Title IV, Judicial Branch

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…

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…

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.

The Sixteenth Judicial Circuit is entitled to six (6) judges and shall have six (6) numbered divisions of the Circuit Court.

The Twenty-second Judicial Circuit is entitled to nine (9) judges and shall have nine (9) numbered divisions of the Circuit Court.

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…

(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…

(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…

(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) …

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…

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.

(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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

(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…

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…

(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…

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…