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# Charles C. Simms III

Kentucky 10th Judicial Circuit Court · Chief Circuit Judge

## Profile

- Court: Kentucky 10th Judicial Circuit Court
- State: Kentucky
- Role: Chief Circuit Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-29

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### remote hearing platform

Scope: statewide

Kentucky Court of Justice publishes statewide instructions for using Zoom to participate in remote court proceedings.

Evidence excerpt: This page provides general instructions about how to use Zoom to participate in a remote court proceeding.

[Kentucky Court of Justice: Remote Court General Instructions](https://kycourts.gov/Courts/Pages/Remote-Court-Information.aspx)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### video voice content sharing

Scope: statewide

Kentucky identifies Zoom as a platform that supports video, voice, and content sharing for desktops, mobile devices, phones, and room systems.

Evidence excerpt: Zoom is a videoconferencing platform that offers video, voice and content sharing for desktops, mobile devices, phones and room systems.

[Kentucky Court of Justice: Remote Court General Instructions](https://kycourts.gov/Courts/Pages/Remote-Court-Information.aspx)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### county login information

Scope: statewide

Kentucky directs parties to obtain specific remote-court login information from the circuit court clerk for the county where they are scheduled to appear.

Evidence excerpt: To request specific login information for your court event, contact the Office of Circuit Court Clerk in the county in which you are scheduled to appear.

[Kentucky Court of Justice: Remote Court General Instructions](https://kycourts.gov/Courts/Pages/Remote-Court-Information.aspx)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://kycourts.gov/Courts/County-Information/Pages/Hart.aspx)
- [Official roster](https://kycourts.gov/Courts/County-Information/Pages/Hart.aspx)
- [Kentucky Court of Justice official judicial roster](https://kycourts.gov/Courts/County-Information/Pages/Hart.aspx)
- [Kentucky Court of Justice: Remote Court General Instructions](https://kycourts.gov/Courts/Pages/Remote-Court-Information.aspx)

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## Biography

### Professional career


### Education

- Undergraduate degree: Transylvania University
- ): University of Kentucky College of Law — J.D.

### Additional information

- In March 2026, Simms was asked to reconsider a ruling denying motions to dismiss a case seeking to recall LaRue County’s Board of Education’s property tax levy; the petitioners argued the request repeated prior arguments
- Election: Re-elected in 2014 without opposition; term expired January 1, 2023
- Served as an assistant Commonwealth attorney
- Charles C. Simms III is the Chief Circuit Judge for Kentucky’s 10th Judicial Circuit, covering Hart, LaRue, and Nelson counties, and presides over both Division 1 and Division 2 circuit court cases
- Court type: State trial court — handles criminal, civil, family, and other matters within the circuit’s jurisdiction