Clay County Record Contacts

This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the agency that holds the record for those services.


Choose the Official Custodian

For a local booking or release entry, begin with Clay County Detention Center. No public records-counter hours, records email, or records fax was verified, so call before visiting or sending a request.

Clay County Detention Center
67 Shamrock Road
Manchester, KY 40962
Phone: (606) 598-2133

Court orders and case copies come from the clerk. The office is open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and is closed weekends.

Clay County Circuit Court Clerk
Clay County Justice Center
316 Main Street, Suite 108
Manchester, KY 40962
Phone: (606) 598-3663
Fax: (606) 598-4047

State-offender release summaries, movement histories, discharge records, and releasable KDOC photographs go to the Kentucky Department of Corrections open-records coordinator. KDOC does not publish records-office visitor hours in the Clay County research, so use its listed delivery channels.

Kentucky Department of Corrections
Division of Public Affairs, Attn: Open Records Coordinator
P.O. Box 2400
Frankfort, KY 40602
Email: correctionsopenrecords@ky.gov
Fax: (502) 564-9575

Use the route that matches the question:

  • For a named released person or local release record, start with the Clay County search and records path.
  • For community supervision, use parole and probation and the District 10 office.
  • For same-day activity, review the 24-hour release options and their county-feed limits.
  • For an estimated state date or event alert, use the projected release and VINELink pages.
  • For one custody setting, select its facility page in the footer.
  • For a sentenced state offender, use Kentucky Online Offender Lookup and KDOC records.
  • For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP or ICE locator rather than the county jail.