Jefferson County Clerk's Office

the jefferson county clerk’s office is a state constitutional office with varied duties governed by the kentucky revised statutes. our office is responsible for public documents and information recorded, indexed and filed within jefferson county. through our legal records division, we collect delinquent real estate taxes, and assist the public in retrieving, researching, copying and viewing legal documents such as: business names, corporations, deeds and mortgages, executive orders, name changes, wills, liens, and releases. we record and index all legal real estate documents, including, but not limited to, powers of attorney, assignments and releases, and fixture filing/ucc filings. we issue marriage licenses, notary commissions, special police registrations, regulated medical licenses, transient merchants permits, and going out of business licenses. we register or renew approximately 700,000 vehicles yearly through our motor vehicle division. we also issue decals and plates, and col