Access Russell County Marriage Records

Russell County Marriage Licenses

Marriage licenses are handled by the Russell County Clerk, not the Circuit Court Clerk. The County Clerk office is at 410 Monument Square, Suite 203, Jamestown, KY 42629. The published phone number is 270-343-2125, fax is 270-343-4700, and email is patti.glover@ky.gov. Published hours are Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-4:00 PM and 1st and 3rd Saturday 8:00 AM-12:00 PM.

The Russell County Clerk site has a dedicated marriage license page. Applicants should review the local page or call before visiting because license fees, identification requirements, application steps, and holiday closures can change.

This local clerk page is the controlling starting point for Russell County license handling. It is separate from court records, eCCLIX land-record searching, and divorce case files.

Apply for Marriage License

The research confirmed the office, phone, email, hours, and local marriage-license page, but it did not expose the full application form field list. The practical application sequence should therefore stay limited to verified local steps.

1. Review the Russell County Clerk marriage-license page before visiting.
2. Call 270-343-2125 or email patti.glover@ky.gov to confirm current fee, identification, and timing requirements.
3. Apply through the Russell County Clerk at 410 Monument Square, Suite 203 in Jamestown.
4. Ask the clerk how the completed license must be returned and recorded after the ceremony.
5. Request certified copies from the County Clerk when a recorded marriage certificate is needed.

Marriage Application Fields

The official Russell County page was located, but extracted text did not reveal every application field. The table below preserves that research gap instead of listing typical Kentucky fields as if they were confirmed locally.

Find Russell Marriage Records

Marriage records are county clerk records. Start with the Russell County Clerk for license records, recorded marriage certificates, certified copies, and local instructions. Historical marriage material may also connect to county clerk records or eCCLIX depending on document type and date range, but a marriage license is not the same as a deed, mortgage, lien, or other recorded land instrument.

For online county clerk records, Russell County links to eCCLIX through the clerk site. eCCLIX is used for county clerk indexing and recorded-document access in participating Kentucky counties, with public or paid subscription paths depending on availability. It should not be used as a substitute for the County Clerk when a current license application or certified marriage copy is needed.

Russell County Divorce Records

Divorce records are court records. In Russell County, divorce case files and certified decrees are requested through the Office of Circuit Court Clerk at the Russell County Judicial Center, 202 Monument Square, Suite 106, Jamestown, KY 42629. The clerk phone lines are 270-343-2185 and 270-343-2186, and the published hours are Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

The public KCOJ docket may show an upcoming hearing if a family or divorce docket is publicly available and not restricted. It is not a certified divorce decree source. Certified divorce decrees and case copies come from the Circuit Court Clerk. Sensitive family case material may restrict children's information, financial account data, protected addresses, domestic-violence details, adoption information, juvenile material, and sealed records.

Divorce Case Steps

Kentucky domestic-relations law is collected in KRS Chapter 403, which includes marriage dissolution, temporary orders, custody, support, property, and protective-order topics.

1. Determine venue and file the divorce petition in the proper Kentucky court.
2. Pay the filing fee or ask about a fee waiver if eligible; the Russell-specific fee was not located in extracted research.
3. Serve the other party unless service is waived.
4. Address temporary orders, property, debt, child support, custody, and parenting time where applicable.
5. Resolve the case by agreement, hearing, or trial.
6. Request decree copies or certified copies from the Circuit Court Clerk.

Marriage and Divorce Fees

The research did not locate a Russell-specific marriage license fee, certified marriage copy fee, divorce filing fee, or certified divorce decree copy fee in extracted official text. Current amounts should be confirmed with the office that holds the record.

Certified Copy Requests

Use the County Clerk for certified marriage records issued or recorded in Russell County. Use the Circuit Court Clerk for certified divorce decrees and divorce case-file copies. A certified copy is usually needed for legal, benefit, name-change, immigration, or court use because it confirms the record came from the official record holder.

For marriage copies, be ready to provide the spouses' names, approximate marriage date, and any record details the County Clerk requests. For divorce copies, provide the case number if known, party names, and approximate filing or decree date. The clerk may need to review whether a requested family record contains restricted financial, child-related, address, domestic-violence, sealed, or adoption-related material before releasing copies.

County-level marriage and court-level divorce records should not be treated as statewide background-search results. If the request is for proof of a legal event, use the office that created or maintains the official record. If the request is for a current court date, use KCOJ docket information and then verify with the Circuit Court Clerk because public docket information can change.

Which Clerk Holds Records

The Russell County Clerk and the Office of Circuit Court Clerk are separate offices on Monument Square. Patti Glover's County Clerk office handles marriage licenses and county clerk records. Tony Kerr's Circuit Court Clerk office handles Circuit, Family, District, and Business Court records, including divorce files and certified decrees. Sending a request to the wrong office can delay a copy request or lead to an incomplete search.