louisville metro Government

Louisville and Jefferson County merged in 2003 to become the nation's 16th largest city. The city became much more efficient in police, fire and EMS services. You can read about the official details of the merger.

Getting your driver's license in Jefferson County

As you move to the area, one of the first things that you will need is a new driver's license. Louisville has several convenient locations listed below.

• St. Matthews/Bowman Field; 3501 Roger Schupp Street
• Downtown: 718 West Main Street Suite 100
• Southeast: 7201 Outer Loop
• Southwest: 7219 Dixie Highway
• East: 200 Juneau Drive

You will need to surrender you old license. And, if you come from out of state, be prepared with additional identification. A social security card would be a good choice.

Getting your Jefferson County vehicles licensed

You will then want to get your vehicles licensed. Again Louisville makes it fairly easy. This process happens at the Jefferson County Clerk's Office. There are 7 locations scattered around the Louisville community.

If you want to see how busy each location is before you go, there is a webcam of each Jefferson County Clerk's office to show you the current crowd, or not.

• Downtown-531 Court Place
• West-3131 West Broadway
• Dixie-4919-F Dixie Highway
• Central-7505 Outer Loop Plaza
• Jeffersontown-10420 Watterson Trail
• East-200 Juneau Drive
• Westport-9455 Westport Road

Bring your old title with you and proof of liability insurance. If coming from out of state, bring proof of the out of state sales tax paid. The whole process is relatively painless.

You may need more details on the facets of getting your boats, cars, trucks, motorcycles, etc. licensed.

If you are bringing your vehicle from out of state, you will need a sheriff's inspection. This is a cursory inspection of the car to ensure that the safety features of the car are working. Check your brake lights, headlights, etc before you go. There is a deputy sheriff on duty at the following locations. There is a small additional fee ($5) for this service.

The Jefferson County Sheriff's inspection can be found at:

• 800 West Market
• Dixie Branch at 4919-F Dixie Highway
• Central Branch at 7505 Outer Loop
• Westport Branch at 9455 Westport Road

Voting in Jefferson County

You can register to vote when you get your driver's license. You should be able to find your precinct and voting location online. By entering your street address, you can dig deeper and find your specific representatives and officials.

Officials

Our United States Senators serve the entire state. They are currently Mitch McConnell and Jim Bunning.

Our United States Representatives come from the second and third districts. Currently Brett Guthrie serves as our 2nd district representative. John Yarmuth serves as our 3rd district representative.

Our State Senators are:

• 10th --Elizabeth Tori
• 19th--Tim Shaughnessy
• 26th--Ernie Harris
• 33rd--Gerald A. Neal
• 35th--Denise Harper Angel
• 36th--Julie C. Denton
• 37th--Perry B. Clark
• 38th--Dan "Malano" Seum

Our State Representatives are:

• 28th--Charles W. Miller
• 29th--Kevin D. Bratcher
• 30th--Thomas J. Burch
• 31st--Steve Riggs
• 32nd--Scott W. Brinkman
• 33rd--Ron Crimm
• 34th--Mary Lou Marzian
• 35th--Jim Wayne
• 37th--Ron Weston
• 38th--Tim Firkins
• 40th--Dennis L. Horlander
• 41st--Tom Riner
• 42nd--Reginald K. Meeks
• 43rd--Darryl T. Owens
• 44th--Joni L. Jenkins
• 46th--Larry Clark
• 48th--Bob M. DeWeese
• 59th--David W. Osborne 

Our Louisville Metro Government has 26 districts:

• District 1--Judy Green
• District 2--Barbara E. Shanklin
• District 3--Mary Woolridge
• District 4--David Tandy
• District 5--Cheri Bryant Hamilton
• District 6--George Unseld
• District 7--Ken Fleming
• District 8--Tom Owen
• District 9--Tina Ward-Pugh
• District 10--Jim King
• District 11--Kevin J. Kramer
• District 12--Rick Blackwell
• District 13--Vicki Aubrey Welch
• District 14--Robert "Bob" Henderson
• District 15--Marianne Butler
• District 16--Kelly Downard
• District 17--Glen E. Stuckel
• District 18--Jon Ackerson
• District 19--Hal Heiner
• District 20--Stuart Benson
• District 21--Dan Johnson
• District 22--Robin J. Engel
• District 23--James Peden
• District 24--Madonna Flood
• District 25--Doug Hawkins
• District 26--Brent T. Ackerson 

There are 7 Jefferson County School District members:

• First District--Ann V. Elmore
• Second District--Stephen Imhoff
• Third District--Debbie Wesslund
• Fourth District--Joseph L. Hardesty
• Fifth District--Linda D. Duncan
• Sixth District--Carol A. Haddad
• Seventh District--Larry Hujo

Here is a complete list in PDF format.