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Boone County Circuit Court Clerk

The Boone County Circuit Court Clerk is David S. Martin. The local clerk page states that the office is part of the 54th Judicial Circuit and is an elected constitutional office. The Kentucky Court of Justice county page identifies the Office of Circuit Court Clerk at the Boone County Justice Center and directs court case record users to the county circuit court clerk for Circuit, Family, District, and Business Court records.

The Boone Circuit Clerk duties page describes the office as the administrative link between the judiciary and the public. It manages Circuit and District Court records, receives lawsuits and court documents, records legal documents, provides legal materials, is present during trials, schedules juries, receives and disburses money, administers oaths, handles affidavits, and supports the court system.

The Boone Circuit Clerk source page shows the local duty description used for court-record routing.

That source is the reason court case files and certified court copies should be separated from County Clerk marriage and land-document requests.

Boone County Clerk Duties

The Circuit Court Clerk is not a generic courthouse receptionist. In Kentucky, circuit court clerks manage the trial-court record stream for Circuit Court, Family Court, District Court, and Business Court. For Boone County, that includes criminal, civil, family, traffic, probate, guardianship, small claims, eviction, and docket records when they are court case records.

• Receives lawsuits, petitions, pleadings, motions, orders, and other court documents.
• Maintains Circuit and District Court records for Boone County cases.
• Schedules and supports jury functions and is present during trials.
• Receives and disburses court money, including fines, fees, costs, and bonds.
• Administers oaths, handles affidavits, and provides court materials to the public.
• Routes public record access to online searches, clerk review, or archives when needed.

Note: Court files route to the Circuit Court Clerk even when nearby county offices are physically close in Burlington.

Boone County Clerk Departments

The Boone Circuit Clerk office information page lists direct department lines. Using the right line matters because traffic, probate, family, felony, civil, bond, and payment questions do not always go to the same window.

Request Boone County Court Records

The statewide Kentucky request court records page says all requests for copies of case court records and information about reviewing case records start with the clerk of the court that heard the case. For Boone County Circuit, Family, District, and Business Court records, that means the Boone County Circuit Court Clerk. If a file is older, the clerk may have to decide whether it is in the office, held by a state record facility, or destroyed under retention schedules.

The public online starting point is KYeCourts public guest access. The guest page provides free access to public case information throughout Kentucky after the user checks the public-records square checkbox and continues. KYeCourts is useful for public case lookups and court-date checks, but full document copies, certified copies, sealed-file review, and archived files still depend on clerk channels.

Certified Boone County Copies

A certified court copy is a clerk-authenticated copy used when ordinary printouts are not enough. Divorce decrees, probate appointment orders, judgments, criminal dispositions, and other official court documents may need certification for agencies, employers, schools, licensing bodies, or out-of-county courts. Boone County research did not capture a complete certified-copy fee schedule, so requesters should confirm current copy and certification charges with the clerk before submitting payment.

1. Identify the court division and case type, such as Circuit Civil, Circuit Criminal, Family/Juvenile, District Civil, or District Criminal.
2. Search KYeCourts or gather the case number, party names, and filing year before contacting the clerk.
3. Call or visit the correct Boone Circuit Clerk department for the record type.
4. Tell the clerk whether a plain copy, certified copy, docket sheet, decree, judgment, order, or archived record is needed.
5. Pay any required copy, certification, postage, or retrieval cost using the method the clerk approves.
6. For archived public files, use the case and file locator numbers from the clerk before contacting the State Records Center route.

Boone County Civil and Criminal Clerk Records

The Boone Circuit Civil page documents local jurisdiction for civil matters over $5,000, land title disputes, habeas corpus, foreclosures, wrongful death, civil actions, contested probate, injunctions, writs, and appeals from District Court or administrative agencies.

That civil division source supports the clerk page's distinction between routine District Civil probate and contested Circuit Civil probate records.

The Boone Circuit Criminal page identifies felony indictments from the grand jury, capital offenses, and probation or parole violations as Circuit Criminal work.

Felony case users should contact Circuit Criminal, while misdemeanor, traffic, and preliminary-hearing records are more often District Criminal records.

Boone County District Court Records

District Civil and District Criminal are part of the Boone County Circuit Court Clerk's record system. The Boone District Civil page lists evictions, small claims, civil suits from $2,500 to $5,000, probate, guardianships, emergency guardianships, mental health, Casey's Law, name changes, student driving privileges, and orders to dispense.

Probate, guardianship, and closed-hearing limits on that page affect how public copy requests should be framed.

The Boone District Criminal page lists city and county ordinances, misdemeanors, violations, traffic offenses, arraignments, preliminary probable-cause hearings, pretrial conferences, bench trials, and District jury trials.

Traffic citation records, missed court dates, arraignment entries, and misdemeanor case files should be routed through District Criminal unless the case has moved to Circuit Criminal.

Boone County Payments and Bonds

The Boone Circuit Clerk bookkeeping research provides local payment details. In-person payments are accepted at Justice Center windows A, B, or C by cash, certified check, debit or credit card, or money order on or before the scheduled court date. Debit card payments add a $2.50 convenience fee, credit card payments add a $5 fee, and online or phone payments add 3%. Online payments must be made through Kentucky ePay three business days before the scheduled court date.

Boone County Clerk Expungements

Expungement filings are a clerk-facing court process, but access is limited once an expungement order is granted. The Boone Circuit Clerk expungements page gives local timing and form details. Acquittal, dismissal, or failure-to-indict expungements can be filed 90 days from dismissal on AOC 497.2, returned to Circuit Clerk window 3, and dismissal expungements have no charge and no certificate requirement.

District Criminal guilty plea expungements can be filed five years from disposition after obtaining an AOC expungement certificate, using AOC 496.2 with the certificate and payment. Circuit Criminal guilty plea expungements use AOC 496.3, a certificate, and a $50 filing fee to schedule a court date, with an additional $250 if the judge grants the expungement. DUI guilty plea expungement can be filed ten years from disposition. Boone also notes automatic expungement for certain dismissed, diverted, dismissed-with-prejudice, or acquittal cases on or after July 15, 2020, excluding traffic cases.

Note: After a Boone expungement order is signed, agency clearing may take up to six weeks under the local clerk research.

County Clerk vs Circuit Clerk

Boone County has both a County Clerk and a Circuit Court Clerk, but they are different offices with different records. The County Clerk is Justin Crigler and handles marriage licenses, real-estate records, notary, e-recording, tax-related records, board of assessment appeals material, and other county records. The County Clerk has offices in Burlington and Florence. The Circuit Court Clerk is David S. Martin and handles court case records for Circuit, Family, District, and Business Courts at the Justice Center.