Green County Clerk
The Green County Clerk website identifies Jessica Shofner Baker as County Clerk. The site lists email jessicar.baker@ky.gov, phone 270-932-5386, and fax 270-932-6241. The County Clerk is a separate county office from the Circuit Court Clerk. That split matters because the County Clerk handles land records, legal records, marriage licenses, elections, vehicle-related services, e-recording, Doc Alert, and open-records requests for records held by the clerk.
The County Clerk page should not be used as a source for full criminal case files, divorce case files, traffic dockets, court charges after arrest, or probate court filings. Those records route through the Green County Circuit Court Clerk and Kentucky Court of Justice tools. The County Clerk can still matter in court-adjacent research when a judgment lien, recorded will, deed, mortgage, release, power of attorney, or marriage license is needed.
Green County Clerk
Clerk: Jessica Shofner Baker
Green County Clerk records office
Greensburg, KY 42743
270-932-5386
Fax: 270-932-6241
jessicar.baker@ky.gov
Green County Clerk Record Types
The Green County Clerk site says legal records and land records can be viewed at the Green County Courthouse and that land records can also be viewed online through eCCLIX. The clerk also links to open-records materials, Doc Alert, recording fees, e-recording vendors, elections, and vehicle services. These channels make the County Clerk page broader than a marriage-license page but narrower than a court-record page.
| Record or Service | County Clerk Role | Not the Same As |
|---|---|---|
| Land records | Deeds, mortgages, releases, related indexes | Court case files |
| Legal recordings | Recorded wills, powers of attorney, liens, affidavits | Probate court file |
| Marriage licenses | Issue and maintain marriage-license records | Divorce decrees |
| Doc Alert | Free mortgage and deed fraud notification signup | Warrant or criminal-charge alerts |
| Open records | Requests for records held by the County Clerk | Circuit Court Clerk case-copy requests |
| Elections and vehicles | County Clerk administrative services | Kentucky court records |
Search Green County Land Records
For land records, the Green County Clerk points users to eCCLIX. That portal is a land and legal-record search channel, not a criminal case or traffic citation portal. Use it when the task involves deeds, mortgages, releases, legal recordings, or other indexed clerk documents. For judgment-related research, a person may need both the court file through the Circuit Court Clerk and any recorded lien or release through the County Clerk.
The eCCLIX land-record portal is linked by the Green County Clerk for online land records.
eCCLIX can help with Green County recorded land records, but it does not replace court docket or case-file access.
| Search Goal | Use eCCLIX? | Better Custodian if No |
|---|---|---|
| Find a deed or mortgage | Yes, if indexed and available | County Clerk in person if not found online |
| Find a divorce decree | No | Circuit Court Clerk |
| Find a traffic citation | No | KYeCourts ePay or Circuit Court Clerk |
| Find a recorded will | Maybe | County Clerk, plus Circuit Court Clerk for probate case file |
Green County Doc Alert
The Green County Clerk advertises Doc Alert as a free mortgage and deed fraud notification service in partnership with Software Management, LLC. The clerk explains that registration requires only a name and email and that the service sends an alert when a mortgage or deed bearing that name is recorded. This is a property-record safety feature, not a court-charge, warrant, inmate, or criminal-history alert.
The Doc Alert service is linked by the Green County Clerk for mortgage and deed notifications.
Doc Alert is useful for monitoring recorded deeds and mortgages, but it does not monitor court filings.
- Use Doc Alert only for mortgage or deed names tied to Green County recorded documents.
- Register the name and email as required by the Doc Alert service.
- Review any alert against the official Green County Clerk recording if a document appears.
- Contact the County Clerk for recorded-document questions and the Circuit Court Clerk for court case questions.
Green County Clerk Open Records
The Green County Clerk site links an Open Records Policy PDF and a request-to-inspect-public-records form for clerk-held records. The manifest source inventory also points to Kentucky open-records law, including KRS Chapter 61 and KRS 61.872. These sources support requests to inspect public records held by the County Clerk, but they do not move court case-copy requests away from the Circuit Court Clerk.
For state open-records law context, use KRS Chapter 61.
Kentucky open-records law frames inspection rights, while the County Clerk policy controls clerk-office request logistics.
| Form Field | Use | Green County Note |
|---|---|---|
| Requester name | Identifies who is asking to inspect or receive records | Use the name that should appear on correspondence. |
| Contact information | Lets the clerk respond | Include phone, email, or mailing details as requested. |
| Record description | Defines the record sought | Be specific: deed, mortgage, will recording, lien, marriage record, or election record. |
| Date range | Narrows the search | Use approximate years if exact dates are unknown. |
| Inspection or copies | States access preference | Ask the clerk about copy costs before ordering. |
| Signature or certification | Confirms the request | Follow the current official form instructions. |
Request Certified County Clerk Copies
Certified copies from the County Clerk are useful when a recorded document needs official proof. Common examples include a recorded deed, mortgage release, power of attorney, lien release, marriage record, or recorded will. The research file did not provide a full certified-copy fee schedule for every County Clerk record type, so requesters should confirm the current cost with Jessica Shofner Baker's office before ordering.
- Identify the exact record type and decide whether it is held by the County Clerk or Circuit Court Clerk.
- Search eCCLIX for land or legal records where online access fits the record type.
- Contact the Green County Clerk with names, date range, book/page or instrument number if known, and requested copy type.
- Ask whether a certified copy is available and what current fee, payment, mail, or pickup method applies.
- Use the clerk's open-records form when the request is for inspection of clerk-held public records.
Green County Clerk Fees
The research file includes a limited Green County Clerk fee and service table. It supports contact information and some probate-related legal-record recording fees. It does not support inventing marriage license fees, vehicle fees, or certified-copy fees not shown in the source material. Amounts below should be read as the supported fee facts from research, not a full clerk fee schedule.
| County Clerk Item | Supported Amount or Detail | Record Context |
|---|---|---|
| Clerk phone | 270-932-5386 | County Clerk office contact |
| Clerk fax | 270-932-6241 | County Clerk office contact |
| Will | $47 | Legal recording fee listed in research |
| Renunciation of Will | $46 | Legal recording fee listed in research |
| Disclaimer of Will | $46 | Legal recording fee listed in research |
| Power of Attorney | $50 | Legal recording fee listed in research |
| Affidavit of Descent | $50 | Legal recording fee listed in research |
| Court case copies | Not listed on clerk site | Ask Circuit Court Clerk, not County Clerk |
Note: County Clerk legal-record fees do not prove the cost of court copies, marriage licenses, or vehicle services.
Green County Marriage and Elections
Marriage-license records are a County Clerk function. The research did not locate an official Green County online marriage-license application form or a complete marriage fee page, so applicants should call the clerk before appearing. For a divorce decree, use the Circuit Court Clerk instead because divorce is a court case. That split is one of the most important record-routing rules for Green County family records.
The County Clerk also conducts primary, general, and special elections and manages voter-roll functions, election forms, and election results. These election duties can make the clerk site active with current calendar information, but election content is not a court-record source. Vehicle registration services are also County Clerk functions, separate from Kentucky court case records.
County Clerk vs Circuit Clerk
Green County has a split clerk structure. The County Clerk is the custodian for county recordings and administrative records. The Circuit Court Clerk is the custodian for court case records. Many users search for "clerk records" without knowing which clerk they need, so the record type should decide the path. If the document was filed in a lawsuit, citation, criminal case, probate case, traffic case, or divorce case, start with the court clerk. If the document was recorded as a county legal or land instrument, start with the County Clerk.
For court structure, the Green County Circuit Court page explains why Circuit Court and District Court records both route through the state court system. For marriage-license records, land records, and Doc Alert, the County Clerk remains the right local office.