Find Rockcastle County Marriage Records

Rockcastle County Marriage License Office

Marriage licenses in Rockcastle County are issued by the Rockcastle County Clerk. That office is separate from the Circuit Court Clerk. The County Clerk site says both applicants must appear, each applicant must have a government-issued ID, and both parties must be at least 18 unless the special 17-year-old court order process applies. The office address is 205 E. Main Street, Box 6, Mt. Vernon, KY 40456. The County Clerk phone number is 606-256-2831, and the fax number is 606-256-4302.

The County Clerk's public office details add practical timing that matters before a Rockcastle County marriage records request. The clerk office page lists Monday through Friday hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., a lunch closure from 12:00 to 12:30, and third-Saturday hours of 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The same office is described as being on the second floor of the courthouse in Mt. Vernon. No official online marriage-license application or online county marriage-record search was found in the researched county sources, so applicants and copy requesters should plan for phone or in-person contact.

Apply for Rockcastle County Marriage

The county source gives a short application rule set, so the safest process is simple: confirm hours, go in person, bring ID, and pay the local fee. The license is valid for 30 days from the date obtained. The research did not find a waiting period, appointment rule, blood-test rule, or separate county application form. Those omitted items should not be assumed. A 17-year-old applicant has a different process because Kentucky law allows that applicant to petition Family or District Court in the county where the minor lives for permission to marry under KRS 402.205.

1. Confirm the County Clerk counter is open, including the lunch closure and third-Saturday schedule.
2. Both parties appear at the County Clerk office in Mt. Vernon.
3. Each party brings government-issued ID. The county page does not list a narrower ID type.
4. Pay the marriage license fee shown by the County Clerk.
5. Use the license within 30 days from the date it is obtained.
6. If either party is 17, obtain the required Family or District Court permission order before expecting issuance.

Note: The researched county materials do not publish an online Rockcastle County marriage application, so call the County Clerk before relying on remote service.

Rockcastle Marriage Application Requirements

The official marriage-license page did not expose a full form image or a line-by-line application. It did identify the required appearance, ID, age, fee, and license-validity rules. Those confirmed items are enough to prepare for the counter visit. A requester should avoid assuming that the Rockcastle County Clerk will accept substitutes for government ID or issue a license when one party is absent, because the county page states both parties must be present.

Rockcastle Marriage and Divorce Fees

The confirmed county marriage-license fee is straightforward. The County Clerk marriage page lists the marriage license at $65. The County Clerk land-records fee table also lists certified copies at $5.00 plus $0.50 per page after three pages, but the research specifically warns that this should be confirmed before treating it as a marriage-certificate copy fee. No Rockcastle-specific divorce filing fee or certified divorce decree fee was captured in the accessible research sources. For divorce copies, contact the Circuit Court Clerk because divorce is a Circuit or Family Court case file.

Search Rockcastle County Marriage Records

Rockcastle County marriage records are county clerk records, not trial-court case records. The County Clerk home page says the office preserves records so they can be viewed and obtained for many years and answers questions about marriage licenses, family history, deeds, notarization, voter registration, vehicles, boats, and handicap placards. That broad county-record role is useful for a marriage search because it confirms the office can handle family-history questions as well as current license work.

No official online Rockcastle County marriage-record database was found in the county clerk sources. The best access chain is to call the County Clerk, visit during posted office hours, or use the office contact route published by the clerk. Give the names on the marriage record, an approximate year, and whether the request is for a plain copy, a certified copy, or a search for family history. If a certified copy is needed for a legal or agency purpose, ask the clerk to confirm the exact certification fee and whether payment must be made by cash, check, or another method.

Find Rockcastle County Divorce Records

Divorce records follow a different route. Kentucky's Circuit Court handles divorces, and Family Court handles dissolution of marriage, spousal support, equitable distribution, child support, visitation, paternity, and related family matters. Rockcastle County is in the 28th Judicial Circuit, with Family Court divisions listed by the Kentucky Court of Justice. For public case information, a searcher may use KYeCourts Public Court Records. For hearing dates, the Kentucky docket search can be filtered by Rockcastle, division, and date.

Copies of a divorce decree, settlement order, motion, or older family case file should be requested from the Rockcastle County Circuit Court Clerk. That office is at the Rockcastle County Courthouse Annex, 205 E. Main St., Room 102, Mt. Vernon, KY 40456. The court page lists phone 606-256-2581, press option 2, and alternate phone 606-256-2433. Some divorce file material can be public, but child, domestic-violence, financial-account, minor-identifying, sealed, or redacted material may not be released in an ordinary public copy.

Certified Family Record Copies

A certified copy is a copy that the custodian verifies as an official copy of the record. Marriage and divorce certified copies come from different custodians in Rockcastle County. Ask the County Clerk about marriage-record certification. Ask the Circuit Court Clerk about divorce decree or family case certification. If a clerk says an older court file is no longer in the local office, the Kentucky Court of Justice record-request instructions say the clerk may identify the record facility and provide case or file locator numbers for the State Records Center request process.