Breckinridge County Court Docket Basics
A court docket is the court's schedule and event log. For Breckinridge County, docket records are tied to Kentucky's unified Court of Justice, where Circuit Court and District Court operate through the Breckinridge County Justice Center. A docket can show a hearing date, court division, courtroom setting, case activity, and status cues such as arraignment, motion, continuance, disposition, or payment-related entries. It does not replace the full court file.
The difference is practical. Someone checking whether a District Court criminal matter is set for Tuesday morning needs a docket search. Someone seeking a signed order, certified judgment, transcript, or complete pleading packet needs the Circuit Court Clerk. The Kentucky Court of Justice records request instructions route official case-file requests to the clerk of the court that heard the case.
Search Breckinridge County Court Dockets Online
The official public docket generator is the Kentucky Court of Justice docket search. It is the direct online channel for Breckinridge County court dockets by county, division, date, courtroom, and subdivision. The system is useful when the user knows the hearing date or needs to scan a county division's calendar for that date.
- Open the KCOJ docket search and read the disclaimer before searching.
- Select BRECKINRIDGE from the county dropdown.
- Choose Circuit or District, based on the case type or notice.
- Enter the hearing date and leave Courtroom or Subdivision as ALL unless a notice gives a narrower value.
- Submit the search and verify important details with the official court record or clerk.
The KCOJ docket search interface is the source shown in the image below.
The county and division fields are what connect the statewide docket generator to Breckinridge County Circuit and District Court calendars.
Breckinridge County Court Docket Fields
The docket search fields are simple, but each one changes the result. The county must be set to Breckinridge. The division separates Circuit Court matters from District Court matters. The date field drives the daily calendar. Courtroom and subdivision fields help narrow results where a court has more than one setting, but the default ALL value is often the best start when the exact courtroom is not known.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| County | Dropdown with Kentucky counties, including BRECKINRIDGE. |
| Division | Circuit or District, matching the level of court handling the case. |
| Date | The hearing date used to generate that day's docket. |
| Courtroom | A narrowing field that may be left as ALL before a specific room is known. |
| Subdivision | A narrowing field that may be left as ALL for broad county calendar searches. |
| Last Updated | A result-page cue showing when the displayed docket data was refreshed. |
The docket system warns that its information cannot be used for employment, licensing, or eligibility for government programs. It also says the information is subject to change, reprogramming, formatting changes, and availability at AOC direction.
Breckinridge County Court Docket Divisions
Breckinridge County sits in the 46th Judicial Circuit and 46th Judicial District. Circuit Court is Kentucky's general jurisdiction court and handles felonies, major civil cases, divorces, adoptions, contested probate matters, injunctions, real-property title disputes, and appeals from District Court. District Court handles traffic, misdemeanors, violations, city and county ordinances, felony preliminary hearings, probate of wills, juvenile matters, small claims, limited civil cases, mental health matters, and domestic violence or abuse matters.
| Court / Division | Local Role | Clerk Contact |
|---|---|---|
| 46th Judicial Circuit, Division 1 | Chief Circuit Judge Bruce T. Butler, felony and major civil jurisdiction. | 270-756-2239 |
| 46th Judicial Circuit, Division 2 | Circuit Judge Kenneth Harold Goff II, Circuit Court jurisdiction. | 270-756-2239 |
| 46th Judicial District, Division 1 | District Judge Bradley S. Butler, limited jurisdiction matters. | 270-756-2239 |
| 46th Judicial District, Division 2 | District Judge Steven R. Crebessa, District Court jurisdiction. | 270-756-2239 |
Kentucky does not have a separate Texas-style county court at law, justice of the peace court, or municipal court of record for Breckinridge County. City police may issue citations or keep police records, but court cases generally route into Kentucky District Court for traffic, misdemeanor, violation, and ordinance matters.
Breckinridge County Court Dates
The Kentucky Court of Justice Breckinridge County page posts local schedule details. Juvenile Court is Monday at 9 a.m. District Court Criminal is Tuesday at 9 a.m. District Court Civil is Tuesday at 1 p.m. The same page publishes motion dates and grand jury dates for 2026, making it a key source for docket planning in addition to the docket generator.
| Calendar Item | Posted Breckinridge Schedule |
|---|---|
| Juvenile Court | Monday at 9 a.m. |
| District Court Criminal | Tuesday at 9 a.m. |
| District Court Civil | Tuesday at 1 p.m. |
| Motion and grand jury dates | Published by the Kentucky Court of Justice county page for 2026. |
The county page also states that, to ensure notice to all parties, no matter will be docketed within five business days of the scheduled hearing except by leave of court. That local rule can affect last-minute filings, amended notices, and hearing-date expectations.
Note: For a deadline-sensitive Breckinridge County court docket issue, confirm the posted calendar with the Circuit Court Clerk.
Breckinridge County Dockets vs Case Records
A Breckinridge County court docket is a roadmap. The case record is the file. Dockets help track dates, hearing types, and case progress, but they may not contain the actual motion, order, exhibit, transcript, or signed judgment. KCOJ also labels generated docket results as not an official docket and subject to change, so the clerk-held record remains the source for official review.
| Docket | Full Case Record | |
|---|---|---|
| Format | Calendar or chronological list of entries. | Pleadings, orders, evidence, reports, transcripts, and other file material. |
| Best Use | Check a date, division, hearing type, or current setting. | Review legal filings, certified outcomes, and official documents. |
| Access | Online docket generator by county, division, and date. | KYeCourts public info plus Circuit Court Clerk request for official copies. |
| Reliability | Subject to change and not an official docket. | Official when obtained or certified through the clerk. |
Read Breckinridge County Court Dockets
Docket entries use short court terms. Arraignment means the first appearance where the charge is read and a plea may be entered. A motion is a request asking the judge to act. A continuance is a postponed hearing. A disposition is the outcome of a charge or case. A bench warrant is a judge-issued warrant, often for failure to appear or failure to comply.
- Docket
- A schedule or chronological list of court filings, hearings, and events.
- Order
- A judge's written ruling or instruction entered in the case.
- Disposition
- The final result, such as dismissal, judgment, guilty plea, conviction, acquittal, or probate order.
- Continuance
- A postponement that moves a hearing or deadline to a later date.
For full case documents beyond docket entries, use the Breckinridge County court records access path and the Office of Circuit Court Clerk.
Federal Dockets Near Breckinridge County
County court dockets are separate from federal dockets. Federal civil and criminal cases for Breckinridge County area matters are generally in the Western District of Kentucky, and federal appeals go to the Sixth Circuit. Federal docket research uses PACER, CM/ECF, appellate sites, or free legal databases when available, not the Kentucky county docket generator.
The image below comes from CourtListener, a free legal database that can help with some federal and appellate materials.
CourtListener can supplement research, but it is not the clerk of the Breckinridge County Circuit or District Court.
The national federal court records system is PACER, shown in the image below.
PACER is the correct path for many federal docket searches, while Breckinridge County court dockets remain in the Kentucky Court of Justice system.