Lookup Public Records in Kay CountyOklahoma. Including Vital Birth and Death Records, Deeds, Probate, Property Records, Mortgages, Liens, Judgments, Marriage Licenses, Voter Registrar, Payroll, Military Discharges.

Kay County, Oklahoma Overview

Kay County is located in the state of Oklahoma. The county was formed in 1893 and its county seat is Newkirk. The county has a total population of 45,633, as of 2013, with its area spanning 945 square miles (land area being 920 square miles, while water area being 25 square miles). The county consists of 9 ZIP codes, with ZIP code 74601 recorded as the one with the largest population. Kay County borders the following counties: Cowley County, Kansas to the north; Noble County, Oklahoma to the south; Osage County, Oklahoma to the east; Grant County, Oklahoma to the west, and; Garfield County, Oklahoma to the southwest.

Kay County Clerk Information

The County Clerk serves as records keeper for the County, all documents relating to real estate i.e.:

  • Deeds, Judgements, Liens, Military discharge records, Mineral interests, Mortgages, Plats, State and Federal tax liens

The Clerk’s office receives, records, and preserves these records, indefinitely, both in the office and electronically. All records are open to the public under the State’s Open Records Act.

Additional Responsibilities:

  • Accounts payable
  • County payroll
  • Inventory
  • Preparing the Monthly and Annual Financial Reports
  • Processing Purchase Orders/Bids

The County Clerk is also the secretary for several boards including:

  • Board of County Commissioners
  • E911
  • Excise Board
  • Equalization Board
  • Tax Roll Correction Board
  • Justice Facilities Authority
  • Kay County Home Finance Authority
  • Kay County Public Building Authority

The website below allows you to view and search records from the county clerk. OKCountyRecords hosts Kay County’s clerk records, indexed data and images from March 1986, and allow you to access them through a subscription-based membership to their website. Advanced search tools are available in the website, where you can search using the name, book, page, instrument number and type, legal description, among others.

The county clerk’s fees are listed below. For the purpose of preserving, maintaining, and archiving recorded instruments including, but not limited to, records management, records preservation, automation, modernization, and related lawful expenditures, in addition to all other fees required by law, the county clerk shall collect $5.00 for each instrument recorded with the Registrar of Deeds.

Below is the physical address of the County Clerk:

Tammy Reese, County Clerk
Kay County Courthouse
P. O. Box 450
Newkirk, OK 74647
Phone: (580) 362-2537
Hours: 8:00am – 4:30pm
Email: [email protected]

Court Clerk

Responsibilities of the Court Clerk’s Office are as follows

  • Blood Test
  • Civil
  • Criminal
  • Felony and Misdemeanor cases
  • Jury Service
  • Marriage Licenses
  • Ministers’ Credentials
  • Passports
  • Payment of fines, fees and court costs in criminal cases
  • Traffic

You can access records from the court clerk from the website below. On Demand Court Records hosts Kay County’s court records and allow you to access them through a subscription-based membership to their website. On the website, there is an available search engine where you can search using the party name and type, full case number, among others.

Below is the physical address of the Court Clerk:

Marilee Thornton, Court Clerk
201 S Main Street
2nd Floor
Newkirk, OK 74647
Phone: 580-362-3350
Fax: 888-567-4611
Hours: Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Email: [email protected]

Kay, OK Genealogy and Ancestry Records
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, USA Counties Data File Downloads
Total Ancestries Reported 2005-200947,962
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - United States or American - 2005-20094,327
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Arab - 2005-200950
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - British - 2005-200951
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Czech - 2005-2009474
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Danish - 2005-2009116
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Dutch - 2005-20091,227
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - English - 2005-20094,897
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - European - 2005-2009439
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - French (except Basque) - 2005-20091,589
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - French Canadian - 2005-2009101
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - German - 2005-20099,439
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Greek - 2005-200935
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Hungarian - 2005-200921
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Irish - 2005-20096,092
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Italian - 2005-2009744
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Lithuanian - 2005-200936
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Norwegian - 2005-2009337
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Polish - 2005-2009408
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Portuguese - 2005-200927
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Russian - 2005-2009139
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Scotch-Irish - 2005-20091,206
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Scottish - 2005-2009866
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Slovak - 2005-20094
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Subsaharan African - 2005-200935
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Swedish - 2005-2009554
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Swiss - 2005-2009151
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Ukrainian - 2005-200921
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Welsh - 2005-2009170
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) - 2005-200960
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Other Groups - 2005-200913,986
Kay County Marriage License Office
In order to obtain a marriage license in Kay County, the applicants must apply together, in person, at the County Clerk’s office. Both parties must present their state-issued picture ID, military ID, or passport, and know their social security number
State Law:Marriage – Title 43 and Restoration of Maiden or Former Name-Alimony-Property Division – Title 43, §121
All State Statutes: Information is online at the State Website
Office:Kay County Marriage License
Location:201 South Main Street, Newkirk, Oklahoma, 74647
Phone:580-362-3350

Kay County Clerk’s Office

Address: 201 S Main St, Newkirk, OK 74647, United States
Phone: 580-362-2537

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