COURT APPEARANCE INFO | Jefferson County Dis

COURT APPEARANCE INFORMATION

Please review the following information carefully:

All defendants in misdemeanor, felony, and DUI criminal cases must appear in person unless otherwise instructed or permitted by the Judge. Defendants appearing in the afternoon for criminal/traffic cases, other than for a DUI case, may appear either in person or via Zoom using the login information below.

Do not call into any courtroom’s Zoom meeting unless you are intending to appear in or observe a case in that courtroom. Individual courts do not have the ability to transfer or provide details on another court’s Zoom meeting.

If you are Covid symptomatic, Covid positive, or subject to quarantine due to CDC guidance or doctor’s requirement, you must email the Court at least 24 hours in advance at jeffcodistrictcourtadmin@kycourts.net to request a Zoom appearance in any other criminal or DUI case. This email inbox is only for requesting a Zoom appearance due to Covid. If you have recently tested positive for Covid-19 or are experiencing any symptoms, do not appear in person. Instead, appear via Zoom using the instructions below depending on the courtroom.

For Eviction Court, all parties may appear either in person or remotely via Zoom.
For Civil Motion Hour, all parties may appear either in person or remotely via Zoom.
Effective May 10, 2022: Small Claims will no longer allow Zoom appearances.
For Probate Court, all parties may appear either in person or remotely via Zoom.
For Mental Health Court Motion Hour, all parties should appear in person.
For Guardianship Court, hearings will take place remotely via Zoom, unless a party requests the matter be heard in person.

To determine which Courtroom a case is scheduled for, please click here and search by the party’s first and last name: KyCourts Case Search.

The below chart has each Court’s login information to appear over Zoom, when allowed. To determine if you are allowed to appear via Zoom, please reference the information above. Please do not call or join before your scheduled time.

There are three methods of appearing via Zoom when the courtroom allows for it:

The first method is to review the chart below, find your courtroom, and click on the corresponding Zoom link. The second method is to download the Zoom App on your computer, phone, or tablet and join the meeting by entering the Meeting ID and passcode on the chart provided below for your courtroom. The third method is by calling into the phone number on the chart below and then entering the corresponding Meeting ID and passcode when prompted.

Mental Health Court is a confidential docket so only the appropriate parties will be admitted.