Washington County Court Dockets
A docket is a court calendar and case-event listing. In Washington County, a docket may show the court division, date, scheduled hearing, and status information available through the Kentucky Court of Justice public docket tool. It is not the official case file. A full case file can include criminal citations, pleadings, motions, orders, evidence, reports, dockets, video recordings, and transcripts listed by the KCOJ request-court-records page.
Circuit Court and District Court dockets serve different kinds of matters. Circuit Court covers felonies, civil claims over $5,000, divorce, adoption, contested probate, real-property title disputes, injunctions, writs, and appeals from District Court. District Court covers traffic, misdemeanors, violations, ordinance cases, arraignments, felony preliminary hearings, probate of wills, small claims, juvenile matters, and mental-health commitments. Searchers who only need a date should start with the docket. Searchers who need the filed document should contact the Circuit Court Clerk.
| Record Type | Docket | Full Case File |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose | Shows calendar and event status. | Shows filed documents and official case materials. |
| Where to Start | KCOJ Docket Information. | Washington County Circuit Court Clerk. |
| Examples | Date, division, courtroom, last update, event notice. | Citation, motion, order, report, transcript, exhibit reference. |
| Reliability | Public aid, not official and subject to change. | Official record as maintained by the clerk and court. |
Search Washington County Dockets Online
The main online tool is KCOJ Docket Information. It generates a docket from the selected county, division, and date. The form is useful when a person knows the likely court date or wants to check the Washington County calendar for Circuit or District Court. It does not search by name in the way a full case-management system would.
The KCOJ District Court page explains the limited-jurisdiction cases that often drive local docket traffic.
That District Court context helps explain why traffic, misdemeanors, arraignments, and preliminary hearings often appear on Washington County court dockets.
- Open the KCOJ docket portal.
- Select Washington County from the county list.
- Choose Circuit for felony, divorce, major civil, contested probate, or appeal matters, or District for traffic, misdemeanors, arraignments, preliminary hearings, and small claims.
- Enter the court date. If the date is uncertain, check court notices, citations, ePay, or the clerk before guessing.
- Leave Courtroom and Subdivision as ALL unless the portal gives a more specific option.
- Review the results and verify any appearance date with the Washington County Circuit Court Clerk.
Washington County Docket Fields
The docket portal has only a few visible fields before a search. That is a strength and a limit. It lets the public generate a calendar without a paid account, but it does not provide every case document. Research on June 30, 2026 found the visible result controls and warning text, including "NOT AN OFFICIAL DOCKET - SUBJECT TO CHANGE" and "Last Updated."
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| County | Washington County is selected from a statewide Kentucky county list. |
| Division | Circuit or District, depending on the court calendar needed. |
| Date | The hearing date used to generate the docket. |
| Courtroom | Optional filter, default ALL, when available after county, division, and date selections. |
| Subdivision | Optional filter, default ALL, when available. |
| Search results | The generated docket panel, with a nonofficial status warning and last-updated field. |
Note: The docket is a public scheduling aid, not the official Washington County court record for legal use.
Washington County Court Schedule
The KCOJ Washington County page identifies the Washington County Judicial Center as the local court location and lists the Circuit Court Clerk, judges, parking, accessibility, payment options, and court schedule. The Office of Circuit Court Clerk is the verification point for a docket, especially if the online result conflicts with a notice, citation, bond order, or attorney message.
- Circuit Court Division 1: Chief Circuit Judge Samuel Todd Spalding. The local schedule lists third Wednesday after first Monday, criminal at 9 a.m. and civil at 1 p.m.
- Circuit Court Division 2: Judge Kaelin G. Reed. The local schedule lists third Wednesday after first Monday, civil at 9 a.m. and criminal at 1 p.m.
- District Court Division 1: Judge Amy S. Anderson handles District Court matters such as traffic, misdemeanors, ordinances, arraignments, and preliminary hearings.
- District Court Division 2: Judge Mike Hall Jr. handles District Court matters in the same judicial district structure.
Specialty court and treatment-court materials may affect some criminal calendars, but the statewide specialty-court page does not create a separate Washington County docket database.
When a Washington County case has specialty-court screening or participation, the clerk or counsel should confirm where and when the person must appear.
Dockets vs Case Records
A docket can tell a searcher that an arraignment, motion, trial, disposition, or sentencing event is set or has occurred. It will not always show the full content of the complaint, indictment, motion, order, evidence, report, video, or transcript. For that reason, Washington County court dockets are best treated as a locator and calendar tool. The official copy path still runs through the Circuit Court Clerk and the KCOJ case-record request guidance.
KCOJ ePay is another narrow tool. It helps with payable matters and searches by case, citation, or party, but it is not a universal docket or case-file portal.
Use ePay for eligible payments and citation lookups, then verify the court docket if an appearance or legal deadline is involved.
Read Washington County Dockets
Common docket terms are short but important. An arraignment is the first formal criminal court appearance for rights and plea. A continuance is a postponed hearing. A motion is a request asking the judge to order something. A disposition is the case or charge outcome. A sentence is punishment imposed after conviction, and restitution is money ordered paid to a victim for loss.
The KCOJ page also posts District Court Zoom links for Judge Amy S. Anderson and Judge Mike Hall Jr., but the same local research points to the 11th District Local Rules for who may attend remotely. The existence of a Zoom link does not mean every party, witness, or observer may appear by video. Verify remote permission before relying on a link.
The KCOJ legal-forms landing page can help identify official forms, but forms do not set hearing dates by themselves.
Filed forms, motions, and orders become part of a case record only after proper filing and clerk processing.
The KCOJ expungement certification page is another example of a state court process that can affect docket and record visibility.
If an expungement is granted, later public docket and background-check visibility may change under Kentucky expungement statutes.