Christian County Circuit Court Clerk
The Kentucky Court of Justice identifies Paige Parker as Christian County Circuit Court Clerk. The office is located at the Christian County Justice Center in Hopkinsville and is the starting point for court case records in Circuit Court, Family Court, District Court, and Business Court matters. The court page directs users to call or visit the office for access to case records, especially when a public online search does not show the full record.
The Circuit Court Clerk is not the same office as Christian County Clerk Melinda A. Humphries. The County Clerk, at 511 South Main Street, handles legal recordings, deeds, mortgages, liens, marriage licenses, elections, vehicle registration routing, passports, and open-records requests for that county office. The split is important in Christian County because court case records and county legal-record portal records use different custodians.
Office of Circuit Court Clerk
Clerk: Paige Parker
Christian County Justice Center
100 Justice Way
Hopkinsville, KY 42240
270-889-6539 / 270-889-6541 / 270-889-6542 / 270-889-6592
ChristianCoCircuitClerk@kycourts.net
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Christian County Clerk Duties
The Circuit Court Clerk manages the records of Kentucky's local trial courts in Christian County. That includes Circuit Court files, Family Court files, District Court files, docket routing, copy requests, payment channels, and public access questions tied to court cases. When an older file is not in the clerk's office, the clerk can tell a requester whether it is stored at a record facility and provide case and file locator numbers if the record is available for public access.
- Maintain case records for Circuit, Family, District, and Business Court matters.
- Route public access questions for official files, certified copies, and older records.
- Support docket, ePay, and CourtNet search paths when online tools do not resolve the issue.
- Process court-related payments accepted at the Justice Center under Court of Justice rules.
- Coordinate EPO intake through the court office, with local intake ending at 4:00 p.m. on weekdays.
Payment options listed by the Court of Justice are cash, money order, credit and debit cards with a fee, and personal checks only in driver licensing. ePay is the online route for eligible fines and fees.
Request Christian County Certified Copies
Certified court copies are used when an official copy is needed for legal, agency, licensing, appeal, expungement, family, probate, or personal record purposes. A web result or docket printout may help locate a case, but it is not a certified court document. For Christian County court records, the Circuit Court Clerk is the office that confirms copy availability and certification.
- Identify the case number, party names, court division, and approximate filing or hearing date before contacting the clerk.
- Check the docket search, ePay, or CourtNet if a case number or court division is missing.
- Contact the Circuit Court Clerk by phone, email, or in person and ask whether the file is in the office, offsite, or restricted.
- Ask for the correct copy type, such as plain, certified, docket sheet, judgment, order, decree, disposition, or sentencing document.
- Pay any required court copy or certification fee through the payment method the clerk accepts for that record.
Note: The research did not locate a court-copy fee schedule specific to the Circuit Court Clerk, so current court copy fees should be confirmed with the clerk.
Christian County Request Fields
For County Clerk public records, the local open-records policy uses the Kentucky Attorney General request form and requires a written request. Court case records are routed through the Circuit Court Clerk, but the same practical fields help the clerk identify the file. Be specific, especially when the record may be old, stored offsite, sealed, or tied to more than one court division.
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Yes | Requester name for response and copy handling. |
| Mailing address | Yes | Used when copies or written responses are mailed. |
| Email address | Optional unless used | Helpful for clerk follow-up and electronic response where allowed. |
| Records requested | Yes | Describe the case number, party names, document type, court division, and date range. |
| Commercial purpose | Choose one | The County Clerk policy requires a commercial or noncommercial statement for open-records requests. |
| Residency category | Yes for Open Records Act form | The form lists Kentucky resident, Kentucky business, property owner, authorized agent, and news organization categories. |
| Signature and date | Yes | Required on the Kentucky OAG public-record request form used by the County Clerk. |
County Clerk Records in Christian County
Many people looking for a Christian County clerk record are not looking for a court case. Christian County Clerk Melinda A. Humphries handles county legal recordings and other county records from 511 South Main Street. The County Clerk legal-records page links the Courthouse Computer Systems client access portal and the Fraud Detection Notification service. Those tools are useful for land and legal recordings, but they are not the Circuit Court Clerk's court case file system.
The Christian County Clerk legal-records page directs users to the official client access portal for recorded legal documents.
Use the County Clerk legal-records page for recorded documents, then use the Circuit Court Clerk for court case files and certified court copies.
The Christian County Clerk client access portal identifies Christian, KY and County Clerk Melinda A. Humphries.
The portal requires login or account creation and is built for County Clerk legal-record access, not anonymous court case searching.
Christian County Clerk Fees
The County Clerk fee schedule is the researched fee source for Christian County legal recordings. These fees should not be treated as court case copy fees. They do matter when a court-related document is recorded as a land or legal record, such as a lien, lis pendens, judgment lien, will, or property bond. The client access portal also lists subscription costs and printing terms for online recorded-document access.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Deed | $50.00 |
| Real estate mortgage | $80.00 for 30 pages |
| Lis pendens / release | $46.00 |
| Property or bail bonds | $63.00 |
| Will | $47.00 |
| Judgment lien | $46.00 |
| Certified copy | $5.00 plus $0.50 per page after 3 pages |
| Portal single day plan | $15.00, plus listed service and printing terms |
The County Clerk portal states that transactions are subject to a 5 percent service fee and that some plans may require separate printing charges.
Christian County Open Records
The County Clerk open-records policy says requests to inspect records of the Clerk's Office must go to the official records custodian at 511 South Main Street, by fax at 270-887-4186, or by email at melinda.humphries@ky.gov. The policy requires a written request with requester contact details, specific records, and a commercial or noncommercial statement. It says the office responds within five working days. Noncommercial standard photocopies may cost 10 cents per page, with postage and media costs where applicable.
The Christian County fraud detection notification service is linked by the County Clerk for recorded-document name alerts.
Fraud alerts are tied to recorded documents, so they supplement County Clerk records but do not replace court case searches.
The Christian County Clerk open-records request page links the local policy and Kentucky Attorney General form.
Use the open-records page for County Clerk records, and use the Justice Center clerk contact for Circuit, Family, and District Court case records.