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Stanton County Clerk Office

The Clerk of the District Court is the court-record clerk for Stanton County. The official District Court page names Gwendolyn M. Olivas as District Court Clerk and gives the District Court phone as 620-492-2180. The office is located at 201 N Main St, Johnson, KS 67855, with mailing address PO Box 913, Johnson, KS 67855. Published hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The District Court page links to Kansas Judicial Branch resources, Kansas Vital Statistics, Kansas Bar Association resources, local District Court Rules, the online marriage-license application, protection order application, Kansas CaseSearch, Kansas Judicial Council legal forms, and online traffic/criminal payment. It also says questions about those links should go to the Court Clerk's Office. That makes the clerk the practical local contact when public portal results do not answer the question.

Stanton County Clerk Roles

Stanton County has more than one office with "clerk" or record duties. The Clerk of the District Court handles court case files. The Stanton County Clerk is a separate county administrative office led by Sandy Barton, with Amber Wilkerson as Deputy Clerk and Sarah Martin as Accounts Payable Clerk. The County Clerk handles budgets, payroll, tax-roll work, election administration, county minutes, county contracts, licenses, and other non-court records.

The difference matters. A divorce decree, criminal judgment, probate order, traffic court disposition, or small-claims judgment belongs with the District Court Clerk. Board of County Commissioners minutes, county budget records, voter registration logistics, county public notices, or licensing questions belong with the Stanton County Clerk. Real estate instruments, recorded liens, UCC filings, and certified land-record copies belong with the Register of Deeds.

The Stanton County FAQ page confirms that marriage licenses are obtained through the District Court Clerk's office.

That FAQ reinforces the split between county administration and court records, since marriage licensing is routed to the District Court Clerk rather than the County Clerk.

Request Stanton County Certified Copies

Certified copies are court copies bearing official certification, often needed for legal use outside the courthouse. Stanton County official sources did not publish a District Court copy-fee table, so requesters should call the clerk before mailing payment. Provide enough facts for staff to identify the file without relying on a broad name search. Case number is best. If the case number is unknown, use full party names, case type, approximate filing date, and the document sought.

1. Search Kansas CaseSearch for the case number, party name, business name, or citation if the record is public online.
2. Call the Clerk of the District Court at 620-492-2180 to confirm the file, copy type, current fee, and whether the document is public.
3. Submit the request in person or by mail to PO Box 913, Johnson, KS 67855, with the identifying details the clerk requested.
4. Ask whether the copy will be held for pickup, mailed, or handled another way under local practice.

For county administrative records, Stanton County's forms index lists KORA Request Form and KORA Request Form & Fees PDFs. That KORA path is useful for county or sheriff records, but it is not the first channel for a court case copy.

Stanton County Clerk Request Fields

The full KORA PDF field list could not be retrieved during research because the county site returned a Cloudflare challenge to command-line requests. The official forms table still confirms the KORA forms exist. For court records, the safest request is a clear written description of the exact court file and document. For KORA records, use the county form from the forms index rather than inventing a custom field set.

The Stanton County news page is a manifest source showing how the county posts dated notices and public announcements.

Use county notice channels for administrative context, while court case copies should still be coordinated with the Clerk of the District Court.

Stanton County Clerk Fees

District Court copy and certification fees were not located in Stanton County official sources. The research did locate Register of Deeds fees, which are useful only when the requested record is a recorded property instrument. K.S.A. 45-219 allows public agencies to charge fees and costs for copies and record work, but court copy practices should be verified with the court clerk.

The Register of Deeds fee schedule is an official source for property-record costs, not a court-copy fee schedule.

That fee schedule is still relevant when a court judgment, probate estate, or civil dispute leads to land-record filings.

Stanton County Clerk Online Channels

The District Court page directs users to statewide court tools rather than a county-built case database. Kansas CaseSearch is the public statewide district court search channel. The KSCourts Central Payment Center handles online traffic and criminal payments for eligible cases. The Kansas Judicial Council provides legal forms, and Kansas Self-Help provides topic pages for marriage licenses, divorce, probate, protection orders, and other court tasks. These tools do not replace clerk contact when a file needs certification or a restricted record decision.

The County Attorney also maintains official diversion information and an electronic diversion form for certain cases. The County Attorney page says the office prosecutes felony, misdemeanor, juvenile, child in need of care, mental illness, and traffic violations. Diversion forms and prosecution policy are not clerk records, but they can affect the court file if a criminal or traffic case is pending.

The Stanton County Attorney page is included in the clerk-page image manifest because prosecution and diversion records often intersect with court files.

Use the County Attorney for diversion and prosecution questions, then use the District Court Clerk for the case file, hearings, copies, and disposition records.

Noncourt Stanton County Records

The Stanton County Clerk's administrative office is still important for public records, even though it is not the court clerk. The county page says Sandy Barton has served as County Clerk since 2008. That office prepares and oversees budgets, handles accounts payable, issues 1099 forms, manages payroll and benefits, prepares the tax roll, handles revenue-neutral-rate notices, assists with Homestead Tax Refund work, maintains financial reports, and serves as clerk to the Board of County Commissioners.

Administrative records can be relevant to court researchers when a dispute involves county contracts, public notices, election records, licensing, or commissioner minutes. The County Clerk also handles voter registration, ballot and polling logistics, election certification, hunting and fishing licenses, fireworks licenses, cereal malt beverage licenses, fixed assets, charter resolutions, interlocal agreements, and certain limited sheriff duties stated by Kansas law. Requests for these records should not be sent to the District Court Clerk unless they are part of a court file.

The Stanton County Museum page is a local context source assigned to this page in the manifest.

Historical context can help identify old local offices, but active court-record requests should be made through the District Court Clerk or current county office named for the record.

Note: Stanton County's official sources separate the court clerk, county clerk, and Register of Deeds, so matching the record to the correct office prevents delays.