KRS 401.040: Certification of order for name change -- Fee -- Index kept by county

clerk.

(1) (a) If the District Court, Family Court, or Circuit Court, as authorized by KRS

401.020, orders any person's name to be changed under this chapter, a copy of

the order shall be certified by the clerk of that court to the county clerk, for

record, unless the court has ordered the record sealed or otherwise restricted

from public inspection.

(b) Beginning January 1, 2028, the clerk of the court shall collect the fee required

under KRS 64.012 for the filing of a court -ordered name change under

subsection (2) of this section and forward the fee with the copy of the order to

the county clerk, except as provided in paragraph (a) of this subsection.

(2) The county clerk s hall keep an alphabetical index for each book of records,

referring to the page on which each person's name change appears, and giving the

name from and to which it is changed.