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Criminal records for employment, adoptions, commercial guide licenses, emigration, housing assistance and other industries requiring criminal checks can request official records from the Kentucky State Police. Felonies dating back to 1978, misdemeanors and traffic cases of the last five years or more can be viewed using Kentucky state court's website. The Office of Vital Statistics, department of health provides deaths and births from 1911 and marriages or divorces from 1958. An index of over 200 major state and local government departments across all three branches.

Access Kentucky Courts online directly. Search court records; from Kentucky county courts to Supreme courts. Find criminal filings, Kentucky dissolution of marriage or divorce records from official state websites. File small claims lawsuits. Bankruptcy courts by jurisdiction or by districts. Kentucky state courts contact information such as telephone numbers and more.

Criminal, civil and divorce records in Kentucky can be held by more than one court, so search each court that may hold the case. The official court site below lists the Kentucky courts and how to reach each one.

• About the Kentucky courtsKentucky Court of Justice

Kentucky criminal records are maintained by the Kentucky State Police (KSP). KSP provides criminal background checks and maintains the state central repository. The KSP Sex Offender Registry provides public access to registered offender information. Kentucky court records are accessible through the Kentucky courts online system.

Certified copies of Kentucky birth and death certificates are issued by the Office of Vital Statistics in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. Marriage records are also kept by the local office that issued the license, and divorce records by the court that granted the divorce.

• Kentucky vital recordsCabinet for Health and Family Services

Deeds and mortgages in Kentucky are recorded at the county level, and property taxes are handled by county or local offices. Business and UCC filings are kept by the state, bankruptcy cases are federal court records, and the state runs a free search for unclaimed property.

Kentucky.gov lists the state's agencies, and the Kentucky Revised Statutes are online from the Kentucky General Assembly.

• Kentucky.gov state agenciesOfficial list of Kentucky agencies
• Kentucky Revised StatutesKentucky General Assembly

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet keeps driver history records and vehicle title histories.

• Kentucky driver history recordKentucky Transportation Cabinet
• Kentucky title history requestsKentucky Transportation Cabinet

In Kentucky, start by requesting an expungement certification from the Administrative Office of the Courts, online, by mail or at the Frankfort drive thru, for a $40 fee. Then file the certification and the expungement petition with the circuit court clerk in the county where the charge was filed.

• Expungement certification processKentucky Court of Justice

For family history, start with the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives and the Kentucky Historical Society.

• Kentucky Department for Libraries and ArchivesState archives and library
• Kentucky Historical SocietyState history agency and research library

The Kentucky State Police Missing and Exploited Children Unit serves as the state's clearinghouse for missing children.

• Kentucky missing personsKentucky State Police
• NamUsU.S. Justice Department database of missing and unidentified people

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