Kentucky Public Records

To begin, add a public record or view a list of counties, locations and resources for Kentucky public records.

In Kentucky, public records are "all books, papers, maps, photographs, cards, tapes, disks, diskettes, recordings and other documentary materials, regardless of physical form or characteristics, which are prepared, owned, used, in the possession of or retained by a public agency" according to Kentucky statute KRS 171.410 (1). They may be in paper or electronic format. According to KRS 61.878, though, not all of those have to be available to the public.

If you do want to request public records, and you can do so under the Open Records Law passed in July of 2006, you have to send a written request to the records custodian of the state agency you're interested in. Each of the state agencies has one person in the office with this designation, and they will be able to tell you whether the record you are requesting is available for public viewing.

Kentucky County Public Records