Lookup Public Records in Kay County, Oklahoma. 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 | |
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, USA Counties Data File Downloads | |
Total Ancestries Reported 2005-2009 | 47,962 |
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - United States or American - 2005-2009 | 4,327 |
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Arab - 2005-2009 | 50 |
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - British - 2005-2009 | 51 |
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Czech - 2005-2009 | 474 |
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Danish - 2005-2009 | 116 |
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Dutch - 2005-2009 | 1,227 |
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - English - 2005-2009 | 4,897 |
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - European - 2005-2009 | 439 |
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - French (except Basque) - 2005-2009 | 1,589 |
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - French Canadian - 2005-2009 | 101 |
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - German - 2005-2009 | 9,439 |
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Greek - 2005-2009 | 35 |
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Hungarian - 2005-2009 | 21 |
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Irish - 2005-2009 | 6,092 |
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Italian - 2005-2009 | 744 |
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Lithuanian - 2005-2009 | 36 |
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Norwegian - 2005-2009 | 337 |
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Polish - 2005-2009 | 408 |
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Portuguese - 2005-2009 | 27 |
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Russian - 2005-2009 | 139 |
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Scotch-Irish - 2005-2009 | 1,206 |
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Scottish - 2005-2009 | 866 |
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Slovak - 2005-2009 | 4 |
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Subsaharan African - 2005-2009 | 35 |
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Swedish - 2005-2009 | 554 |
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Swiss - 2005-2009 | 151 |
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Ukrainian - 2005-2009 | 21 |
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Welsh - 2005-2009 | 170 |
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) - 2005-2009 | 60 |
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Other Groups - 2005-2009 | 13,986 |
Kay County Marriage License Office | |
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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