How to Search Bullitt County Court Records
The main online path for Bullitt County court records is KYeCourts Public Court Records, the Kentucky Court of Justice guest portal for public case information. The visible guest page is free to enter, but it starts with a CAPTCHA checkbox and a Continue button. The official page also separates record lookup from payment work by offering a distinct ePay route for court costs, fines, restitution, and eligible traffic citations.
The Kentucky Court of Justice Bullitt County page identifies the local court office and shows that Bullitt County court records are centered at the Circuit Court Clerk. Use the online search for public case status, docket history, and ordinary lookup. Use the clerk when a certified copy, file review, correction, or case-specific office help is needed.
The KCOJ Bullitt County page is one official entry point for local court location and clerk information. It helps separate the court-record channel from nearby county offices that hold different records.
The KCOJ Bullitt County listing was captured in the project image set.
The county page ties Bullitt County court records to the Judicial Center, the Circuit Court Clerk, local judges, phone numbers, and official state court links.
- Open the KYeCourts guest login and complete the CAPTCHA checkbox.
- Choose Continue to enter the public records search area.
- Use case details, party information, or docket information that is available after guest entry.
- Use the separate ePay button when the task is payment, citation lookup, or traffic-school selection.
- Contact the Bullitt County Circuit Court Clerk for certified copies, file access, or records not shown online.
| Portal | Covers | Access Notes |
|---|---|---|
| KYeCourts Public Court Records | Public case information throughout Kentucky | Free guest entry with CAPTCHA. |
| KYeCourts ePay | Fees, fines, restitution, traffic payments, and traffic school | Search by case, citation, or party with CAPTCHA. |
| Kentucky Court Dockets | Scheduled court dockets | Search by county, division, date, courtroom, and subdivision. |
| Bullitt County Clerk Online Record Search | County Clerk records such as land records | Not the court case portal. |
Bullitt County Court Structure
Bullitt County is part of Kentucky's 55th Judicial Circuit and 55th Judicial District. Circuit Court is the general-jurisdiction trial court for felony criminal cases, larger civil suits, foreclosures, land-title disputes, contested probate matters, and appeals from District Court. Family Court operates in the circuit-level system for divorce, custody, support, juvenile, adoption, and protective-order cases.
District Court is the limited-jurisdiction court for Bullitt County traffic offenses, misdemeanors, violations, felony preliminary proceedings, small claims, evictions, probate filings, name changes, guardianships, Casey's Law, mental-health matters, and disability proceedings. The local appellate path runs from the trial courts to the Kentucky Court of Appeals and, in selected cases, the Kentucky Supreme Court.
The Kentucky court-system overview shows where Circuit Court, District Court, Family Court, the Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court sit in the statewide structure.
That statewide structure matters because the same Bullitt County Circuit Court Clerk handles local Circuit, Family, and District Court case files even though the case types differ.
Case flow: District Court preliminary or limited case > Circuit Court when felony, appeal, or general-jurisdiction matter applies > Kentucky Court of Appeals > Kentucky Supreme Court when review is available.
| Court or Office | Local Role | Common Record Types |
|---|---|---|
| Bullitt Circuit Court | General-jurisdiction trial court | Felony, foreclosure, larger civil, land-title, contested probate, appeals. |
| Bullitt Family Court | Circuit-level family division | Divorce, custody, support, adoption, juvenile, EPO and IPO matters. |
| Bullitt District Court | Limited-jurisdiction court | Traffic, misdemeanor, small claims, eviction, probate, guardianship, preliminary felony matters. |
| Circuit Court Clerk | Local court-record office | Court files, dockets, payments, copies, forms, and licensing functions. |
Bullitt County Court Offices
The primary Bullitt County court-record destination is the Bullitt County Judicial Center in Shepherdsville. The Circuit Court Clerk is Paulita A. Keith. State court sources list the Judicial Center as the location for Circuit Court Clerk services, and the local clerk site divides service information into Circuit Civil/Criminal, District Civil/Probate, District Criminal/Traffic, Family Court, payments, remote appearance, contacts, and related pages.
Nearby but separate offices matter because Bullitt County records are split by custodian. The County Clerk is in the Nina Mooney Annex Building and handles marriage records, land records, elections, vehicle transactions, copy requests, and County Clerk open-records requests. The Sheriff's Office, County Attorney, and Commonwealth's Attorney are in the Buckman Street government cluster. The Detention Center is south of downtown on Preston Highway.
Bullitt County Judicial Center
250 Frank E. Simon Ave.
P.O. Box 746
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
502-543-7104
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Bullitt County Clerk
Nina Mooney Annex Building
149 N. Walnut St.
P.O. Box 6, Shepherdsville, KY 40165
502-543-2513
Bullitt County Detention Center
1671 S. Preston Hwy.
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
502-543-7263
JailTracker roster and jail records custodian.
Types of Bullitt County Court Records
Bullitt County court records vary by court level. Civil files can include complaints, summons, service returns, motions, proposed orders, judgments, garnishments, and releases. Criminal files can include citations, complaints, indictments, bond entries, warrants, arraignment dates, motions, pleas, diversion entries, dispositions, sentences, costs, public defender fees, and bond-release orders.
Family, probate, traffic, small-claims, eviction, and protective-order records each have a different access pattern. Some are public in part, some require clerk copies, and some contain restricted information. Traffic records are District Court records, while state driver history is a separate Kentucky Transportation Cabinet record. Marriage records are County Clerk records. Divorce case files are Family Court records kept through the Circuit Court Clerk.
- Civil records: Circuit civil, District civil, small claims, evictions, foreclosures, and land-title disputes.
- Criminal records: District misdemeanors and felony preliminary matters, plus Circuit felony case files.
- Family records: Divorce, custody, support, paternity, juvenile, adoption, and protective-order files.
- Probate records: Estates, wills, guardianships, name changes, settlements of minors, and disability matters.
- Traffic records: Citations, fines, ePay, State Traffic School, CATS, failures to appear, and warrants.
What Bullitt County Court Records Show
Public Bullitt County court records may show the case number, court division, filing date, parties, attorneys, judge, charge or cause, hearing date, docket entries, orders, financial fields, and disposition. The exact fields depend on the case type and the portal view. The research did not capture the post-CAPTCHA KYeCourts case-search screen, so exact display labels should be checked in the live system before relying on a field name for a formal filing or records request.
| Field | What It Means |
|---|---|
| Case number | The court-assigned identifier for the file. |
| Court and division | Whether the case belongs to Circuit, Family, District, probate, or traffic court. |
| Parties | Names such as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, respondent, Commonwealth, guardian, ward, or estate. |
| Docket entries | Filed motions, hearings, continuances, orders, pleas, diversion, sentences, bench warrants, or dismissal entries. |
| Financial fields | Court costs, fines, restitution, public defender fees, bond payments, or bond refund status. |
| Status or disposition | Pending, dismissed, diverted, convicted, judgment entered, closed, probation, or other final result. |
- Arraignment
- First criminal appearance where a charge is addressed and a plea may be entered.
- Disposition
- The outcome or status of a charge, claim, or case.
- Motion
- A written request asking the judge to take action.
- Pretrial diversion
- A criminal case track that may lead to dismissal when conditions are completed.
Public Access to Bullitt County Court Records
Kentucky public-record access starts with the office that owns the record. Court case information is searched through KYeCourts and requested from the Circuit Court Clerk. Marriage, land, election, and County Clerk administrative records route to the County Clerk. Sheriff records route to the Sheriff's Office. Jail and booking records route to the Detention Center custodian.
The Kentucky Court of Justice records-request page explains that local circuit court clerks manage Circuit, Family, District, and Business Court case records. It also warns that the Administrative Office of the Courts does not hold local case files for ordinary clerk-copy requests.
That state guidance is a useful checkpoint before sending a Bullitt County court records request to the wrong statewide office.
Key Kentucky access rules:
KRS 61.870 defines public records and requester terms.
KRS 61.872 and KRS 61.874 address inspection, copies, fees, and online access.
KRS 61.878 lists exemptions for privacy, law enforcement, preliminary material, public safety, and statutory confidentiality.
KRS 610.320 and KRS 610.340 restrict juvenile records and juvenile docket access.
Restricted Bullitt County Court Records
Not every Bullitt County court record is public in the same way. Juvenile dockets and juvenile court records are restricted under Kentucky statutes. Adoption files are sensitive. Mental-health, disability, guardianship, and mental inquest warrant matters may contain medical and capacity information. Personal identifiers, protected addresses, financial account data, public defender files, and law-enforcement investigative records may be withheld or redacted.
Sealed and expunged records require special care. Kentucky Court of Justice runs an expungement certification process, and local Bullitt practice adds details for Judge Burress motion hour. Petitions and proposed orders for expungement must use AOC forms, be placed on motion hour with a separate motion, and use correct e-filing document codes. A public case search should not be treated as proof that an expunged or sealed matter is open to the public.
The official Circuit Court overview gives statewide context for the court level that hears felony, larger civil, contested probate, and appellate matters.
Circuit Court context helps explain why felony, larger civil, family-level, and contested probate files may have more complex access rules than a simple traffic payment record.
Bullitt County Specialty Court Paths
Kentucky Court of Justice publishes statewide Department of Specialty Courts material for Drug Court, Veterans Treatment Court, and Mental Health Court. The research did not locate a Bullitt-specific adult drug court, veterans treatment court, mental health court, or DUI court page with a local calendar or staff list. Do not infer a Bullitt County specialty docket from statewide pages alone.
Several local Bullitt County processes still affect court records. District Civil/Probate points Casey's Law, mental-health danger-to-self-or-others matters, disability appointments, mental inquest warrants, and adult guardianships to the County Attorney as a starting point. Traffic alternatives include State Traffic School and the County Attorney's Traffic Safety Program, each of which can change how a traffic charge appears in court records.
The Kentucky District Court overview explains the lower-court jurisdiction that includes traffic, misdemeanor, probate, guardianship, small claims, and preliminary felony matters.
District Court is the practical entry point for many Bullitt County records that people search before a case ever reaches Circuit Court.
Bullitt County Sheriff and Jail Records
The Bullitt County Sheriff's Office handles court and civil process through a Process / Warrant Clerk. The sheriff page lists warrants, summons, subpoenas, court orders, emergency protective orders, domestic violence orders, and civil process. Sheriff Walt Sholar's office is listed at 300 S. Buckman Street, with phone 502-543-2514. Shepherdsville Police FAQ material points outstanding warrant questions back to the Bullitt County Sheriff's Office.
Jail and booking records are separate from court files. The Bullitt County Detention Center is at 1671 S. Preston Hwy. and uses a JailTracker roster through Public Safety Cloud. If the roster fails, the Detention Center phone is 502-543-7263. VINE Kentucky gives custody and court-notification support, and state-prison custody belongs to Kentucky Department of Corrections or KOOL rather than the county jail roster.
The full custody workflow is covered in Bullitt County inmate records, while active process and bench-warrant issues are covered in Bullitt County warrant records.
Bullitt County Marriage Divorce Probate
Marriage records and marriage licenses belong to the Bullitt County Clerk, not the Circuit Court Clerk. County Clerk Kevin Mooney works from the Nina Mooney Annex Building, and the County Clerk site states that both people must appear together, the license is valid for 30 days, the fee is non-refundable, and the license must be used within Kentucky. Exact Bullitt marriage-license fee details were not captured in the official text.
Divorce records belong to Family Court and the Circuit Court Clerk. The Bullitt clerk Family Court page lists divorce, paternity, custody, support, juvenile matters, adoptions, and EPO/IPOs. The office sells divorce packets for $20, but clerks cannot give legal advice. Probate runs through District Civil/Probate for estates, guardianships, name changes, minor settlements, Casey's Law, mental-health, and disability matters.
The Kentucky Family Court overview shows why divorce, custody, adoption, juvenile, and protective-order files have different access rules than ordinary civil cases.
Family Court records often contain custody, juvenile, financial, or safety information, so public access may be narrower than a standard docket search.
Bullitt County Court Records Fees
Bullitt County court payment and records costs vary by office and record type. The local clerk payment page lists acceptable payment methods such as cash, money order, personal check with photo ID where allowed, cashier's check, debit card, credit card, and online ePay. A KYeCourts guest-login notice observed in the research warns that civil filing fees increase on July 1, 2026 under Kentucky Supreme Court Orders 2026-15 and 2026-18.
| Fee or Payment Item | Amount | Office or Source |
|---|---|---|
| Divorce packet | $20 | Bullitt Circuit Court Clerk Family Court page. |
| Debit card fee | $2.25 with PIN or 3% online | Bullitt clerk payment page. |
| Credit card fee | $5.50 or 3% online | Bullitt clerk payment page. |
| State Traffic School court-side payment | $143 | District Criminal/Traffic page and ePay path. |
| State Traffic School course fee | $39 | Paid to the state for the online class. |
| County Attorney Traffic Safety Program | $175 total | CATS program, if eligible. |
| Detention Center black-and-white copies | $0.10 per page | Jail open-records policy. |
Read Bullitt County Court Records
Reading a Bullitt County court record starts with the court and division. A felony that begins with a District Court preliminary step may move to Circuit Court after grand-jury action. A traffic citation belongs to District Criminal/Traffic. A divorce belongs to Family Court. An estate, guardianship, or name change usually belongs to District Civil/Probate. The court name can tell you which desk or office to call next.
Charges and convictions are not the same thing. A charge can be filed, amended, reduced, dismissed, diverted, or resolved by plea or trial. A docket entry may show a hearing or motion without final outcome. Bond status also has local rules. Bullitt clerk material says bond refund paperwork may take days or one or two weeks, checks are written Thursday, and pretrial diversion or conditional discharge may require a court order before bond release.
The KYeCourts guest login is the public case-search doorway before a user reaches searchable case information.
The CAPTCHA entry step is important because the visible page does not show all post-login case-search fields in static research.
View Bullitt County Court Dockets
The Kentucky Court of Justice docket portal is a separate path for scheduled hearings. It uses county, division, date, courtroom, and subdivision fields. The portal warns that docket information is not official and is subject to change, so a docket search is useful for planning but not a substitute for the official court record or a direct clerk confirmation.
The Kentucky public docket portal was linked from the Bullitt Detention Center site and is one official route to check scheduled court appearances.
Docket lookup is most useful when a person already knows the county, division, and date, but final hearing status should still be confirmed with the Circuit Court Clerk.
Bullitt County Court Practice Notes
The Bullitt Circuit Court Clerk site gives specific local practice guidance. Judge Rodney D. Burress's Circuit Civil motion hour is Monday at 9:00 a.m., and criminal motion hour is Monday at 10:00 a.m. The filing deadline for that Monday motion hour is 4:00 p.m. on the preceding Wednesday. Motions should include a proposed order, and the requested hearing date and time should appear on the first page of the motion.
The same local guidance stresses that e-filing is not email. Clerks are not allowed to accept pleadings by email except rare emergency exceptions. Separate motions and proposed orders must be separate uploads in the same electronic envelope, and document codes matter. For expungement work, the clerk warns that "Miscellaneous" is not the right code and that the matter must be placed on motion hour with a separate motion.
The Bullitt Circuit Court Clerk homepage is the local source for division pages, payments, forms, remote appearance, and contacts.
Local clerk pages carry practical filing and payment details that are not always obvious from the statewide case-search portals.
Bullitt County Record Offices
Bullitt County court records often intersect with county offices that are near the Judicial Center but serve different functions. The County Attorney handles many lower-level prosecution and traffic program matters, plus Casey's Law, mental-health, disability, and adult-guardianship starting points. The Commonwealth's Attorney handles felony prosecution for the 55th Circuit. The Sheriff handles process and warrants. The County Clerk handles marriage, land, elections, vehicle, and copy-request records.
The Bullitt County offices listing identifies county offices such as Judge Executive, Circuit Court Clerk, County Clerk, County Attorney, Commonwealth's Attorney, Sheriff, and other local departments.
The office listing is useful when a record starts as a court matter but needs a prosecutor, sheriff, county clerk, or jail records channel.
Bullitt County Court Records FAQ
Can Bullitt County court records be searched online?
Yes. Public case information is searched through KYeCourts Public Court Records, and scheduled hearing information can be checked through the Kentucky docket portal. Certified copies and file questions still go to the Circuit Court Clerk.
Is the County Clerk the court clerk?
No. The Circuit Court Clerk keeps Bullitt County Circuit, Family, and District Court files. The County Clerk handles marriage records, land records, vehicle transactions, elections, county-clerk open records, and copy requests for that office.
Where are Bullitt County divorce records kept?
Divorce records are Family Court records handled through the Circuit Court Clerk. The County Clerk handles marriage licenses and marriage records, not divorce decrees.
Are all juvenile records public?
No. Kentucky statutes restrict juvenile records and juvenile docket access. Adoption, mental-health, disability, guardianship, and some protective-order material may also be restricted or redacted.
How are traffic tickets paid?
Eligible fines, costs, restitution, and prepayable citations can be paid through KYeCourts ePay. Under-18 traffic citations require a court appearance with a parent or guardian.
Who confirms active warrants?
The Sheriff's Office and the issuing court are the right confirmation points. eWarrants is official but login-gated, and it is not a public active-warrant search.