Title XLII, Miscellaneous Practice Provisions

A warrant issued pursuant to KRS 455.180 shall be executed: (1) By law enforcement officers who: (a) Are members of a special weapons and tactics team or special response team, or another established team or unit trained and tasked with resolving high-risk situations and incident…

As used in this chapter: (1) "Dating relationship" means a relationship between individuals who have or have had a relationship of a romantic or intimate nature. It does not include a casual acquaintanceship or ordinary fraternization in a business or social context. The followin…

(1) This chapter shall be interpreted to: (a) Allow victims to obtain effective, short-term protection against further wrongful conduct in order that their lives may be as secure and as uninterrupted as possible; (b) Expand the ability of law enforcement officers to effectively r…

(1) A petition for an interpersonal protective order may be filed by: (a) A victim of dating violence and abuse; (b) A victim of stalking; (c) A victim of sexual assault; or (d) An adult on behalf of a victim who is a minor otherwise qualifying for relief under this subsection. (…

(1) Any petition filed under KRS 456.030 on behalf of a minor who is an alleged victim of dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking, or in which a minor is named as a respondent or petitioner, shall comply with the requirements in that section and shall: (a) Proceed …

interpersonal protective order. (1) (a) The court shall review a petition for an interpersonal protective order immediately upon its filing. If the review indicates that dating violence and abuse, stalking, or sexual assault exists, the court shall summons the parties to an evide…

(1) Prior to or at a hearing on a petition for an interpersonal protective order: (a) The court may obtain the respondent's Kentucky criminal and protective order history and utilize that information to assess what relief and which sanctions may protect against danger to the peti…

(1) Following a hearing ordered under KRS 456.040, if a court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking has occurred and may again occur, the court may issue an interpersonal protective order: (a) Restraining the adverse …

Mutual protective orders -- Petition hearing testimony later admissible only for impeachment purposes -- Interpersonal protective order intake center. (1) A temporary or ordinary interpersonal protective order shall become effective and binding on the respondent when the responde…

action. If the petitioner or respondent to an interpersonal protective order initiates an action under KRS Chapter 403, the party initiating the action shall make known to the court the existence and status of any interpersonal protective orders, which shall remain effective and …

violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking -- Statewide enforcement -- Civil and criminal immunity. (1) A court issuing an interpersonal protective order shall direct the appropriate law enforcement agency to assist the petitioner in having the provisions of the order compli…

global positioning monitoring system. (1) Upon a petitioner's request and after an evidentiary hearing, a court may amend an interpersonal protective order to require a respondent to participate in a global positioning monitoring system if: (a) The respondent has committed a subs…

Network of Kentucky. (1) All forms, affidavits, and orders of protection issued or filed pursuant to this chapter which require entry into the Law Information Network of Kentucky shall be entered on forms prescribed by the Administrative Office of the Courts after consultation wi…

(1) All foreign protective orders shall have the rebuttable presumption of validity. The validity of a foreign protective order shall only be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. Until a foreign protective order is declared to be invalid by a court of competent jurisd…

faith and credit determination. (1) In order to assist a court of another state in determining whether an order issued under this chapter is entitled to full faith and credit pursuant to 18 U.S.C. sec. 2265: (a) All interpersonal protective orders shall include a statement certif…

Certification by issuing court -- Uncertified order. (1) A copy of a foreign protective order may be filed in the office of the clerk of any court of competent jurisdiction of this state. A foreign protective order so filed shall have the same effect and shall be enforced in the …

(1) Upon ex parte review of the foreign protective order and the affidavit filed pursuant to KRS 456.140, and after determining the order is entitled to full faith and credit in this Commonwealth pursuant to 18 U.S.C. sec. 2265, the court shall declare the order to be authenticat…

Information Network of Kentucky. (1) A foreign protective order which has been entered into the Law Information Network of Kentucky shall be immediately cleared as an active record from the computer system when: (a) The order expires according to the terms contained therein; (b) …

modification, or other change. (1) A person who has filed a foreign protective order in a court in Kentucky is under a continuing obligation to inform the court of any expiration, vacation, modification, or other change in the order which the person filing the order has received …

(1) Violation of the terms or conditions of an order of protection after the person has been served or given notice of the order shall constitute contempt of court and a criminal offense under this section. Once a criminal or contempt proceeding has been initiated, the other shal…

This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Power of Attorney Act (2006).

As used in this chapter: (1) "Agent" means a person granted authority to act for a principal under a power of attorney, whether denominated an agent, attorney-in-fact, or otherwise. The term includes an original agent, coagent, successor agent, and a person to which an agent's au…

This chapter applies to all powers of attorney except: (1) A power to the extent it is coupled with an interest in the subject of the power, including a power given to or for the benefit of a creditor in connection with a credit transaction; (2) A power to make health-care decisi…

A power of attorney created under this chapter is durable unless it expressly provides that it is terminated by the incapacity of the principal.

(1) A power of attorney shall be signed by the principal or in the principal's conscious presence by another individual directed by the principal to sign the principal's name on the power of attorney. If signed in the principal's conscious presence by another individual, the reas…

(1) A power of attorney executed in this state on or after July 14, 2018, is valid if its execution complies with KRS 457.050. (2) A power of attorney executed in this state before July 14, 2018, is valid if its execution complied with the law of this state as it existed at the t…

The meaning and effect of a power of attorney is determined by the law of the jurisdiction indicated in the power of attorney and, in the absence of an indication of jurisdiction, by the law of the jurisdiction in which the power of attorney was executed.

appointed fiduciary. (1) In a power of attorney, a principal may nominate a limited conservator, conservator, limited guardian, or guardian of the principal's estate or a limited guardian or guardian of the principal's person for consideration by the court if protective proceedin…

(1) A power of attorney is effective when executed unless the principal provides in the power of attorney that it becomes effective at a future date or upon the occurrence of a future event or contingency. (2) If a power of attorney becomes effective upon the occurrence of a futu…

(1) A power of attorney terminates when: (a) The principal dies; (b) The principal becomes incapacitated, if the power of attorney is not durable; (c) A court appoints a limited conservator, conservator, limited guardian, or guardian of the principal's estate or other fiduciary c…

(1) If a principal designates two (2) or more persons to act as coagents, each coagent may exercise its authority independently unless the power of attorney otherwise provides. (2) A principal may designate one (1) or more successor agents to act if an agent resigns, dies, become…

Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, an agent is entitled to reimbursement of expenses reasonably incurred on behalf of the principal and to compensation that is reasonable under the circumstances.

Except as otherwise provided in the power of attorney, a person accepts appointment as an agent under a power of attorney by exercising authority or performing duties as an agent or by any other assertion or conduct indicating acceptance.

(1) Notwithstanding provisions in the power of attorney, an agent that has accepted appointment shall: (a) Act in accordance with the principal's reasonable expectations to the extent actually known by the agent and, otherwise, in the principal's best interest; (b) Act in good fa…

A provision in a power of attorney relieving an agent of liability for breach of duty is binding on the principal and the principal's successors in interest except to the extent the provision: (1) Relieves the agent of liability for breach of duty committed dishonestly, with an i…

(1) The following persons may petition a District Court to construe a power of attorney or review the agent's conduct, and grant appropriate relief: (a) The principal or the agent; (b) A guardian, conservator, or other fiduciary acting for the principal; (c) A person authorized t…

An agent that violates this chapter is liable to the principal or the principal's successors in interest for the amount required to: (1) Restore the value of the principal's property to what it would have been had the violation not occurred; and (2) Reimburse the principal or the…

Unless the power of attorney provides a different method for an agent's resignation, an agent may resign by giving notice to the principal and, if the principal is incapacitated: (1) To the conservator or guardian, if one has been appointed for the principal, and a coagent or suc…

(1) For purposes of this section and KRS 457.200, "acknowledged" means purportedly verified before a notary public or other individual authorized to take acknowledgements. (2) A person that in good faith accepts an acknowledged power of attorney without actual knowledge that the …

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section: (a) A person shall either accept an acknowledged power of attorney or request a certification, a translation, or an opinion of counsel under KRS 457.190(4) no later than seven (7) business days after presentation…

Unless displaced by a provision of this chapter, the principles of law and equity supplement this chapter.

This chapter does not supersede any other law applicable to financial institutions or other entities, and the other law controls if inconsistent with this chapter.

The remedies under this chapter are not exclusive and do not abrogate any right or remedy under the law of this state other than this chapter.

(1) An agent under a power of attorney may do the following on behalf of the principal or with the principal’s property only if the power of attorney expressly grants the agent the authority and exercise of the authority is not otherwise prohibited by another agreement or instrum…

(1) An agent has authority described in this section and KRS 457.245 and 457.265 to 457.400 if the power of attorney refers to general authority with respect to the descriptive term for the subjects stated in KRS 457.270 to 457.390 or cites the section in which the authority is d…

Except as otherwise provided in the power of attorney, by executing a power of attorney that incorporates by reference a subject described in KRS 457.270 to 457.390 or that grants to an agent authority to do all acts that a principal could do pursuant to KRS 457.245(3), a princip…

Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to real property authorizes the agent to: (1) Demand, buy, lease, receive, accept as a gift or as security for an extension of credit, or otherwise acquire or …

Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to tangible personal property authorizes the agent to: (1) Demand, buy, receive, accept as a gift or as security for an extension of credit, or otherwise acqui…

Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to stocks and bonds authorizes the agent to: (1) Buy, sell, and exchange stocks and bonds; (2) Establish, continue, modify, or terminate an account with respec…

Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to commodities and options authorizes the agent to: (1) Buy, sell, exchange, assign, settle, and exercise commodity futures contracts and call or put options o…