Kentucky, Jefferson County
Where Louisville's records are kept. Louisville has its own city government and police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Louisville's own offices, along with the Jefferson County and State of Kentucky offices that keep the rest of its public records. 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
Bankruptcy court for western Kentucky, based in Louisville. Its site covers filing without an attorney, bankruptcy cases and credit reports, trustee 341 meetings, general orders and opinions.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western 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 ChecksFederal
Census Bureau summary of the city of Louisville, Kentucky drawn from the 2020 Census (246,161 people), population estimates and the American Community Survey, with demographic, housing, economic and geographic statistics.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
Louisville Metro's site, with Metro311 service requests, the mayor and Metro Council, public notices, courts and jury duty, permits and licenses, property and code enforcement, revenue and taxes, and garbage and recycling.
Open official site Louisville Metro GovernmentCity records
Jefferson County Clerk, the office that keeps county filings and public records for Louisville, Kentucky, with the copies and searches it publishes.
Open official site Jefferson County ClerkPolice & jail
Louisville Metro Police Department headquarters at 601 West Chestnut Street, Louisville, takes police reports, open records requests, tips and collision reports and posts crime maps and transparency data.
Open official site Louisville Metro Police DepartmentEverything else, organized
14 more Louisville sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Louisville, a place of 633,045 people, is the seat of Jefferson County. Court and property records sit with Jefferson County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Kentucky. Louisville's own offices are in the cards above, and our Jefferson 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 4 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 2 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 7 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 4 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are construction sand and gravel; 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.
Rows taken off the old survey maps open the USGS record of what sits at that spot, because no single feature on those maps has a page of its own. Rows from the mine records open their own USGS page.
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.
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 Louisville.
Deeds for property in Louisville are recorded by the Jefferson County Clerk, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Jefferson 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.
Same county
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.