Title IV, Judicial Branch
22 chapters · 314 sections in this title.
KRS § 23A.010 Jurisdiction of Circuit Court -- Court of record and of continuous session
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(1) The Circuit Court is a court of general jurisdiction; it has original jurisdiction of all justiciable causes not exclusively vested in some other court. (2) The Circuit Court has appellate jurisdiction as specified in this chapter. (3) The Circuit Court is a court of record a…
KRS § 23A.020 Judicial circuits
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The state is divided into judicial circuits, each to be composed of the following counties: (1) First Judicial Circuit. Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, and Hickman. (2) Second Judicial Circuit. McCracken. (3) Third Judicial Circuit. Christian. (4) Fourth Judicial Circuit. Hopkins. (5)…
KRS § 23A.030 Judicial circuits with one Circuit Judge
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Each judicial circuit shall have one (1) Circuit Judge, except as otherwise provided.
KRS § 23A.040 Judicial circuits with two Circuit Judges and two numbered divisions
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The following judicial circuits are entitled to two (2) judges and shall have two (2) numbered divisions of the Circuit Court: (1) Fourth Judicial Circuit. (2) Fifth Judicial Circuit. (3) Tenth Judicial Circuit. (4) Eleventh Judicial Circuit. (5) Twelfth Judicial Circuit. (6) Thi…
KRS § 23A.045 Judicial circuits with three Circuit Judges and three numbered divisions
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The following judicial circuits are entitled to three (3) Circuit Judges and shall have three (3) numbered divisions of the Circuit Court: (1) Second Judicial Circuit. (2) Seventeenth Judicial Circuit. (3) Thirty-fifth Judicial Circuit. (4) Forty-eighth Judicial Circuit. (5) Fift…
KRS § 23A.050 Judicial circuits with four Circuit Judges and four numbered divisions
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The following judicial circuits are entitled to four (4) judges and shall have four (4) numbered divisions of the Circuit Court: (1) Third Judicial Circuit. (2) Sixth Judicial Circuit. (3) Ninth Judicial Circuit. (4) Fourteenth Judicial Circuit. (5) Twenty-seventh Judicial Circui…
KRS § 23A.052 Judicial circuits with five Circuit Judges and five numbered divisions
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The following judicial circuits are entitled to five (5) judges and shall have five (5) numbered divisions of the Circuit Court: (1) Eighth Judicial Circuit. (2) Twenty-fifth Judicial Circuit.
KRS § 23A.055 Sixteenth Judicial Circuit
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The Sixteenth Judicial Circuit is entitled to six (6) judges and shall have six (6) numbered divisions of the Circuit Court.
KRS § 23A.060 Twenty-second Judicial Circuit
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The Twenty-second Judicial Circuit is entitled to nine (9) judges and shall have nine (9) numbered divisions of the Circuit Court.
KRS § 23A.070 Thirtieth Judicial Circuit -- Family court -- Funds from previously created campaign accounts
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campaign accounts. (1) The Thirtieth Judicial Circuit is entitled to twenty-three (23) judges and shall have twenty-three (23) numbered divisions of the Circuit Court. The Circuit Court divisions designated for family court shall be consecutively numbered beginning with the Thirt…
KRS § 23A.080 Appeals from District Court -- Issuance of writs by Circuit Court
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(1) A direct appeal may be taken from District Court to Circuit Court from any final action of the District Court. (2) The Circuit Court may issue all writs necessary in aid of its appellate jurisdiction, or the complete determination of any cause within its appellate jurisdictio…
KRS § 23A.090 Security services provided by sheriff -- Compensation
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(1) The sheriff of the county in which the Circuit Court is sitting shall provide such deputies, certified court security officers, and ordinary equipment as the Chief Circuit Judge shall deem necessary to provide security services to the court and its facilities. (2) The sheriff…
KRS § 23A.100 Jurisdiction of family court
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(1) As a division of Circuit Court with general jurisdiction pursuant to Section 112(6) of the Constitution of Kentucky, a family court division of Circuit Court shall retain jurisdiction in the following cases: (a) Dissolution of marriage; (b) Child custody; (c) Visitation; (d) …
KRS § 23A.110 Additional jurisdiction of family court to be construed to promote underlying purposes
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underlying purposes. The additional jurisdiction of a family court division of Circuit Court shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes, which are as follows: (1) To strengthen and preserve the integrity of the family and safeguard marital and fam…
KRS § 23A.120 Position of domestic relations commissioner abolished in family court
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In any judicial circuit where a family court is established or has been established, the position of domestic relations commissioner is abolished, and no commissioner shall be appointed to hear or determine any matter within the jurisdiction of the family court.
KRS § 23A.200 Fees and costs for civil cases
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(1) The Supreme Court shall by rule set the filing fees and miscellaneous costs for civil cases filed in the Circuit Court. (2) The following fee shall be paid directly to the sheriff or other officer serving the process by the party requesting the service, at the time of the req…
KRS § 23A.205 Court costs for criminal cases in Circuit Court -- Payment required -- Exceptions
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Exceptions. (1) Court costs for a criminal case in the Circuit Court shall be one hundred dollars ($100). (2) The taxation of court costs against a defendant, upon conviction in a case, shall be mandatory and shall not be subject to probation, suspension, proration, deduction, or…
KRS § 23A.206 Additional costs imposed in criminal cases -- Funds distributed to local governments and counties -- Funds used for police, jails, and transport of prisoners
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governments and counties -- Funds used for police, jails, and transport of prisoners. (1) For the purposes of this section: (a) "Local government" means a city, county, charter county, urban-county, or consolidated local government; and (b) "Police department" means a police depa…
KRS § 23A.2065 Additional fees for criminal cases -- Allocation to general fund and telephonic behavioral health jail triage system
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telephonic behavioral health jail triage system. In addition to the twenty dollar ($20) fee created by KRS 23A.206, in criminal cases a ten dollar ($10) fee shall be added to the costs imposed by KRS 23A.205 that the defendant is required to pay. The first five dollars ($5) of ea…
KRS § 23A.207 Fees for criminal cases
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In criminal cases, the following fees shall be charged by the circuit clerk and paid to the clerk at the time the corresponding services are requested: (1) Preparing an attestation ...................................................................................... $0.50 (2) Pr…
KRS § 23A.208 Additional fee for sex crime, stalking, or related inchoate offenses
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(1) In addition to fees created by KRS 23A.205, 23A.206, and 23A.2065, an administrative fee of thirty dollars ($30) shall be added to the costs that the defendant is required to pay for the following crimes: (a) A sex crime, meaning an offense described in: 1. KRS Chapter 510; 2…
KRS § 23A.209 Additional fee for expenses of Kentucky Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force
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Task Force. In addition to the twenty dollar ($20) fee created by KRS 23A.206 and the ten dollar ($10) fee created by KRS 23A.2065, a ten dollar ($10) fee shall be added in criminal cases to the costs imposed by KRS 23A.205. The fee collected under this section shall be allocated…
KRS § 23A.215 Disposition of Circuit Court fees and costs
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, all fees and costs collected pursuant to KRS 23A.200(1) shall be deposited in the general fund of the State Treasury. (2) Fees consisting of reimbursement for incidental direct outlays, including but not limited to postage…
KRS § 23A.220 Assessment by the fiscal court of additional fees and costs
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A fiscal court, by ordinance, may assess additional fees and costs for the purpose of paying expenses for courthouses, bonds related to them, and administration expenses of the Circuit Court as follows: (1) In civil cases, a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) may be added to filing…