Bourbon County Marriage License Records
Bourbon County marriage licenses are County Clerk records, not Circuit Court Clerk records. The local access point is the Bourbon County Clerk's Office at 301 Main Street, Suite 106, Paris, Kentucky 40361. The Kentucky County Clerks Association directory lists the office phone as 859-987-2142 and email as cynthia.wilson@ky.gov. The county official page also lists the County Clerk function at the county courthouse, so marriage license questions should start with that office rather than the court clerk at the Judicial Center.
Kentucky marriage law is statewide, but the county clerk issues the license. KRS 402.210 says a license may not be issued if either party is under 17. If a person is 17, a certified Family Court or District Court order granting permission and removing disability of minority is required, and at least 15 days must have passed since that order. State and county clerk guidance also commonly requires both applicants to appear, sign, and swear to the application. No Bourbon-specific fee page was found in the inspected sources, so fee amounts should be confirmed with the Bourbon County Clerk before a visit.
Bourbon County Clerk's Office
301 Main Street, Suite 106
Paris, KY 40361
859-987-2142
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Apply for a Bourbon County Marriage License
A marriage license application is a local county clerk transaction, but it creates a Kentucky marriage record. The research did not locate a Bourbon County page with a complete local application checklist, so the safest process is to use the Kentucky requirements and confirm the current Bourbon County fee and payment method with the clerk. A license issued by a Kentucky county clerk is valid for use in Kentucky and must be used within the state-law period.
- Contact the Bourbon County Clerk at 859-987-2142 to confirm current license fee, payment method, and whether walk-in service is available.
- Both applicants should appear with government photo identification and the information needed for the application.
- If either applicant is 17, bring the certified court order required by Kentucky law and confirm the 15-day waiting period after that order.
- Complete the application, sign it, swear to it, and pay the license fee directly to the County Clerk.
- After the ceremony, make sure the signed license is returned for recording so certified copies can be issued later.
The Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics has a statewide certificate role after a marriage is recorded. Its certificate is not the same as applying for a new Bourbon County marriage license.
Bourbon County Marriage Application Fields
The inspected research did not show the Bourbon County Clerk's live marriage form, but Kentucky county clerk marriage applications use a stable set of identity and eligibility fields. These fields help the clerk confirm that the license can be issued and that the final marriage record can be indexed. Bring exact legal names and documents that match the application data.
| Field or item | Required | Research note |
|---|---|---|
| Applicant legal names | Yes | Names should match photo identification. |
| Date of birth or age | Yes | Used to apply the under-17 bar and the 17-year-old court-order rule. |
| Photo identification | Yes | Driver license, state photo ID, or passport is commonly accepted in Kentucky clerk practice. |
| Residence or address | Yes | Used in the marriage record and clerk index. |
| Prior marriage information | Likely | Kentucky forms typically ask whether either party was married before and how that marriage ended. |
| Signature and oath | Yes | Applicants must sign and swear to the application. |
| Fee payment | Yes | Bourbon-specific official fee was not found in inspected sources. |
Kentucky's marriage statute chapter is useful for age and license rules, while the local clerk remains the source for local fee and service details.
Bourbon County Marriage Certificates
The Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics marriage and divorce certificate page is the statewide source for certified marriage and divorce certificates from June 1958 forward.
This state certificate channel matters when a Bourbon County marriage record is needed for proof outside the county clerk's local file.
The Office of Vital Statistics issues certified certificates, not photocopies, faxed copies, non-certified copies, or electronic copies. The research identifies the Office of Vital Statistics fee as a nonrefundable search fee for a certified marriage or divorce certificate. For county-issued certified copies or older local marriage files, contact the Bourbon County Clerk because Kentucky and CDC-style vital records guidance points users to the clerk in the county where the license was issued.
The Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics main page also warns users about third-party vendors.
That warning is relevant because a state-issued certificate and a private vendor order are not the same government access channel.
Bourbon County Divorce Court Records
Bourbon County divorce files are Circuit Court or Family Court case records. They are requested through the Bourbon County Circuit Court Clerk at the Bourbon County Judicial Center, 310 Main Street, Paris, Kentucky 40361, phone 859-987-2624. A divorce file may include a petition, answer, motions, orders, hearing entries, settlement terms, decree, child-support orders, and related Family Court activity. Certified court copies of the decree come from the Circuit Court Clerk, not from the County Clerk.
Divorce schedules can be checked through the Kentucky Court of Justice docket search if a court date is the issue, but the docket is not a full divorce file. Bourbon County Family Court divisions appear on the KCOJ county page, including domestic relations motion hours and related family schedules. Some divorce material may be restricted or redacted, especially where minor children, protective orders, financial identifiers, or sealed exhibits are involved.
For a broader court-file search path, the Bourbon County Circuit Court Clerk page separates court records from county clerk filings.
Bourbon County Divorce Certificates
A divorce certificate is a vital record summary, not the full court decree. Kentucky provides the VS-300 divorce or annulment certificate web form to generate and print certificate material for divorce or annulment records.
The VS-300 channel fits certificate work, while the Bourbon County Circuit Court Clerk remains the source for certified copies from the actual divorce case.
State research lists the VS-300 help desk numbers as 877-545-6175 and 502-564-9926. A person who needs to prove the outcome of a Bourbon County divorce should identify whether the receiving agency wants the vital-record certificate or a certified copy of the final decree. Those are different records from different record channels.
Bourbon County Marriage and Divorce Fees
Fee research found one usable statewide figure and several Bourbon-specific gaps. The Office of Vital Statistics certificate fee is a search fee and is nonrefundable. The Bourbon County Clerk's inspected sources did not publish a current local marriage license fee, and the inspected court sources did not publish a Bourbon-specific divorce filing fee. Kentucky court fee notices also indicate civil filing fee changes effective July 1, 2026, so specific court filing amounts should be checked before publication or filing.
| Record or service | Amount or rule | Where to verify |
|---|---|---|
| Marriage license | Research gap | Bourbon County Clerk, 859-987-2142 |
| State marriage certificate | $6 search fee in research | Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics |
| Divorce filing | Research gap | Bourbon County Circuit Court Clerk |
| Certified divorce decree | Research gap | Bourbon County Circuit Court Clerk |
| State divorce certificate | $6 search fee in research | Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics |
The Bourbon County Clerk directory profile is the best inspected local contact source for confirming marriage service fees.
The directory contact is useful because the Bourbon-specific license fee was not visible in the inspected official pages.
File Bourbon County Divorce Records
Kentucky self-help research says a spouse must be living in Kentucky and have lived in Kentucky for at least 180 days before filing. Divorce is filed with the Circuit Court Clerk because dissolution is a Circuit or Family Court matter. The Kentucky Court of Justice legal forms and self-help resources provide statewide forms and guided interviews, but KCOJ states those forms are a convenience and not a substitute for legal advice.
The filing path is straightforward: choose the court, prepare the form packet, file with the Bourbon County Circuit Court Clerk, pay the filing fee or request a fee waiver if eligible, serve the other spouse unless waived, then follow Family Court schedules. After the decree is entered, certified decree copies come from the Circuit Court Clerk and state divorce certificates come from Vital Statistics.
Note: eCCLIX is a County Clerk records tool and should not be treated as a Bourbon County divorce case search.
The Kentucky marriage statutes chapter is a state-law source for license rules.
Use the statute source for eligibility rules, then use the Bourbon County Clerk for the actual license transaction.