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Where Payneville's records are kept. Court and property records for Payneville sit with Meade County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Kentucky.
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Look to Meade County for records about Payneville. Brandenburg, the county seat, is where the county offices are. Our Meade County page lists each county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 1 investigation with a Payneville address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $10,064 in back wages agreed for 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schmidt Contracting, Inc. | 1 | $10,064 | 3 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Payneville, by back wages agreed; 1 employer has a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Kentucky wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
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