Cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern
District of Kentucky
For free general information about a current case:
Call our Voice Case Information System (VCIS), 24 x 7 at 866-222-8029
and press 59 when prompted for the court. VCIS is an
automated voice response system to provide a limited amount of bankruptcy case
information directly from the court's database in response to touch-tone
telephone inquiries. Access to the VCIS is offered at no cost. For
additional information about a current case, call the Court at (859)
233-2608 or access our CMECF
system (A PACER account is required for CMECF. Get one here.)
For copies of
documents from a current case: You
can obtain a copy of any filing by coming to the court's office in the Community
Trust Bank Building at 100 E. Vine St. Suite 200, Lexington, KY 8:30am-4:00pm
M-F EST. Copies are $.50 per page (set by law). We do not have a
public copier. Copies of pleadings filed in electronic cases can be printed from our public access computers for $.10 per page.
You may also submit your request in writing, including
payment of a $26.00 search fee. Specify the documents you would like to have
copied, and we will send you a reply stating the amount of the copy fee
dependent on the number of pages in the particular filing. You may, under
certain circumstances, be able to determine the number of pages for
particular cases by calling our Intake department at (859) 233-2608, x100. You
would then need to submit payment by mail or in person. Payment should be
in the form of a company check, certified check, cashier's check, or money
order. The court cannot accept personal checks.
For documents from a closed
case:
Use this form to order the records from the
Federal Records Center. NOTE: All cases
filed in this Court after August 1, 2002 are electronic.
Closed file requests apply only to paper cases, i.e., those filed prior
to 8/1/02. If your case was filed after that, contact the Court at (859)
233-2608 for document information.
For information about bankruptcy cases in Louisville
or points west, please call the Bankruptcy
Court for the Western District of Kentucky at (502) 627-5700.
If you are
unsure whether your county is in the Eastern or Western District, please consult our county map.
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