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Trego County District Court Overview

Kansas uses District Court as its general-jurisdiction trial court. Trego County District Court is the local trial court for the Kansas 23rd Judicial District in Trego County. The court is located at the Trego County Courthouse in WaKeeney, and the Clerk of the District Court office keeps the record of cases filed there. The court location matters for public court records, criminal cases, civil filings, probate filings, traffic cases filed in district court, small claims, domestic relations, and courthouse terminal access.

The court's local contact details are published by the 23rd Judicial District Trego County page. The Trego County District Court is at 216 N Main St, WaKeeney, KS 67672. The phone number is 785-743-2148, the fax number is 785-743-2726, and the court email is TR.DC@kscourts.gov. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, with the office closed from 12:00 to 1:00 for lunch.

The image sourced from the 23rd Judicial District services page shows the district service context for Trego County District Court records.

Those district services link the local court to record search, marriage license information, traffic ticket handling, court trustee services, and public court resources.

Trego County District Court Region

Trego County belongs to the 23rd Judicial District with Ellis, Gove, and Rooks counties. The district's main court administration contact is in Hays, while Trego County's local courthouse remains the place for Trego filings and local public access. The full district court location table matters because some district resources, court services, community corrections, juvenile services, and judicial administration functions are regional rather than only county based.

Regional district contacts include Court Administration at 107 W 12th Street, Hays, phone 785-628-9415; Court Services at the same Hays address, phone 785-628-9419; Northwest Kansas Community Corrections at 117 E. 13th St., Hays, phone 785-625-9192; and Northwest Kansas Juvenile Services at 1205 Fort Street, Hays, phone 785-639-9474.

Trego County District Court Hierarchy

The Kansas court structure places District Court below the Kansas appellate courts. The Kansas Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court for most appeals from district courts. The Kansas Supreme Court is the state court of last resort, with final state appellate review, rulemaking, attorney discipline, and major legal questions. Trego County District Court is where most county-level trial records are first created.

Trego County District Court Records

The Clerk of the District Court keeps records on all cases filed with the court. The 23rd Judicial District lists adoption, care and treatment, child support, civil cases, criminal, domestic relations, fish and game citations, juvenile, limited civil, marriage licenses, payments for court costs, fines and fees, probate, small claims, and traffic tickets. Some records are public, some are partly redacted, and some are restricted by law or court order.

• Civil cases include lawsuits, limited civil, small claims, judgments, garnishments, and related filings.
• Criminal records include filed charges, motions, bond orders, hearings, disposition, sentencing, and costs.
• Domestic records include divorce, child support, parenting matters, and post-decree filings.
• Probate records include estates, wills, inventories, guardianships, conservatorships, and final settlements.
• Traffic and fish and game records include citations, scheduled fines, costs, pleas, dispositions, and payment history.

Juvenile, adoption, care and treatment, confidential calendar codes, sealed records, and expunged records may not display fully in public systems. For public online lookup, Kansas CaseSearch is the statewide district court public search path.

Trego County District Court Staff

The 23rd Judicial District Trego page lists local and district staff tied to the court system. Staff listings help a requester understand the court structure, but record requests still route through the clerk unless the issue is a hearing, transcript, court services matter, or administrative question. The research lists Curtis Brown as Chief District Judge, Thomas Drees as District Judge, Richard Hanks as Magistrate Judge, Mike Smith as Court Administrator, Lynelle Gottschalk as Court Reporter, Teresa Greenwood as Chief Court Services Officer, and Erin Geist as Community Corrections Director.

Additional listed district staff include Sandy Scheck, Administrative Assistant for Chief District Judge Brown; Jessica Hileman, Administrative Assistant for District Judge Drees; Tiffany Gillespie, Clerk of the District Court I; and Kerrie Keith, Trial Court Clerk II. The clerk staff are the practical contacts for case records and copies. The court reporter path matters when a transcript is needed from a hearing rather than a copy of a filed document.

The image sourced from the 23rd Judicial District court reporter transcripts page connects Trego County District Court records to transcript requests.

Filed pleadings and certified copies come through the clerk, while transcript questions follow the court reporter process described by the district.

District Court vs Municipal Court

Trego County record searches can go wrong when a person assumes all local legal matters are District Court files. Kansas District Court is the county-level trial court. Municipal Court is a city-level court for municipal ordinance and city traffic matters. County administrative offices keep county business records, not District Court case files. The court named on a ticket, notice, or filing is the best routing clue.

Trego County District Court Dockets

The 23rd Judicial District Court Dockets page provides daily docket resources, livestream links, motion day documents, court day documents, and courtroom dress code information. A docket is a calendar or event list, not the full case file. It can help confirm a hearing setting, judge, courtroom, or public livestream availability, but it does not replace the case record or a certified copy from the clerk.

The docket page warns that the daily docket is uploaded before hearings and is subject to change. It also states that cases with the letters AD, CT, JC, and JV are confidential and will not be live streamed. Recording, audio or video taping, photographing, reproducing, saving, or distributing remote courtroom proceedings is prohibited by Kansas Supreme Court Rules 1001 and 1002 and can be punished as contempt.

Trego County District Court Case Flow

Most Trego County District Court records begin with a filing, citation, petition, or charging document. The Clerk of the District Court opens or receives the case record. The court then issues notices, sets hearings, receives motions and responses, enters orders, records dispositions, and tracks payments or post-judgment events when they apply. If a party appeals, the record may move to the Kansas Court of Appeals and, in some matters, to the Kansas Supreme Court.

General trial flow: Filing or citation › clerk record creation › notice or first hearing › motions or case management › hearing, plea, settlement, or trial › order, judgment, decree, or sentence › post-judgment action or appeal.

The image sourced from the Court Trustee support payments page shows one district service area tied to domestic and support enforcement records.

Support payment records are not the same as every domestic case document, but they show how District Court records can connect to specialized district services.

Note: A docket setting can change quickly, so verify hearing details with the official district docket or clerk.