Access Clinton County Clerk Licenses

Clinton County Clerk

Clinton County has a split clerk structure. The research identifies Nathan Collins as County Court Clerk, with phone 606-387-5943, fax 606-387-5258, and email nathan.collins@ky.gov. The State Court Structure Map resolves this office as the secondary clerk for the build, while the Circuit Court Clerk remains the primary court-records clerk for Circuit and District Court case files.

The County Clerk page should be used for marriage-license and county clerk questions, not for court case files. Kentucky CHFS states that each county clerk issues marriage licenses and that both parties must appear together. A Kentucky marriage license is valid for 30 days from the date issued and must be used in Kentucky. The accessible research did not locate a published Clinton County marriage-license fee, so the fee should be confirmed directly with Nathan Collins' office.

The research also shows why the office should be named carefully. Kentucky's court records are maintained by the Circuit Court Clerk, while county clerk functions are separate. A requester who needs a divorce decree, criminal case, traffic citation file, probate estate file, or civil judgment should not use the County Clerk as the first stop. A requester who needs a marriage license or county clerk contact information should use Nathan Collins' office.

Clinton County Clerk Record Duties

The County Clerk role in the research is tied to marriage licenses and county records such as land and recording functions. The research did not provide a full county recording fee schedule or a detailed land-record portal for Clinton County, so county-record requests should stay close to the confirmed channels: phone, fax, email, and the county elected-officials listing. For court files, use the Circuit Court Clerk instead.

• Marriage license issuance through the county clerk office.
• Local county clerk contact for recorded county functions described by the county source.
• Confirmation of current marriage-license fee and payment methods.
• Support for older local marriage-license questions when OVS is not the right source.
• Referral separation from Circuit and District Court case-file requests.

The accessible county research did not provide a detailed Clinton County Clerk hosted site, searchable land-record database, office street address, or full fee schedule. That means the content should not invent local recording procedures or copy charges. The verified contact channels are the county elected-officials listing, phone, fax, and email. For marriage licenses, Kentucky CHFS supplies the statewide process details that apply to the local county clerk role.

Apply for Clinton County Marriage Licenses

A Clinton County marriage license starts with the County Clerk. The Kentucky CHFS marriage and divorce guidance says marriage licenses are issued by county clerks, both parties must appear together, the license is valid for 30 days, and the license must be used in Kentucky. The license fee is non-refundable, but the local Clinton County fee was not located in official accessible sources.

1. Call or email Nathan Collins' office to confirm the current fee, payment methods, hours, and identification rules.
2. Both applicants appear together at the County Clerk office.
3. Provide names, addresses, dates of birth, birthplaces, parents' names, current status, and prior marriage information.
4. Answer the application questions on occupation, race, relationship, and date of marriage.
5. Use the license in Kentucky within 30 days.
6. After the ceremony, make sure the completed license is returned and recorded as required.

The 30-day license period is a practical deadline. If the license is not used in Kentucky within that period, the couple should contact the County Clerk before assuming the same license can still be used. After the ceremony, the completed license record supports later certificate requests through Kentucky OVS for marriages from June 1958 forward. Local clerk records may still matter for older records or for questions about the original local license.

Clinton County License Fields

The marriage-license fields below come from the Kentucky CHFS research. They help explain what the County Clerk may need from both applicants. Local proof-of-identity rules and payment methods should still be confirmed with the Clinton County Clerk before visiting.

Clinton County Marriage Certificates

The County Clerk issues the marriage license, but Kentucky OVS issues certified marriage certificates from June 1958 to present. The VS-230 application is the researched state certificate form. It asks for first party name, second party name, county where the license was issued, date of marriage, requester name, phone, mailing address, signature, and number of copies. If the marriage was in Clinton County, use Clinton as the county on the request.

OVS charges $6.00 per certified marriage or divorce certificate/search, and the fee is non-refundable. Mail requests go to the Office of Vital Statistics, 275 E. Main St., 1E-A, Frankfort, KY 40621, payable to the Kentucky State Treasurer. For older marriage records or the original local license file, contact the Clinton County Clerk instead of using the state certificate route.

The certificate request should include enough detail to distinguish the record. Use both party names, the county where the license was issued, the date or approximate date, requester contact information, mailing address, signature, and number of copies. If the request is for a divorce certificate rather than a marriage certificate, the county is the place where the divorce decree was granted. That distinction can keep a certificate request from being sent to the wrong office.

Clinton County Clerk Fees

The researched fee list confirms the state certificate amount but does not confirm the Clinton County marriage-license fee. The County Clerk should be contacted before visiting because local fees and payment rules can change and were not available from an official accessible page during research.

Fee confirmation is part of the access process, not an optional detail. The Kentucky CHFS guidance says the marriage-license fee is non-refundable, but the Clinton County amount was not confirmed in the accessible official sources. A caller should ask whether the office accepts cash, check, money order, card, or another payment type and whether both parties need to bring any specific identification before the license application can be completed.

County Clerk vs Court Clerk

The split-clerk distinction matters in Clinton County. The County Clerk is the right contact for a marriage license. The Circuit Court Clerk is the right contact for Circuit Court and District Court case files, including divorce decrees, felony and misdemeanor files, traffic court records, probate court files, small claims, and civil cases. Sending a court case request to the County Clerk can slow down the search because that office is not the case-file custodian.

For court case copies, use the Clinton County Circuit Court Clerk. For a new marriage license, older county-held marriage information, or county clerk contact questions, use Nathan Collins' office.

This separation also affects public-record expectations. Court records follow Court of Justice custody rules and may involve sealed, juvenile, adoption, mental-health, or protected material. County Clerk license records follow the county clerk role described in the research and the state vital-record certificate process. Treating the two offices as interchangeable can lead to incomplete searches, especially for divorce records, which may have both an OVS certificate and a Circuit Court case file.

Note: A Kentucky divorce certificate is a vital record, while a divorce decree is part of the court case file.