PAPER COPIES AVAILABLE IN COURT PUBLIC INTAKE AREAS:
During regular business hours, you may obtain copies of any non-restricted documents in cases filed after August 1, 2002, by coming to the Court’s public intake area in the Community Trust Bank Building, 100 E. Vine St., Suite 200, Lexington, KY, or by utilizing the public terminals available in each District Court location. Copies of pleadings filed in electronic cases can be printed from our public access computers for $.10 per page. Uncertified copies made by court personnel are $.50 per page. We do not have a public copier, nor do we normally have money to make change. District Court locations: Frankfort: John C Watts Federal Building, 330 W. Broadway, Frankfort, KY. For all other Courthouse locations and directions click here.
PAPER COPIES BY MAIL:
You may also submit your request in writing, but there will be a search fee in addition to the cost of the copies. You may specify in writing 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. Your copies will be made upon receipt of payment. You may also call the court at (859) 233-2608 to determine in advance the number of pages contained in your copy request and the total amount you need to mail. You would then need to submit payment by mail or in person.
PAPER COPIES IN OLDER CLOSED CASES:
You will need to obtain copies in closed cases that were filed before August 1, 2002 by contacting the Federal Records Center (FRC). For more information on getting copies from the FRC, click here.
INFORMATION / ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT:
To obtain information electronically about cases, or to retrieve documents in cases in the CMECF database, you will need to access the system using a PACER login and PACER fees may apply. For more information about PACER, click here.
INFORMATION / ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS IN CASES FILED ELSEWHERE IN KENTUCKY:
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 or visit their website. If you are unsure whether your county is in the Eastern or Western District, please consult our county map by clicking here.
To go to the website for the Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Kentucky, click here.