Woodson County Clerk Contact
The court record custodian for Woodson County District Court is the Clerk of the District Court. The research found a name conflict between official sources: one 31st Judicial District page lists one clerk name, while a Kansas Judicial Branch district page search result lists a different clerk name. Because that may reflect timing or update differences, public copy should use the office title and verify the current individual name directly with the court before relying on it.
The Clerk of the District Court is the office to contact for Woodson County District Court case files, certified court copies, courthouse terminal questions, probate filings, divorce decrees, criminal and civil case records, and court-calendar questions. It is not the same office as the Woodson County Clerk, even though both are tied to county government or courthouse access in public sources.
Clerk of the District Court
Office: Woodson County District Court
105 W Rutledge
Yates Center, KS 66783
620-625-8610
Fax: 620-625-8674
8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.; 1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Woodson County Clerk Duties
The Clerk of the District Court supports the Kansas trial court record. For Woodson County, that means district court case records across criminal, civil, domestic, juvenile, probate, traffic, small claims, and related proceedings. The research identifies Kansas Case Search as the public online path, courthouse terminals as a required public-access path, and the local clerk as the practical fallback when online records are missing, older, restricted, or needed as certified copies.
- Maintains Woodson County District Court case files and docket records.
- Receives filings and payments tied to district court case types.
- Provides access through the courthouse terminal or public kiosk when records are not online.
- Issues certified copies of court records when available and legally open.
- Answers local questions about court calendars, case numbers, and file availability.
The Kansas Revisor source for K.S.A. 45-215 identifies the Kansas Open Records Act article, which applies to public records outside many court-specific access rules.
For Woodson County clerk records, KORA is most useful for county-government records, while court case records follow Kansas court access channels.
Request Woodson County Certified Copies
A certified court copy is different from a screenshot, docket printout, or uncertified online document. Certification is used when a receiving agency needs proof that a copy came from the court record. In Woodson County, certified divorce decrees, probate orders, judgments, and other district court documents should be requested from the Clerk of the District Court if the file is available and not restricted.
- Search Kansas Case Search or the Woodson court calendar for the case number, party names, and case type.
- Call the Clerk of the District Court at 620-625-8610 to confirm that the record can be copied and certified.
- Give the clerk the case number, party names, document type, and number of copies needed.
- Ask for the exact copy, certification, search, and mailing cost before sending payment.
- Pick up the certified copy or arrange mail handling through the clerk if that option is available.
Divorce decrees are a common example. KDHE issues divorce certificates, but the certified decree comes from the Clerk of the District Court in the county where the divorce was filed.
Woodson County Request Fields
No complete Woodson County court-record request form was captured in the research. The following inventory comes from the Kansas Case Search criteria, Woodson court calendar examples, and the county clerk open-records request note for county-government records. Including these fields in a court-record request gives the Clerk of the District Court enough information to search without guessing.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case number | Text | Recommended | Woodson examples use WO-year-type-number, such as WO-2026-CR-000009. |
| Party name | Text | Recommended | Kansas Case Search supports party-name searching. |
| Business name | Text | If applicable | Useful for civil, probate creditor, or organization party searches. |
| Citation | Text | If applicable | Useful for traffic matters or payment searches. |
| Document requested | Text | Yes for copies | Examples include decree, judgment, order, petition, docket sheet, or certified copy. |
| Number of copies | Number | Yes for copies | Ask the clerk for the exact cost before mailing payment. |
| County Clerk ORA request | Written request | Likely | Use for county-government records such as commission minutes, not court files. |
Woodson County Clerk Fees
The researched fee sources include Woodson County District Court snippets, Kansas Self-Help fee listings, KDHE certificate fees, and a search-fee reference with no captured amount. The table lists known amounts and marks uncaptured amounts for clerk confirmation. It is better to call before mailing payment, especially for certified copies, older files, or searches that may take staff time.
| Item | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Civil or domestic district court docket fee | $195.00 | Woodson fee schedule snippet and Kansas Self-Help. |
| Divorce or paternity filing | $195.00 | Kansas Self-Help fee listing. |
| Divorce or paternity post-judgment motion | $62.00 | Kansas Self-Help fee listing. |
| Conservatorship | $195.00 | Kansas Self-Help fee listing. |
| Expungement | $195.00 | Kansas Self-Help fee listing. |
| Fish and game | $108.00 | Kansas Self-Help fee listing. |
| Adoption | $70.50 | Woodson fee schedule snippet. |
| Marriage license | $85.50 | Woodson fee schedule snippet. |
| Municipal court appeal | $94.50 | Woodson fee schedule snippet. |
| Search fee per hour | Amount not visible | Fee schedule snippet mentions it, but amount was not captured. |
| Certified court copy | Confirm with clerk | Copy and certification charges were not captured in research. |
Woodson County Clerk Forms
The 31st Judicial District resources page links statewide court forms and resources rather than a separate Woodson-only form library. Use those state resources for common self-help forms, then file or ask filing questions through Woodson County District Court when Woodson is the proper county. Probate users should note that the Kansas Self-Help probate page references the Small Estate Affidavit, and the 31st Judicial District resources link guardianship reports and conservator accountings.
- 31st Judicial District resources - links to court forms, small claims, transcript requests, jury duty, and other court resources.
- Kansas Self-Help court forms - statewide source for Kansas Judicial Council and interactive forms.
- Kansas probate and elder law resources - probate and small estate affidavit information.
The Kansas Legislature Chapter 45 Article 2 source lists Kansas open-records sections, including KORA provisions.
Those open-records provisions help separate county administrative records from court case records handled by the district court clerk.
County Clerk vs Court Clerk
The Woodson County Clerk is a separate county-government office. Research snippets place county clerk filings at 105 W Rutledge St., Yates Center, KS 66783, with filing between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The county minutes keyword pages state that an official Open Records Act request is needed to obtain minutes from keyword indexes. That makes the County Clerk the right office for county commission minutes and county administrative records, not the district court case-file office.
For Woodson County court records, use Kansas Case Search, the courthouse terminal, or the Clerk of the District Court. For county-government records such as minutes, use the County Clerk and the Kansas Open Records Act request path. The office names are similar, but the records are not interchangeable. Court case files, divorce decrees, probate orders, criminal dockets, and civil judgments belong with the Clerk of the District Court.
Note: If the record is tied to a case number, judge, party caption, or court hearing, start with the District Court clerk.