Jefferson County Clerk's Office JCCO

The Jefferson County Clerk’s Office in Louisville, Kentucky is a State Constitutional office with varied duties. We register or renew licenses for motor vehicles including boats. The JCCO collects delinquent real estate taxes, issues marriage licenses, notary commissions  regulated medical licenses, transient merchants permits, and going out of business licenses.

The Jefferson County Clerk, David Yates, serves as the Chairman of the Jefferson County Board of Elections and plays a key role in the conduct of elections. All petitions for candidates for elective county offices are filed with the County Clerk and drawing for ballot positions is conducted by the Clerk. He is responsible for printing ballots, canvassing the votes at Primary and General Elections; and, along with other Jefferson County Board of Election board members, certifies Election Day votes to the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.