Article 1, Constitution Sections

Section 101 Qualifications and jurisdiction of constables. Constables shall possess the same qualifications as Sheriffs, and their jurisdictions shall be coextensive with the counties in which they reside. Constables now in office shall continue in office until their successors a…

Section 102 Officers for new counties. When a new county shall be created, officers for the same, to serve until the next regular election, shall be elected or appointed in such way and at such times as the General Assembly may prescribe. Text as Ratified on: August 3, 1891, and …

Section 103 Bonds of county officers and other officers. The Judges of County Courts, Clerks, Sheriffs, Surveyors, Coroners, Jailers, Constables, and such other officers as the General Assembly may, from time to time, require, shall before they enter upon the duties of their resp…

Section 104 Abolishment of office of assessor -- Assessor may not succeed himself. The General Assembly may abolish the office of Assessor and provide that the assessment of property shall be made by other officers; but it shall have power to reestablish the office of Assessor an…

Section 105 Consolidation of offices of sheriff and jailer. The General Assembly may, at any time, consolidate the offices of Jailer and Sheriff in any county or counties, as it shall deem most expedient; but in the event such consolidation be made, the office of Sheriff shall be…

Section 106 Fees of county officers -- Fees in counties having seventy-five thousand population or more. The fees of county officers shall be regulated by law. In counties or cities having a population of seventy-five thousand or more, the Clerks of the respective Courts thereof …

Section 107 Additional county or district offices may be created. The General Assembly may provide for the election or appointment, for a term not exceeding four years, of such other county or district ministerial and executive officers as may, from time to time, be necessary. Te…

Section 108 Abolishment of office of Commonwealth's Attorney. The General Assembly may, at any time after the expiration of six years from the adoption of this Constitution, abolish the office of Commonwealth's Attorney, to take effect upon the expiration of the term of the incum…

Section 109 The judicial power -- Unified system -- Impeachment. The judicial power of the Commonwealth shall be vested exclusively in one Court of Justice which shall be divided into a Supreme Court, a Court of Appeals, a trial court of general jurisdiction known as the Circuit …

Section 110 Composition -- Jurisdiction -- Quorum -- Special justices -- Districts -- Chief Justice. (1) The Supreme Court shall consist of the Chief Justice of the Commonwealth and six associate Justices. (2) (a) The Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction only, except i…

Section 111 Composition -- Jurisdiction -- Administration -- Panels. (1) The Court of Appeals shall consist initially of fourteen judges, an equal number to be selected from each Supreme Court district. The number of judges thereafter shall be determined from time to time by the …

Section 112 Location -- Circuits -- Composition -- Administration -- Jurisdiction. (1) Circuit Court shall be held in each county. (2) The Circuit Court districts existing on the effective date of this amendment to the Constitution shall continue under the name "Judicial Circuits…

Section 113 Location -- Districts -- Composition -- Administration -- Trial commissioners -- Jurisdiction. (1) District Court shall be held in each county. (2) The Circuit Court districts existing on the effective date of this amendment shall continue for District Court purposes …

Section 114 Selection -- Removal. (1) The Supreme Court shall appoint a clerk to serve as it shall determine. (2) The Court of Appeals shall appoint a clerk to serve as it shall determine. (3) The clerks of the Circuit Court shall be elected in the manner provided elsewhere in th…

Section 115 Right of appeal -- Procedure. In all cases, civil and criminal, there shall be allowed as a matter of right at least one appeal to another court, except that the Commonwealth may not appeal from a judgment of acquittal in a criminal case, other than for the purpose of…

Section 116 Rules governing jurisdiction, personnel, procedure, bar membership. The Supreme Court shall have the power to prescribe rules governing its appellate jurisdiction, rules for the appointment of commissioners and other court personnel, and rules of practice and procedur…

Section 117 Election. Justices of the Supreme Court and judges of the Court of Appeals, Circuit and District Court shall be elected from their respective districts or circuits on a nonpartisan basis as provided by law. Text as Ratified on: November 4, 1975, effective January 1, 1…

Section 118 Vacancies. (1) A vacancy in the office of a justice of the Supreme Court, or of a judge of the Court of Appeals, circuit or district court which under Section 152 of this Constitution is to be filled by appointment by the Governor shall be filled by the Governor from …

Section 119 Terms of office. Justices of the Supreme Court and judges of the Court of Appeals and circuit court shall severally hold their offices for terms of eight years, and judges of the district court for terms of four years. All terms commence on the first Monday in January…

Section 120 Compensation -- Expenses. All justices and judges shall be paid adequate compensation which shall be fixed by the General Assembly. All compensation and necessary expenses of the Court of Justice shall be paid out of the State Treasury. The compensation of a justice o…

Section 121 Retirement and removal. Subject to rules of procedure to be established by the Supreme Court, and after notice and hearing, any justice of the Supreme Court or judge of the Court of Appeals, Circuit Court or District Court may be retired for disability or suspended wi…

Section 122 Eligibility. To be eligible to serve as a justice of the Supreme Court or a judge of the Court of Appeals, Circuit Court or District Court a person must be a citizen of the United States, licensed to practice law in the courts of this Commonwealth, and have been a res…

Section 123 Prohibited activities. During his term of office, no justice of the Supreme Court or judge of the Court of Appeals, Circuit Court or District Court shall engage in the practice of law, or run for elective office other than judicial office, or hold any office in a poli…

Section 124 Conflicting provisions. Any remaining sections of the Constitution of Kentucky as it existed prior to the effective date of this amendment which are in conflict with the provisions of amended Sections 110 through 125 are repealed to the extent of the conflict, but suc…

Section 125 (Repealed 1975) Catchline read at time of repeal: "Circuit Court for each county." Repeal Ratified on: November 4, 1975, effective January 1, 1976. History: Repeal was proposed by 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1; original version ratified August 3, 1891, and revised Sept…

Section 126 (Repealed 1975) Catchline read at time of repeal: "Jurisdiction of Circuit Courts." Repeal Ratified on: November 4, 1975, effective January 1, 1976. History: Repeal was proposed by 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1; original version ratified August 3, 1891, and revised Sep…

Section 127 (Repealed 1975) Catchline read at time of repeal: "Appeal from Circuit Court." Repeal Ratified on: November 4, 1975, effective January 1, 1976. History: Repeal was proposed by 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1; original version ratified August 3, 1891, and revised Septembe…

Section 128 (Repealed 1975) Catchline read at time of repeal: "Circuit Court districts." Repeal Ratified on: November 4, 1975, effective January 1, 1976. History: Repeal was proposed by 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1; original version ratified August 3, 1891, and revised September …

Section 129 (Repealed 1975) Catchline read at time of repeal: "Election of Circuit Judges -- Term -- Commissions -- Removal." Repeal Ratified on: November 4, 1975, effective January 1, 1976. History: Repeal was proposed by 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1; original version ratified A…

Section 130 (Repealed 1975) Catchline read at time of repeal: "Qualifications of Circuit Judges." Repeal Ratified on: November 4, 1975, effective January 1, 1976. History: Repeal was proposed by 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1; original version ratified August 3, 1891, and revised S…

Section 131 (Repealed 1975) Catchline read at time of repeal: "Terms of Circuit Courts." Repeal Ratified on: November 4, 1975, effective January 1, 1976. History: Repeal was proposed by 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1; original version ratified August 3, 1891, and revised September …

Section 132 (Repealed 1975) Catchline read at time of repeal: "Additional Circuit Court districts -- Population limits." Repeal Ratified on: November 4, 1975, effective January 1, 1976. History: Repeal was proposed by 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1; original version ratified August…

Section 133 (Repealed 1975) Catchline read at time of repeal: "Compensation of Circuit Judges." Repeal Ratified on: November 4, 1975, effective January 1, 1976. History: Repeal was proposed by 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1; original version ratified August 3, 1891, and revised Sep…

Section 134 (Repealed 1975) Catchline read at time of repeal: "When districts may be changed." Repeal Ratified on: November 4, 1975, effective January 1, 1976. History: Repeal was proposed by 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1; original version ratified August 3, 1891, and revised Sept…

Section 135 (Repealed 1975) Catchline read at time of repeal: "Only Constitutional Courts permitted. Repeal Ratified on: November 4, 1975, effective January 1, 1976. History: Repeal was proposed by 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1; original version ratified August 3, 1891, and revise…

Section 136 (Repealed 1975) Catchline read at time of repeal: "Special Judges of Circuit Courts." Repeal Ratified on: November 4, 1975, effective January 1, 1976. History: Repeal was proposed by 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1; original version ratified August 3, 1891, and revised S…

Section 137 (Repealed 1975) Catchline read at time of repeal: "Circuit Court in county having population of 150,000 or more -- Separate district -- Additional judges -- Branches -- General Term -- Clerk -- Criminal cases." Repeal Ratified on: November 4, 1975, effective January 1…

Section 138 (Repealed 1975) Catchline read at time of repeal: "Certain counties may constitute separate district - - Additional judges -- Practice." Repeal Ratified on: November 4, 1975, effective January 1, 1976. History: Repeal was proposed by 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1; orig…

Section 139 (Repealed 1975) Catchline read at time of repeal: "Quarterly Court for each county -- Jurisdiction -- County Judge to preside." Repeal Ratified on: November 4, 1975, effective January 1, 1976. History: Repeal was proposed by 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1; original vers…

Section 140 County Court for each county -- Judge -- Compensation -- Commission -- Removal. There shall be established in each county now existing, or which may be hereafter created, in this State, a Court, to be styled the County Court, to consist of a Judge, who shall be a cons…

Section 141 (Repealed 1975) Catchline read at time of repeal: "Jurisdiction of County Courts." Repeal Ratified on: November 4, 1975, effective January 1, 1976. History: Repeal was proposed by 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1; original version ratified August 3, 1891, and revised Sept…

Section 142 Justices' districts -- One Justice for each district -- Jurisdiction and powers of Justices -- Commissions -- Removal. Each county now existing, or which may hereafter be created, in this State, shall be laid off into districts in such manner as the General Assembly m…

Section 143 (Repealed 1975) Catchline read at time of repeal: "Police Court may be established in each city -- Jurisdiction." Repeal Ratified on: November 4, 1975, effective January 1, 1976. History: Repeal was proposed by 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1; original version ratified A…

Section 144 Fiscal Court for each county -- To consist of Justices of the Peace or Commissioners, and County Judge -- Quorum. Counties shall have a Fiscal Court, which may consist of the Judge of the County Court and the Justices of the Peace, in which Court the Judge of the Coun…

Section 145 Persons entitled to vote. Every citizen of the United States of the age of eighteen years who has resided in the state one year, and in the county six months, and the precinct in which he or she offers to vote sixty days next preceding the election, shall be a voter i…

Section 146 Soldiers or sailors stationed in State are not residents. No person in the military, naval or marine service of the United States shall be deemed a resident of this State by reason of being stationed within the same. Text as Ratified on: August 3, 1891, and revised Se…

Section 147 Registration of voters -- Manner of voting -- Absent voting -- Voting machines -- "Election" defined -- Election laws -- Illiterate and disabled voters. The General Assembly shall provide by law for the registration of all persons entitled to vote in cities and towns …

Section 148 Number of elections -- Day and hours of election -- Qualifications of officers -- Employees to be given time to vote. Not more than one election each year shall be held in this State or in any city, town, district, urban-county or county thereof, except as otherwise p…

Section 149 Privilege from arrest during voting. Voters, in all cases except treason, felony, breach of surety of the peace, or violation of the election laws, shall be privileged from arrest during their attendance at elections, and while they are going to and returning therefro…

Section 150 Disqualification from office for using money or property to secure or influence election -- Corporation not to use money or other thing of value to influence election -- Exclusion from office for conviction of felony or high misdemeanor -- Laws to regulate elections. …