Find a Henry County Court Date
The official public docket route documented for Henry County is the Kentucky Trial Court Docket. It lets a user select a division, date, courtroom, subdivision, and county, then generate a docket for that selected setting. Use it when the immediate question is whether Henry County court dockets show a hearing, arraignment, motion, trial setting, probate date, traffic appearance, or other scheduled event.
Henry County court dockets are not the full record. Kentucky Court of Justice materials distinguish court case records from calendar data. A court case file may contain criminal citations, pleadings, motions, orders, evidence, reports, video recordings, transcripts, judgments, financial entries, and other documents. The docket is the log or list that points to proceedings and entries. For copies or file review, the Henry County Office of Circuit Court Clerk remains the local starting point.
- Open the Kentucky Trial Court Docket search.
- Select the correct division, either Circuit or District, based on the case type.
- Enter the date that needs to be checked.
- Leave courtroom or subdivision as ALL unless a more exact setting is known.
- Select Henry County from the county list and submit the search.
- Confirm important dates with the Circuit Court Clerk because the docket display is subject to change.
Henry County Docket Search Fields
The docket form is date driven. It is not a name-search replacement for every Henry County court record. That matters for users who only know a party name or a charge but do not know the date. In that situation, KYeCourts or CourtNet may help if access is available, and the Circuit Court Clerk can help with public case-copy and file-location questions.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Division | radio/dropdown | yes | Circuit or District. |
| Date | date | yes | Date field displayed as required. |
| Courtroom | dropdown | unspecified | Default visible option: ALL. |
| Subdivision | dropdown | unspecified | Default visible option: ALL. |
| County | dropdown | yes | Select Henry County to generate a local docket. |
| Submit | button | n/a | Generates the docket for the selected fields. |
The form fields above come from the official Kentucky Trial Court Docket search page.
Henry County Docket Limits
The Kentucky Trial Court Docket page carries two key limits. It states that information from the system cannot be used for employment, licensing, or eligibility for government programs, and that responsibility resides solely with the Kentucky Court of Justice. It also labels the display as "NOT AN OFFICIAL DOCKET - SUBJECT TO CHANGE" and includes a last-updated line. Treat Henry County court dockets as schedule information rather than certified case records.
A docket can be out of date after a continuance, late filing, warrant recall, bond change, plea, or court order. It may also omit sealed, confidential, or restricted details. Juvenile, mental-health, domestic-violence-sensitive, adoption, termination, sealed, and expunged matters can be limited by Kentucky law or court order. When a hearing date affects travel, compliance, bond, or a deadline, confirm it directly with the Henry County Office of Circuit Court Clerk.
Note: Henry County court dockets help track settings, but a clerk-confirmed case file is the better source for legal record use.
Henry County Court Schedule
The Kentucky Court of Justice Henry County page lists the local court schedule at the Henry County Courthouse. These schedule blocks help users choose a likely division and day before checking the online docket. The schedule is especially useful because Henry County's Circuit, District, and Family Court matters share the same courthouse but handle different case types.
| Proceeding / Court Type | Schedule |
|---|---|
| Circuit Civil | Thursday (second) and Friday (fourth), 8:45 a.m. |
| Circuit Criminal | Thursday (second), 9 a.m. |
| District Court | Monday and Wednesday, 9 a.m. |
| Family Court | Tuesday (first, second, and fourth). |
The local court office is the Henry County Office of Circuit Court Clerk, 30 N. Main St., P.O. Box 359, New Castle, KY 40050. KCOJ lists Circuit Court at 502-845-2868, phone at 502-845-7551, email at HenryCountyCourts@kycourts.net, and hours of Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Jury Services has a separate pre-recorded line at 502-845-4692 for updated jury information.
Henry County Court Docket Types
Kentucky uses a four-tier judicial branch: Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Circuit Court, and District Court. Henry County is in the 12th Judicial Circuit and 12th Judicial District. Circuit Court is the primary trial court of general jurisdiction, Family Court is a division of Circuit Court, and District Court handles limited-jurisdiction matters. The county's official elected-officials page also lists local judicial and law-enforcement contacts through Henry County elected officials. Each court level can generate docket entries, but the subject matter differs.
| Court / Division | Henry County docket use | Typical matters |
|---|---|---|
| Circuit Court | General trial-court dockets | Felonies, civil matters over $5,000, title disputes, contested probate, appeals, writs, injunctions. |
| Family Court | Family division docket settings | Divorce, custody, support, paternity, adoption, domestic violence, dependency, termination, truancy. |
| District Court | Limited-jurisdiction and high-volume calendars | Traffic, misdemeanors, violations, ordinances, small claims, civil matters up to $5,000, probate of wills. |
| Kentucky Court of Appeals | Appellate case tracking | Appeals from Circuit and Family Court where appellate review applies. |
Henry County Circuit Court Dockets
Circuit Court hears Henry County's felony cases, civil matters over $5,000, divorces, adoptions, title disputes, contested probate matters, injunctions, writs, and appeals from District Court and administrative agencies. KCOJ lists Jerry D. Crosby II as Vice Chief Regional Circuit Judge for the 12th Judicial Circuit, Division 1. Circuit Civil settings are listed for the second Thursday and fourth Friday at 8:45 a.m., while Circuit Criminal is listed for the second Thursday at 9 a.m.
Use the Circuit division in the docket tool when the case fits that jurisdiction. For the full file behind a Circuit Court docket, contact the Circuit Court Clerk. This is also the right path when a docket entry suggests a final judgment, sentencing order, appeal notice, or contested probate order and the user needs the document rather than the date.
Henry County District Court Dockets
District Court handles many of the docket entries that local users check most often. Kentucky Court of Justice materials say District Court handles traffic offenses, misdemeanors, violations, city and county ordinances, arraignments, felony probable-cause hearings, small claims of $2,500 or less, civil matters of $5,000 or less, probate of wills, juvenile matters, mental-health proceedings, and domestic-violence matters. Local city and county contact details are also listed in the Henry County services directory. Henry County District Court is scheduled Monday and Wednesday at 9 a.m.
District Court dockets may show traffic appearances, misdemeanor settings, first appearances, probate dates, or small-claims hearings. Some District Court subject matter is restricted, so public docket access is not a promise that all details will appear. Juvenile and mental-health records are not public like ordinary adult case files.
Henry County Family Court Dockets
Family Court is a Circuit Court division in Kentucky. KCOJ says it has primary jurisdiction over dissolution of marriage, spousal support, equitable distribution, child support and visitation, paternity, adoption, domestic violence, dependency, neglect, abuse, termination of parental rights, runaways, and truancy. Henry County Family Court is listed on the first, second, and fourth Tuesday.
Family Court docket access requires caution. Some divorce or support settings may be publicly visible, but adoption, juvenile, dependency, domestic-violence-sensitive, and termination records may be confidential or restricted. When a docket result is unclear, the Circuit Court Clerk is the safest official source for whether a hearing is public and whether a file can be reviewed.
KYeCourts and CourtNet Dockets
KYeCourts and CourtNet are separate from the date-driven public docket form. The KYeCourts guest login is a public-facing access point, but the research notes that detailed case access may depend on permissions. CourtNet is described in official bar materials as an online civil and criminal case-search application with detailed case information, active and closed cases, citation images, visual flags for warrants, summonses, failures to appear, search-results grouping, and recent-search functions. Do not assume every feature is open to every guest user.
The login route for case-search access is shown by the official KYeCourts guest login page.
Henry County Docket vs Case File
A docket is the court's calendar and event log. It may show hearings, motions, orders, continuances, judgments, sentencing, warrants, summonses, failures to appear, and payment entries. A case file is broader. It may include the actual citation, complaint, petition, answer, motion, order, evidence, report, transcript, video recording, judgment, or financial record if the document is public and retained.
| Point of comparison | Docket | Full case file |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose | Shows case events and scheduled proceedings. | Stores the filed documents and official case materials. |
| Best use | Checking a court date, division, or recent event. | Reviewing claims, charges, orders, evidence, judgments, or sentencing details. |
| Access route | Kentucky Trial Court Docket or permitted CourtNet access. | Henry County Circuit Court Clerk, with storage routes if older or off site. |
| Reliability limit | Subject to change and not certified. | May be copied or certified by the clerk if public and available. |
For an appellate docket rather than a Henry County trial-court docket, use Kentucky appellate C-Track public access. Appeals from District Court go to Circuit Court, while most Circuit and Family Court appeals go to the Kentucky Court of Appeals.
Appellate docket access is handled through Kentucky appellate C-Track public access, not the county trial-court docket form.
Read Henry County Court Dockets
Common docket words should be read as case-status clues, not final answers. A continuance means the hearing was postponed. A motion is a request for court action. An order is the judge's directive or decision. A disposition is the outcome for a charge or case. A warrant or bench-warrant entry may reflect failure to appear or another court order, but the clerk or court should confirm current status.
Names, charges, dates, and outcomes can change as filings are amended, dismissed, continued, sealed, or expunged. Use the docket to find the setting and then use the Circuit Court Clerk for the official file. For criminal-history reports, use the Kentucky Court of Justice background-check route because docket entries are not a statewide criminal-history product.