District judges hear traffic tickets, misdemeanors and juvenile matters, along with early felony hearings. A felony advances upward after an indictment supported by 9 or more of the 12 grand jurors. Circuit Court then handles motions, pleas, trials and sentencing for those cases.

Search the name on KYeCourts public access to see the next date, the courtroom and the charges. You can also call the criminal clerk at 606-433-7560. Bring a photo ID to the Judicial Center, since visitors go through security, and plan extra time for parking downtown.

Warrants from the district and circuit judges here are the sheriff's to serve; 606-432-6260 is the number to call about a name. Because the county stretches from Elkhorn City to Belfry, many families check Kentucky's statewide court record first on the free KYeCourts guest login, running a Pike search with a birth date or driver's license number.

Turning yourself in at the Pike County Detention Center is how a warrant gets cleared, and an attorney can often call the judge beforehand about bond. The county's circuit clerk at the judicial center, 175 Main St., Pikeville, KY 41502, answers at 606-433-7557.

The clerk, based in the Pike County Judicial Center, 175 Main Street, P.O. Box 1002, Pikeville, KY 41502, keeps the case file, takes bond and fine payments, and makes copies. Ask there about payment plans for fines and costs. Our bail page explains how bond is posted and returned.

Pikeville booking at the detention center comes first, and a pretrial officer screens the person before the judge decides on release (bail guide). Pike District Court then handles the arraignment. A felony brings a preliminary hearing inside 10 days for someone held or 20 for someone released, after which Pike grand jurors vote on indictment.

Deputies from the sheriff's office (606-432-6260), troopers from Kentucky State Police Post 9, 3499 North Mayo Trail, Pikeville, KY 41501, 606-433-7711, and city police in Pikeville, Coal Run Village and Elkhorn City all make arrests. Everyone goes to the same county jail. Phone numbers for each department are at the end of our inmate guide.

The Pike County Attorney, 146 Main Street, Suite 219, Pikeville, KY 41502 (606-432-6250), brings misdemeanor and youth charges and starts felony cases in District Court. Indicted felonies go to the 35th Circuit Commonwealth's Attorney, 137 Main Street, Suite 201, Pikeville, KY 41501 (606-433-7500). Each office has staff who can help crime victims follow a case.

Pike judges at the Pikeville judicial center sentence under limits fixed by state law, and the circuit clerk (606-433-7557) knows each charge's class. The ceiling on a Pike Class A misdemeanor is 12 months and $500, and on a Class B, 90 days and $250 (KRS 532.090). Violations are fined at $250 or less, and indigent people can have the fine waived (KRS 534.040). Felony terms are 1 to 5 years for Class D, 5 to 10 for C, 10 to 20 for B, and 20 to 50 or life for A (KRS 532.060).

The records request help page explains how to ask for copies, and the clerk's office can print most public files. State law keeps juvenile and sealed files private. Ask the sheriff's office, 606-432-6260, about any warrant.

Say at arraignment that hiring counsel is out of reach, then complete the financial affidavit. If you qualify, you receive the Pikeville Trial Office of the public defender (126 Trivette Drive, Suite 102, Pikeville, KY 41501; 833-254-2461). The office handles everything from bond motions to jury trials, at no charge to clients who qualify.

Jailed defendants are held at the Pike County Detention Center, 172 Division Street, Pikeville, KY 41501, 606-432-6291, and brought to the Judicial Center for court. Our guides cover calls, letters, visits, messages and how to add money for commissary.

Under the court's local rules, Pike is on the London docket of the Eastern District, so federal cases are heard at the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, 310 South Main Street, London, KY 40741, 606-877-7910. Release or detention is a magistrate judge's call, with Marshals keeping custody meanwhile. After a prison sentence, use the federal prison locator.

An ICE hold runs apart from the state charges and asks Pikeville to keep that prisoner up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released, per 8 CFR 287.7(d). Pleading guilty may permanently affect immigration status; non-citizens deserve counsel's advice beforehand. Check later transfers with the ICE finder.

New state inmates are assessed at an intake center, which assigns a security rating and then a prison. A share of Class D felons stay in local jails. Follow the person in the KOOL lookup and read our prisons in Kentucky.