-726-7893
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Logan County Court Clerk Duties
The Circuit Court Clerk covers court case records, not county land records. In Logan County that means Circuit Court files, District Court files, Family Court records where available, criminal cases, traffic cases, divorce files, routine probate files, contested probate files, court dockets, judgments, orders, and older court-case copy requests. The office is also the practical contact for payment questions tied to a court case.
- Receive lawsuits, pleadings, citations, motions, and court orders for the proper division.
- Maintain Circuit Court and District Court case records for Logan County.
- Provide public access and certified copies when a file is open to inspection.
- Collect fines, court costs, and eligible payments under Kentucky Court of Justice rules.
- Handle bond money under stricter payment limits than ordinary court payments.
- Route older files to record-facility or state-record procedures when needed.
For deeds, recorded instruments, marriage licenses, DOC ALERT, and eCCLIX, use the Logan County County Clerk instead.
Request Logan County Court Records
The Kentucky Court of Justice gives a clear records path: people seeking copies of court records from a case in the county should call or visit the Office of Circuit Court Clerk. The file may be in the clerk's office, at a record facility, or destroyed under retention schedules. If the file is at a state record facility and open for public access, the clerk provides the case and file locator numbers needed to request it.
- Identify the court division and case type, such as Circuit felony, District traffic, divorce, probate, or small claims.
- Collect the case number if known, along with party names, filing year, document type, and whether a certified copy is needed.
- Call or visit the Logan County Circuit Court Clerk at the Court of Justice.
- Ask whether the file is active, stored locally, held at a record facility, or unavailable under retention rules.
- If the State Records Center is involved, use the clerk-provided locator numbers with the state records request process.
- Pay any confirmed copy or certification costs through the accepted court payment channel.
The Kentucky court-record request page explains this clerk-first route for court records.
Logan County Request Fields
The research did not capture a dedicated Logan County Circuit Court Clerk copy-request form. A useful request still needs enough detail for staff to identify the file and document. For State Records Center requests, the case and file locator numbers from the local clerk are essential because the State Records Center cannot search by name or Social Security number.
| Field | Needed? | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Case number | Best if known | Fastest way to identify a court file. |
| Party names | Yes by context | Helps locate civil, criminal, divorce, probate, or traffic matters. |
| Court division | Yes by context | Clarifies Circuit, District, or Family division records. |
| Approximate filing year | Helpful | Older files may be stored off site or subject to retention schedules. |
| Document type | Yes by context | Examples include decree, order, docket sheet, judgment, citation, or probate order. |
| Certification request | If needed | Certified copies are used when an official court copy is required. |
| Return contact information | Yes by context | Needed for fee quotes, pickup, mail, or follow-up. |
| Case and file locator numbers | For state records | Required when the local clerk routes a file to the State Records Center. |
Logan County Clerk Fees
The researched Logan County court page gives payment access rules, but it does not list every court-copy amount. It does state that Logan County court payments may be made by cash, local check, money order, and credit or debit card with a fee, and that eligible matters may use Kentucky Court of Justice ePay. Bond is different: personal checks, credit cards, and debit cards are not accepted for bond.
| Item | Fee or access rule |
|---|---|
| Court payments | Cash, local check, money order, credit/debit with fee; ePay where eligible |
| Bond | No personal checks, credit cards, or debit cards for bond |
| Plain court copies | Amount not listed in the researched Logan County court sources; verify with clerk |
| Certified court copies | Amount not listed in the researched Logan County court sources; verify with clerk |
| Older state-record requests | Requires clerk locator information before the state facility can process the request |
| County Clerk eCCLIX private access | No charge for Logan County residents using it for personal, noncommercial reasons, five searches per day |
Note: Fees not stated in the research were left as verification items instead of estimated amounts.
Logan County Clerk Access Limits
Not every court file is open in full. Juvenile records, mental-health proceedings, adoption files, some domestic-violence material, protected addresses, Social Security numbers, financial account data, and sealed or expunged records may be confidential, redacted, or unavailable to a general public requester. AOC criminal record reports also exclude confidential case types and are not the same as full case files.
The Kentucky open records statutes apply to public agencies, but court case access is governed by court rules, confidentiality laws, and the court record itself.
The statute source helps explain public-record boundaries, but sealed court records still require court-specific access rules.
Visit Logan County Court Clerk
The Logan County Court of Justice is the active court building for Circuit Court, District Court, dockets, payments, and court-record requests. The older Historic Courthouse is a county-government landmark and Fiscal Court meeting site, but the research states that judicial offices moved to the Justice Center in 2010. Visitors should expect sheriff-run court security at the state court building.
The Logan County court security page lists screening rules and prohibited items.
Do not bring guns, knives, box cutters, glass bottles, handcuff keys, tools, sharp items, or anything that may be used as a weapon into the court building.
Logan County Court Systems
Kentucky has several specialized court systems that should not be confused with the local clerk counter. The public trial docket is useful for dates. KYeCourts/CourtNet is registered online access to civil and criminal cases. C-Track is appellate public access. Federal bankruptcy and federal district court records are outside the Logan County Circuit Court Clerk and use federal courts or PACER.
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Kentucky appears in the clerk image set as a federal-court contrast.
Bankruptcy files are federal records, so they should not be requested from the Logan County Circuit Court Clerk.
The Logan County jail visitation source also appears in the clerk image set because court cases often overlap with custody, bond, and court dates.
Jail visitation and custody services are handled by the detention center, while the clerk handles the court case file and docket.
The Kentucky Attorney General attorney directory provides state-level prosecutor directory context.
Prosecutor directories can help identify offices involved in criminal cases, but they do not replace the clerk's official court record.