Kentucky Criminal Records Search

Choose a Kentucky report or a particular court document

For a statewide court-record report, start with Kentucky’s Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC). Its report covers District and Circuit Court cases across 120 counties: misdemeanors and traffic cases for at least five years, and felonies back to 1978. Federal cases, expunged or purged cases, and confidential categories are excluded.

If you already need a specific judgment, indictment or sentencing order, request the case document from the Circuit Court Clerk in the filing county. The AOC report is a finding aid, not the judge-signed record. Use its county, case number, charge and disposition to identify the exact filing you need.

Choose electronic access before ordering

Registered FastCheck users retrieve reports online; One-Time Request sends the report by U.S. mail. Another person’s report is not an anonymous inquiry: when a record is found, AOC notifies the subject and supplies that person a copy.

Prepare the subject’s full name, aliases or maiden name, address and identifying date of birth or Social Security number, plus your own contact and delivery details. The earlier one-time instructions required at least a birth date or Social Security number; the archived paper form has fields for both. Follow the current form’s required fields, since the live one-time form could not be rechecked.

Separate the report charge from payment costs

AOC adds a credit/debit fee of 2.25% or $2.50, whichever is greater. Its linked RU-004 paper form lists $25, but the current site labels that form an archive. Confirm the currently payable report amount at checkout or with the Records Unit before mailing an older form or payment.

For a mail inquiry, the published address is AOC Records Unit, 1001 Vandalay Drive, Frankfort, KY 40601. Checks or money orders are payable to Kentucky State Treasurer. Ask whether the archived form is still acceptable and explain whether you need your own report or another person’s report; do not send an unexplained payment.

Use the Frankfort drive-through when an in-person request fits

AOC also accepts requests at its drive-through window at 1001 Vandalay Drive, Frankfort, Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–4 p.m., except state holidays. Cash is not accepted. Bring the request information and an accepted card, check or money order; confirm any current service notice before making the trip. This is the AOC record-report service, not access to a county’s entire case file.

Retrieve the report while it remains available

Registered users can check pending requests and download a completed report for 30 days. Requests run in receipt order, with no paid expediting. One-time requests have no online status lookup. The Records Unit can be reached at 800-928-6381.

Keep the submission confirmation separate from the report itself. A payment receipt shows a transaction, while the report contains the case findings. When following up, identify the request date and delivery method, explain whether the problem is missing delivery or a disputed entry, and have the original response available so staff can address the right issue.

Follow a case number to the actual file

Use the court’s county clerk directory to find the office that heard the proceeding. Give the case number and name the document, such as the final judgment or order resolving a particular charge. Tell the clerk if the recipient requires certification, and ask for the copy cost and available delivery format before ordering.

For a stored case, the clerk supplies the record-facility and file-locator details. Kentucky’s State Records Center requires the case and locator numbers; it cannot search by name or Social Security number. If the AOC report is incomplete or inaccurate, start with 800-928-6381 for correction help or referral to the originating clerk.

Use KSP when the recipient asks for a police-history check

Kentucky State Police publishes different forms for personal review, employment and other designated purposes. Its current forms page specifies a mailed request, $20 by check or money order, no cash, and an average ten-business-day processing time. That page says it does not offer online requests for this form service.

Choose the form matching the requesting organization’s purpose and follow that form’s mailing instructions. An AOC court report and a KSP conviction-record response come from different services; ask the recipient which one it accepts before paying. For a federal or regulated fingerprint check, obtain that program’s instructions rather than substituting either name-based product.