McLean Circuit Court Clerk
Kentucky uses elected circuit court clerks as the record and filing starting point for state trial-court records. In McLean County, the Circuit Court Clerk is Taylor Skaggs. The Kentucky Court of Justice McLean County page lists the Office of Circuit Court Clerk at the McLean County Courthouse Annex, 210 E. Main St., P.O. Box 145, Calhoun, KY 42327. Court phone numbers are 270-273-3966 and 270-273-5055, fax is 270-273-5918, and the jury service number is 270-273-5296.
The office manages records for the Kentucky trial courts that operate in McLean County. Circuit Court handles general-jurisdiction matters such as felonies, divorce, adoption, contested probate, civil cases over $5,000, real property title disputes, injunctions, writs, appeals from District Court, and administrative-agency appeals. District Court handles traffic, misdemeanors, violations, county and city ordinances, juvenile matters, probate of wills, felony arraignments and probable-cause hearings, small claims of $2,500 or less, civil cases of $5,000 or less, mental commitments, and domestic-violence matters.
Office of Circuit Court Clerk
Clerk: Taylor Skaggs
McLean County Courthouse Annex
210 E. Main St., P.O. Box 145
Calhoun, KY 42327
270-273-3966 / 270-273-5055
Fax: 270-273-5918
Jury service: 270-273-5296
Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
McLean Clerk Court Duties
The Kentucky Court of Justice records page says requests for copies of court records and information on reviewing court case records start with the clerk of the court that heard the case or proceeding. For McLean County Circuit, District, and any local Family or Business Court record that exists in the county, that means Taylor Skaggs's office. If the record is current or in local clerk custody, the Circuit Court Clerk can advise how to inspect it or obtain a copy. If a record is older, moved, or destroyed under retention rules, the clerk is the office that identifies the next step.
- Maintains McLean County Circuit Court and District Court case records.
- Receives filings and copy requests for local state trial-court cases.
- Provides court-record location guidance for current and older files.
- Handles jury service questions through the local jury service number.
- Accepts court payment options listed by Kentucky Court of Justice.
- Directs payment-eligible cases to ePay when online payment is available.
The research did not locate a public McLean-specific court-record request form for the Circuit Court Clerk. Court users should call the office before mailing a request, especially when the record may be archived or when a certified copy is needed for legal use.
Request Certified Court Copies
A certified copy is a copy authenticated by the clerk as an official copy. McLean County users may need certified copies of judgments, orders, divorce decrees, probate orders, criminal dispositions, or other case documents. Online public views and docket screens are useful for locating a case, but they are not the same as certified copies from the clerk office. If an official copy is needed for court, agency, school, licensing, or personal legal use, request it from the Circuit Court Clerk.
- Identify the court record as Circuit Court, District Court, probate, traffic, criminal, civil, or family if possible.
- Gather the case number, party names, approximate filing or disposition date, and the document needed.
- Call 270-273-3966 or 270-273-5055 to confirm whether the file is held locally, archived, or subject to access limits.
- Ask for the current copy, certification, mailing, and payment instructions before submitting payment.
- If the clerk says the file is stored at a record facility, ask for the case and file locator numbers needed for the State Records Center or KDLA request path.
Note: The docket portal is useful for dates, but the clerk's file is the official court record.
McLean Clerk Request Fields
No public McLean-specific Circuit Court Clerk copy-request form was located in the research file. The practical request inventory below reflects the details the Kentucky records process makes important: the case, the file location, the document sought, and the requester contact method. Older records may also require locator numbers supplied by the clerk before a State Records Center request can be made.
| Request detail | Required | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Case number | If known | Helps the clerk locate the exact Circuit or District Court file. |
| Party names | Yes | Needed when a case number is missing or uncertain. |
| Court or division | If known | Separates Circuit, District, probate, traffic, criminal, civil, or family records. |
| Document type | Yes | Examples include decree, judgment, order, disposition, docket sheet, or certified copy. |
| Approximate date | If known | Filing, hearing, disposition, or decree dates can narrow the search. |
| Copy type | Yes | Plain copy, certified copy, or inspection request. |
| Requester contact | Yes | Phone, mailing address, or email helps the clerk confirm fees and delivery. |
| Locator numbers | For archived files | Required when the clerk routes an older record to the State Records Center. |
McLean Clerk Fees
The McLean County KCOJ page lists accepted court payment methods but does not publish a detailed copy-fee table in the research file. It states that cash, check, money order, credit cards, and debit cards are accepted, and that a fee applies to card payments. The same page links ePay for online payment. Copy and certification charges should be confirmed with the Circuit Court Clerk before payment is sent.
| Item | Amount or access note |
|---|---|
| Court case copy | Specific McLean copy amount not located in official sources reviewed. |
| Certified court copy | Confirm current certification charge with the Circuit Court Clerk. |
| Archived court record request | May require clerk-supplied case and file locator numbers. |
| In-office court payment | Cash, check, money order, credit card, and debit card accepted. |
| Card payment | KCOJ states a fee applies to card payments. |
| Online payment | Use KYeCourts ePay when the case or citation is payment-eligible. |
| Civil filing fee change | KYeCourts guest page states Circuit and District civil filing fees increase July 1, 2026 under Supreme Court Orders 2026-15 and 2026-18. |
Online Court Access
For public case information, McLean County users can start with KYeCourts Public Court Records as a guest. The visible entry screen requires selecting the guest public records checkbox and continuing into the public search. The same entry screen links to the AOC criminal record report process and ePay. The research did not capture full post-entry search fields, so exact public case-search fields should not be guessed.
The statewide trial-court docket portal can generate schedules by County MCLEAN, division Circuit or District, date, courtroom, and subdivision. The portal warns that it is not an official docket and is subject to change. The ePay portal supports payment-oriented searches by case, citation, or party when the record has a payable balance or payment-eligible citation. Those tools support clerk access, but they do not replace the clerk's official file.
Circuit Clerk vs County Clerk
The McLean County Circuit Court Clerk and the McLean County Clerk are different offices. Taylor Skaggs is the Circuit Court Clerk for trial-court records. Carol Eaton is the County Clerk for land and legal records, marriage-related county records, motor vehicle services, elections, delinquent tax lien records, and open-records requests to the County Clerk. Confusing the two offices can delay a request because court case files and recorded legal instruments do not use the same search system.
The assigned County Clerk homepage image comes from the McLean County Clerk homepage, which names the county office and describes county services outside the Circuit Court Clerk's case-file role.
That source is useful on the Circuit Court Clerk page because it shows the separate county office that handles marriage, land, and legal-record instruments.
The McLean County Clerk legal records page describes records kept from 1854 to present and online image coverage for most instrument filings from January 2004 to current.
Those legal records include wills, marriages, liens, deeds, mortgages, and other instruments, but they are not the Circuit or District Court case file.
McLean County Record Tools
County Clerk tools matter when a user has the wrong clerk for the record type. The County Clerk's official materials include a recording fee table, an open-records policy, and a contact page with a web form. Those items should be used for County Clerk records, not for Circuit Court or District Court case copies. Court case requests remain with the Circuit Court Clerk unless the record sought is a recorded instrument, marriage record, land record, or County Clerk open-records request.
The County Clerk recording fee table is an official source for deed, mortgage, lien, will, power of attorney, and related instrument fees.
Those fees help users who discover that their record is a recorded legal instrument rather than a court case document.
The County Clerk open-records policy page is the source for County Clerk written request procedures and should not be treated as a Circuit Court Clerk copy form.
For court records, use the Circuit Court Clerk; for County Clerk public records, follow the County Clerk's written request policy.
The County Clerk contact screenshot comes from the official McLean County Clerk contact page.
That contact page belongs to Carol Eaton's County Clerk office, while court case records route to Taylor Skaggs's Circuit Court Clerk office.
Visit the McLean Clerk
The courthouse annex is in downtown Calhoun. Kentucky Court of Justice lists parking on Main and Second streets and in the lot behind the building off Walnut and Second streets. Designated disability-permit parking is in front of the building. Accessibility features listed for the court building are a ramp to access the building and an elevator. The KCOJ page also says to call if an appointment is needed outside regular hours.
Visitors should use the Circuit Court Clerk counter for court filings, court payments, copy questions, docket questions, and case-record questions. County Clerk legal records and marriage-related county clerk matters use the County Clerk at 210 Main St. instead. Security-screening rules were not published on the McLean KCOJ page, so call the clerk before bringing recording equipment, large bags, or unusual items into a court facility.