Kentucky, Franklin County
Where Frankfort's records are kept. Frankfort has its own city government, clerk's office, police department and fire department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Frankfort's own offices, along with State of Kentucky offices; the Franklin County offices are on our Franklin County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
State records
State library and archives agency in Frankfort; its home page leads to the KDLA catalog, the Kentucky State Digital Archives, records ordering, records retention schedules and talking books.
Open official site Kentucky Department for Libraries and ArchivesCounty court
Federal bankruptcy court holding hearings in Ashland, Covington, Frankfort, Lexington and London; it posts its docket, opinions and unclaimed funds, takes discharge requests and offers electronic self representation filing.
Open official site United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of KentuckyCounty court
Kentucky Court of Justice sign in for its online court applications, including CourtNet 2.0 case access and eFiling; Kentucky Bar members use their KBA number, and new users can register.
Open official site KYeCourtsVital records
Cabinet for Health and Family Services office issuing certified birth, death, marriage, divorce and stillbirth records in person, by mail or via VitalChek; births and deaths start in 1911, marriages and divorces in June 1958.
Open official site Kentucky Office of Vital StatisticsPolice & jail
Kentucky Department of Corrections public lookup of offender records, updated daily; data newer than 120 days might not be final, and VINE alerts victims to custody changes.
Open official site Kentucky Offender Online Lookup (KOOL)Police & jail
Kentucky State Police Missing and Exploited Children Unit, the state clearinghouse since 1984, with a toll free line to report a missing child, safety tips for parents and the Kentucky Alert System.
Open official site Kentucky State Police Missing ChildrenPolice & jail
Kentucky State Police release of sex offender registration data under KRS 17.580, with email alerts when a registrant moves into a chosen zip code or an offender record changes.
Open official site Kentucky State Police Sex Offender RegistryPolice & jail
KSP name based check of adult Kentucky criminal history for $20 by check or money order, by mail or walk in, with the subject's permission; mail requests average 10 business days.
Open official site Kentucky State Police Background ChecksCity records
Frankfort city government at 315 W 2nd Street, with property taxes, trash and recycling, concern reports, building permits, the development code, licensing fees, bid opportunities, transit and meetings.
Open official site City of FrankfortCity records
Official records and legal files 315 West Second Street Frankfort KY 40602 Phone: (502) 875-8500 Fax: (502) 875-8502
Open official site Frankfort City ClerkPolice & jail
The Department is organized into two divisions, Operations and Support Services. Law enforcement services 308 West Second Street Frankfort KY 40602 Phone: (502) 875-8523 Fax: (502) 223-7193
Open official site Frankfort Police DepartmentCity records
Fire and emergency services 314 West Second Street Frankfort KY 40602 Phone: (502) 875-8511 Fax: (502) 875-8533
Open official site Frankfort Fire DepartmentEverything else, organized
13 more Frankfort sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Frankfort, a place of 28,602 people, is the seat of Franklin County. Court and property records sit with Franklin County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Kentucky. Frankfort's own offices are in the cards above, and our Franklin County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 2 mine sites inside the city or town limits: 1 past producer, now closed, 1 prospect or occurrence that was never worked; the old survey maps add 4 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Clay; crushed stone.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area.
Kentucky abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 34 investigations with a Frankfort address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $208,807 in back wages agreed for 232 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Chien, Inc. | 1 | $60,690 | 5 |
| Noah's Ark Childcare & Learning Center, LLC | 1 | $46,604 | 15 |
| APHIX, LLC | 1 | $24,448 | 19 |
| Kentucky State University | 3 | $16,096 | 66 |
| Cardinal Office Products, Inc. | 1 | $15,379 | 14 |
| John's Discount Liquor, LLC | 1 | $11,860 | 15 |
| Bourbon On Main LLC | 2 | $10,954 | 26 |
| Bradley Racing Stables, LLC | 1 | $7,878 | 22 |
| Ghanshyam Food, Inc. | 1 | $6,380 | 6 |
| Wilson Nurseries, Inc. | 1 | $2,092 | 1 |
| Southern Preschool & Childcare, Inc. | 1 | $1,489 | 8 |
| Dragon Properties | 1 | $1,464 | 5 |
| Bray Pharmacy, Inc. | 1 | $942 | 3 |
| Angellico Cruz-Cruz | 1 | $682 | 13 |
| Frankfort Habilitation, Inc. | 1 | $322 | 1 |
| MyWireless, LLC | 1 | $258 | 1 |
| Sage Garden Cafe LLC | 1 | $223 | 3 |
| City of Frankfort, Kentucky | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| David Riddle Farm | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Roger Perkins Farm | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Little Lamb Pre-School, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| RiverPride Farms, LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Indalecio Cortez-Garcia | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Jumpstart Preschool, LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Tiny Tots Learning Center, LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 27 whose address on the record is in Frankfort; 11 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 2 more with smaller records are on the Kentucky wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Kentucky is run by the Kentucky State Board of Elections and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Frankfort.
Deeds for property in Frankfort are recorded by the Franklin County Clerk, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Franklin County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Kentucky come from the state vital records office, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
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Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.