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Contact Rowan County Record Offices

This Is Not a Government Office. Rowan County Court Records is a private reference site. We cannot pull official documents, file paperwork, or issue certified copies for anyone. Official records must come from the Rowan County, Kentucky office or Kentucky agency that keeps the record.

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Here is where to look for the records most people ask about in Rowan County:

  • Court case files: contact the Rowan Circuit Court Clerk, Kim Barker Tabor, Rowan County Judicial Center, 700 W. Main St., Morehead, KY 40351; phone 606-783-8505; fax 606-783-8504; Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. This is the local office for Circuit Court, Family Court, District Court, traffic, criminal, divorce, and probate matters in District Court.
  • Marriage licenses, recorded instruments, and recorded wills: contact the Rowan County Clerk, 600 West Main Street, Room 102, Morehead, KY 40351; phone 606-784-5212; fax 606-784-2923; email elwoodJ.caudill@ky.gov. The clerk lists Monday and Friday hours as 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and Tuesday-Thursday hours as 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
  • Marriage and divorce records: see marriage and divorce records. Marriage copies start with the Rowan County Clerk; divorce case files start with the Circuit Court Clerk.
  • Probate, wills, and estates: see probate matters in District Court. Probate case filings begin with District Court through the Circuit Court Clerk, while recorded wills and some probate-related recorded documents are County Clerk records.
  • Criminal and arrest records: see arrest records and court charges, or contact the Circuit Court Clerk for court case records tied to filed charges.
  • Jail roster: see inmate records or contact the Rowan County Detention Center, 1075 S. Tolliver Rd., Morehead, KY 40351; phone 606-784-8457; fax 606-784-2161.
  • Active warrants: see warrant records. The Rowan County Sheriff is at 600 West Main Street, Morehead, KY 40351; phone 606-784-5446; fax 606-784-1323. Morehead Police records and city-police matters use Morehead Police, 309 W Main St., Morehead, KY 40351; non-emergency phone 606-784-7511.
  • Other county records: Rowan Fiscal Court records use records custodian Michele Jessee, 600 West Main Street, Suite 154, Morehead, KY 40351; phone 606-784-4211; fax 606-784-3535; email michele.jessee@rcky.us.