Circuit Court Clerk: Mike Watts
Phone: 606-633-7559
606-633-1048
Fax: 606-633-5864
Payment options: Cash, money order, personal check, cashier's check, certified check, credit and debit cards (fee applies). For checks and money orders, must provide phone number, birth date and Social Security number.
Pay online with ePay. ID required to post bond and pick up check. All checks should be made payable to Letcher County Circuit Court Clerk.
Driver's Licensing Notice: The location of your driver’s license services may have changed. Those services are transitioning from all 120 Offices of Circuit Court Clerk to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s regional offices by June 30, 2022. To learn what to do in your county, please visit our
Driver’s Licensing page.
Requesting Older Court Records
15-35 years old: Request records from the State Records Center by submitting this form to state.records@ky.gov. Case and locator numbers must be provided; request those from the Office of Circuit Court Clerk in the county where the case was handled. For contact information, click here and scroll down to Find a Court/Circuit Court Clerk by County.
36+ years old: Request records from the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives here. For cases filed on or after Jan. 1, 1978, case and locator numbers must be provided; request those from the Office of Circuit Court Clerk in the county where the case was handled. For contact information, click here and scroll down to Find a Court/Circuit Court Clerk by County.
Parking: Around builiding and in lot behind library. Designated parking for those with disability parking permit.
Accessibility: Ramp to building entrance. Elevator in building.