This Is Not a Government Office. We run a private reference site for Ballard County, Kentucky. We cannot pull official documents, file paperwork, issue certified copies, change court dates, confirm warrants, or answer for the Circuit Court Clerk, County Clerk, sheriff, jail, or any Kentucky state agency. Official records must come from the office that keeps them.
Need an Official Document?
Here are the official Ballard County and Kentucky offices for the record types most people ask about:
- Court case files: Ballard County Circuit Court Clerk Charissa Harris, Ballard County Courthouse, 132 N. Fourth St., P.O. Box 265, Wickliffe, KY 42087, phone 270-335-5123, fax 270-335-3849
- Marriage licenses and County Clerk records: County Clerk Katie S. Mercer, 132 North 4th Street, P.O. Box 145, Wickliffe, KY 42087, phone 270-335-5168, fax 270-335-3081, email katie.mercer@ky.gov, Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4 p.m. and first Friday 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
- Probate, wills, and estates: Kentucky District Court probate jurisdiction is accessed through the Circuit Court Clerk at 270-335-5123; County Clerk records may apply only to related recordings such as land or clerk filings
- Jail custody and booking questions: Ballard County Detention Center, 132 Mayola Avenue, Wickliffe, KY 42087, phone 270-335-3691
- Sheriff and warrant questions: Sheriff Ronnie Giles, phone 270-335-3561 or 270-335-5153; court bench-warrant case context may require the Circuit Court Clerk
- Statewide court payments or dockets: use Kentucky Court of Justice tools such as KYeCourts, Trial Court Dockets, and ePay, then verify local case questions with the Ballard County Circuit Court Clerk
- Marriage and divorce certificates: Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics holds Kentucky marriage and divorce certificates from June 1958 to present; earlier records route to the issuing county clerk or circuit court clerk