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KRS § 156.400 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 156 / Section 156.400
156.400 School subjects' adoption groups -- Textbook contracts and purchases. (Effective until July 1, 2026)
Status: in_force

156.400 School subjects' adoption groups -- Textbook contracts and purchases.

(Effective until July 1, 2026)

(1) The chief state school officer shall arrange the elementary, middle, and high school

subjects included in the state courses of study as prescribed by the Kentucky Board

of Education into six (6) adoption groups.

(2) Contracts for each of the six (6) adoption groups shall be for a period of six (6)

years and shall be executed on a staggered basis, with one (1) group being up for

adoption each year. The six (6) adoption groups shall be arranged by similarity of

content to the extent possible, while being arranged as nearly equal in number and

purchase cost as possible. Subjects with rapidly changing or highly technical

content may be considered more frequently than once during a six (6) year cycle.

(3) The chief state school officer may delay the purchase of books due to insufficient

funds, but any purchases of books shall be in accordance with this chapter.156.400 School subjects review and selection groups -- Instructional materials

purchasing. (Effective July 1, 2026)

(1) The chief state school officer shall arrange the elementary, middle, and high school

subjects of reading and writing, mathematics, science, and social studies into

instructional materials review and selection groups aligned with the process and

schedule for reviewing Kentucky's academic standards and assessments established

under KRS 158.6453. Subjects by grade or by grade band with rapidly changing or

highly technical content may be considered more frequently than once during a six

(6) year cycle.

(2) The chief state school officer may delay the purchase of instructional materials due

to insufficient funds, but any purchases of instructional materials by a school

district or the department shall be in accordance with this chapter.
KRS § 5.101 — KY Code / Title II / Chapter 5 / Section 5.101
5.101 First Senatorial District
Status: in_force

5.101 First Senatorial District.

The First Senatorial District shall consist of the following territory:

County: Calloway KY

County: Crittenden KY

County: Fulton KY

County: Graves KY

County: Hickman KY

County: Lyon KY

County: Trigg KY
KRS § 452.070 — KY Code / Title XLII / Chapter 452 / Section 452.070
452.070 Order void unless expense of removal paid in ten (10) days
Status: in_force

452.070 Order void unless expense of removal paid in ten (10) days.

The order of change of venue shall be void unless within ten (10) days the party obtaining

the order pays to the clerk ten cents ($0.10) a mile for the expense of travel, going and

returning, in making the removal.
KRS § 6.734 — KY Code / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 6.734
6.734 Prohibition against disclosure or use of confidential information -- Penalty
Status: in_force

6.734 Prohibition against disclosure or use of confidential information -- Penalty.

A legislator shall not intentionally disclose or use confidential information acquired in the

course of his official duties, if the primary purpose of the disclosure is to further his own

economic interest or that of another person. Information shall be deemed confidential if it

is not subject to public disclosure pursuant to the Kentucky Open Records Act, KRS

61.872 to 61.884, at the time of its disclosure or use. Violation of this section is a Class D

felony.
KRS § 162.470 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 162 / Section 162.470
162.470 Insurance inspector to examine buildings annually
Status: in_force

162.470 Insurance inspector to examine buildings annually.

The board of education shall cause every building to be carefully examined annually by a

competent insurance inspector. The inspector shall make a written report of the result of

his examination with recommendations.
KRS § 209A.010 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 209A / Section 209A.010
209A.010 Purpose of chapter
Status: in_force

209A.010 Purpose of chapter.

The purpose of this chapter is to identify victims of domestic violence and abuse and

dating violence and abuse, to link those victims to services, and to provide protective

or therapeutic services for those who choose to accept them.
KRS § 91.4882 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 91 / Section 91.4882
91.4882 Action in rem -- Pleadings -- Default judgment -- Cross-claim by taxing authority
Status: in_force

91.4882 Action in rem -- Pleadings -- Default judgment -- Cross-claim by taxing

authority.

(1) Any action brought pursuant to KRS 91.488 to 91.4885 shall constitute an action in

rem and the pleadings therein shall consist of a petition and an answer or answers.

(2) An answer may be filed by any person or taxing authority owning or claiming any

right, title or interest in or to any tax bill constituting a tax lien on the real estate

described in the petition or by any person owning or claiming any right, title, or

interest in or to, or lien upon, such real estate. An answer shall include the nature

and amount of the interest and any defense or objection to the enforcement of the

tax liens listed in the petitions, and may include the allegations usually incorporated

by the appropriate pleadings.

(3) Any answers shall contain the caption and number of the case, and the count

number or numbers, as set out in the petition, of the parcels of real estate concerned.

Such answer must be filed with the Circuit Court clerk and a copy thereof served on

the collector not later than fifty (50) days after the date of the first publication of the

notice of enforcement.

(4) In the event of failure to answer within said fifty (50) day period, a default judgment

may be taken on all parcels of real estate for which no answer has been filed.

(5) Any taxing authority owning or claiming any interest, right or title in or to any tax

bill constituting a tax lien on the real property described in the petition filed

pursuant to KRS 91.4881 may either file a cross-claim or join the action as a co-

plaintiff using the provisions of KRS 91.484 to 91.527, notwithstanding the

provisions of KRS 134.010 et seq.
KRS § 257.480 — KY Code / Title XXI / Chapter 257 / Section 257.480
257.480 Legislative policy declared
Status: in_force

257.480 Legislative policy declared.

It is the legislative policy that every Kentucky citizen exert the maximum local effort to

enforce the livestock, poultry, and fish disease control programs in KRS 257.010 to KRS

257.470 and provide protection to the citizens and livestock, poultry, and fish of the

Commonwealth.
KRS § 176.506 — KY Code / Title XV / Chapter 176 / Section 176.506
176.506 Membership of commission -- Officers -- Meetings
Status: in_force

176.506 Membership of commission -- Officers -- Meetings.

(1) The Motorcycle Advisory Commission for Highway Safety shall be composed of

seven (7) members, appointed as follows:

(a) One (1) representative of the Office of Project Delivery and Preservation

within the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's Department of Highways,

appointed by the Governor;

(b) One (1) representative of the Office of Project Development within the

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's Department of Highways, appointed by the

Governor;

(c) One (1) representative of the Department of Kentucky State Police, appointed

by the Governor;

(d) Two (2) representatives of the Kentucky Motorcycle Association, to be

appointed by the Governor from a list of five (5) nominees selected by the

association;

(e) One (1) member of the Kentucky Motorcycle Safety Education Advisory

Commission, appointed by the Governor; and

(f) One (1) representative of the Kentucky Association of Highway Contractors,

to be appointed by the Governor from a list of five (5) nominees selected by

the association.

(2) Members of the Motorcycle Advisory Commission for Highway Safety shall serve a

term of four (4) years. Sitting members shall be eligible to succeed themselves.

(3) Commission members shall receive no compensation for their services and shall not

be compensated for expenses incurred from travel or in connection with the

performance of their duties as commission members.

(4) The commission shall elect its chair and vice chair from its membership.

(5) The commission shall meet quarterly or upon the call of the chair or the request of

the secretary of the Transportation Cabinet.

(6) A majority of the members of the commission constitutes a quorum and the

commission may make recommendations only at meetings where a quorum is

present.

(7) The commission shall keep a record of its meetings and recommendations.

(8) For administrative purposes, the commission shall be attached to the Office of

Highway Safety within the Department of Highways.
KRS § 198B.410 — KY Code / Title XVII / Chapter 198B / Section 198B.410
198B.410 Inspectors -- Certificates of competency -- Application -- Examination -- Issuance -- Reexamination
Status: in_force

198B.410 Inspectors -- Certificates of competency -- Application --

Examination -- Issuance -- Reexamination.

(1) A person shall not act either as a general inspector or as a special inspector of

elevators or fixed guideway systems unless he or she holds a certificate of

competency from the department.

(2) Application for examination as an inspector of elevators shall be in writing,

accompanied by a fee of ten dollars ($10), upon a form furnished by the

department, stating the school education of the applicant, a list of his or her

employers, his or her period of employment, and the position held with each.

An applicant shall also submit a letter from one (1) or more of his or her

previous employers attesting to his or her character and experience.

(3) Applications that contain any willful falsification or untruthful statements shall

be rejected. The applicant, if the department deems his or her history and

experience sufficient, shall be tested by means of a written examination dealing

with the construction, installation, operation, maintenance, and repair of

elevators, fixed guideway systems, and their appurtenances. The applicant

shall be accepted or rejected on the merits of his or her application and

examination.

(4) The department shall promulgate administrative regulations establishing the

training and certification requirements for inspectors of fixed guideway

systems.

(5) The department shall issue a certificate of competency in the inspection of

elevators to any applicant found competent upon examination. A rejected

applicant shall be entitled, after the expiration of ninety (90) days, and upon

payment of an examination fee of ten dollars ($10), to another examination. If

an applicant fails to pass the prescribed examination on a second attempt, he

or she shall not be permitted to apply for another examination for a period of

one (1) year after the second failure.
KRS § 426.575 — KY Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 426 / Section 426.575
426.575 Court to examine and approve deed
Status: in_force

426.575 Court to examine and approve deed.

A conveyance by a commissioner shall not pass any right, until it has been examined and

approved by the court; which approval shall be indorsed on the conveyance, and recorded

with it.
KRS § 425.096 — KY Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 425 / Section 425.096
425.096 Service of writ and bond by levying officer -- Attachment of property removed from the county
Status: in_force

425.096 Service of writ and bond by levying officer -- Attachment of property

removed from the county.

(1) At the time of the levy, the levying officer shall deliver to the person in possession

of the property a copy of the writ of possession with a copy of the plaintiff's bond

attached.

(2) If no one is in possession of the property at the time of levy, the levying officer shall

subsequently serve the writ and attached bond on the defendant or if he cannot be

found the levying officer shall leave the writ and attached bond at the usual place of

abode of the person in possession of the property.

(3) If after a writ of possession has been placed in the hands of the sheriff, any property

of the defendant be removed from the county the sheriff may pursue and attach it in

another county within twenty-four (24) hours after the removal.
KRS § 299.330 — KY Code / Title XXV / Chapter 299 / Section 299.330
299.330 Territory in which company may do business -- Change -- Removal of office
Status: in_force

299.330 Territory in which company may do business -- Change -- Removal of

office.

(1) No company shall insure any property located outside the limits of the territory

comprised in its certificate of incorporation, except that when a member lives on or

near the boundary line and has property both within and without the prescribed

boundary, his property without the boundary may be insured.

(2) Any company, by a majority vote of its membership, or by a majority vote of its

board of directors at any meeting where there is a legal quorum of directors in

session, may change the territory in which it is incorporated to do business to as few

or as many counties in this state as it may see fit to include in its territory. The

change of territory shall be effective upon the members of the board of directors

filing a proper certificate of such action with the commissioner.

(3) The board of directors may, by resolution duly passed at any regular meeting,

remove the office of the company to any municipality in which it is authorized to do

business. The removal shall not be made until after the expiration of five (5) days

from the passage of the resolution and the filing of a copy in the office of the

commissioner.
KRS § 6.247 — KY Code / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 6.247
6.247 Bill request files
Status: in_force

6.247 Bill request files.

The Legislative Research Commission shall maintain separate bill request files as

follows:

(1) A regular session bill request file in which all requests for legislation to be enacted

at a regular session are filed in serial order;

(2) A special session bill request file which shall be maintained from the time the

Governor issues an executive order calling a special session of the General

Assembly until the end of the special session in which all requests for legislation to

be enacted at a special session are filed in serial order;

(3) Bill requests filed for a particular type of session of the General Assembly shall not

be introduced in a session of a type other than that for which they are filed. This

section shall not be construed as prohibiting the filing of multiple requests by the

same or other sponsors for one (1) or more types of sessions of the General

Assembly.

(4) Each bill request shall indicate on its face the type of session and the year of session

of the General Assembly for which it is being filed.
KRS § 342.245 — KY Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 342 / Section 342.245
342.245 Record of proceedings
Status: in_force

342.245 Record of proceedings.

All proceedings of the board and the administrative law judges shall be recorded in books

kept for that purpose by the commissioner, which shall constitute a public record and

shall contain an entry of each case, claim, or proceeding considered, heard or passed upon

by each administrative law judge and the board, with the award, finding or decisions

made thereon.
KRS § 167.170 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 167 / Section 167.170
167.170 Expulsion of students
Status: in_force

167.170 Expulsion of students.

The Kentucky Board of Education shall alone have the power to expel a pupil from the

Kentucky School for the Blind or the Kentucky School for the Deaf. The board may

delegate that power to a three (3) member panel of the board.
KRS § 367.760 — KY Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 367 / Section 367.760
367.760 Description of defect repaired on new mobile home
Status: in_force

367.760 Description of defect repaired on new mobile home.

Any dealer, manufacturer or wholesaler making a repair on a new mobile home prior to

the delivery to the owner must state in writing to the owner at the time of the delivery the

nature of any defect repaired by such dealer, manufacturer, or wholesaler. The statement

must contain a complete description of cause of the damage which was repaired as well as

the nature of the repairs made, so that a determination can be made as to whether the

owner may have any rights provided by KRS 367.710 to 367.775.
KRS § 39F.210 — KY Code / Title V / Chapter 39F / Section 39F.210
39F.210 Administrative regulations
Status: in_force

39F.210 Administrative regulations.

The Division of Emergency Management may promulgate administrative regulations

which address minimum training requirements and standards of response for individuals,

agencies, and organizations who respond to the following search and rescue missions:

(1) Searching for missing, lost, or overdue person or persons;

(2) Cave rescue;

(3) Dive rescue and recovery of drowning victims;

(4) Inland water search, rescue, and recovery;

(5) Search dogs and handlers; testing and certification;

(6) Urban search and rescue; and

(7) High angle or rough terrain rescue and recovery.
KRS § 387.830 — KY Code / Title XXXIII / Chapter 387 / Section 387.830
387.830 Exclusive and continuing jurisdiction
Status: in_force

387.830 Exclusive and continuing jurisdiction.

Except as otherwise provided in KRS 387.828, a court that has appointed a guardian or

issued a protective order consistent with KRS 387.810 to 387.854 has exclusive and

continuing jurisdiction over the proceeding until it is terminated by the court or the

appointment or order expires by its own terms.
KRS § 403A.402 — KY Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 403A / Section 403A.402
403A.402 Consent procedure for terminating temporary grant of custodial responsibility established by court order
Status: in_force

403A.402 Consent procedure for terminating temporary grant of custodial

responsibility established by court order.

At any time after a deploying parent returns from deployment, the deploying parent and

the other parent may file with the court an agreement to terminate a temporary order for

custodial responsibility issued under KRS 403A.301 to 403A.311. After an agreement has

been filed, the court shall issue an order terminating the temporary order effective on the

date specified in the agreement. If a date is not specified, the order is effective

immediately.
KRS § 425.061 — KY Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 425 / Section 425.061
425.061 Effect of determinations of judicial officer
Status: in_force

425.061 Effect of determinations of judicial officer.

The determinations of the judicial officer under this chapter shall have no effect on the

determination of any issues in the action other than the issues relevant to proceedings

under this chapter, nor shall they affect the rights of any party in any other action arising

out of the same claim. The determinations of the judicial officer under this chapter shall

not be given in evidence nor referred to in the trial of any such action.
KRS § 351.9901 — KY Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 351 / Section 351.9901
351.9901 Moratorium ending April 8, 1996, on levying of mandatory fines and penalties pursuant to KRS 351.990 -- Exceptions
Status: in_force

351.9901 Moratorium ending April 8, 1996, on levying of mandatory fines and

penalties pursuant to KRS 351.990 -- Exceptions.

Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, there shall be, beginning on

April 8, 1994, a two (2) year moratorium on the levying of any mandatory fines or

penalties pursuant to KRS 351.990 against the operator or miner who violates any

provision of this chapter, except the two (2) year moratorium shall not apply to the

penalty provisions of KRS 351.990(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), and (6).
KRS § 391.240 — KY Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 391 / Section 391.240
391.240 Creditors' rights
Status: in_force

391.240 Creditors' rights.

KRS 391.210 to 391.260 does not affect rights of creditors with respect to property to

which KRS 391.210 to 391.260 applies.
KRS § 402.235 — KY Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 402 / Section 402.235
402.235 Correction of license by clerk -- Affidavit -- Penalty for false statement
Status: in_force

402.235 Correction of license by clerk -- Affidavit -- Penalty for false statement.

(1) A clerk of the county where a marriage license was issued or recorded, upon receipt

of an affidavit executed by both parties to the marriage, may correct a marriage

application or marriage license that contains errors or omitted information. The

corrections may include but are not limited to:

(a) Misspelling of a participant's name or address;

(b) Misspelling of the name of a parent or witness;

(c) Omitted witness, county of marriage, or officiant information; or

(d) Incorrect:

1. Occupational information;

2. Marriage date;

3. Location of birth; or

4. Parent information.

(2) Nothing in this section shall preclude the parties from obtaining a corrected

marriage license by an order of the court pertaining to any of the information in

subsection (1) of this section or as may be otherwise required by law.

(3) Any person who intentionally makes a material false statement in the affidavit shall

be subject to the penalties prescribed in KRS 523.030.
KRS § 35.830 — KY Code / Title V / Chapter 35 / Section 35.830
35.830 Supersedes existing state military justice codes
Status: in_force

35.830 Supersedes existing state military justice codes.

Upon June 25, 2013, this chapter supersedes all existing statutes, ordinances, directives,

rules, regulations, orders, and other laws in the state covered by the subject matter of this

chapter, and all such statutes, ordinances, directives, rules, regulations, orders, and other

laws are hereby superseded.
KRS § 95.769 — KY Code / Title IX / Chapter 95 / Section 95.769
95.769 Management of fund -- Assessments against salaries of policemen and firefighters
Status: in_force

95.769 Management of fund -- Assessments against salaries of policemen and

firefighters.

Said board of trustees of the policemen's and firefighters' pension fund shall have the

exclusive control and management of the said fund and all moneys donated, paid or

assessed for the relief or for pensioning retired, crippled or disabled members of the

police or fire departments or the widows and dependent children under the age of

fourteen (14) years or dependent fathers or mothers of any members of the departments

killed in the service, while in line of duty, and shall assess each member of the police and

fire departments not exceeding three and one-half percent (3.5%) of the salary of such

member, to be deducted and withheld from the monthly pay of each member so assessed,

the same to be placed by the treasurer or chief financial officer of such city to the credit of

such fund, subject to the order of such board.
KRS § 164.991 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 164 / Section 164.991
164.991 Penalty
Status: in_force

164.991 Penalty.

Any person who deliberately violates the provisions of KRS 164.283, upon conviction,

shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25), nor more than one

hundred dollars ($100), and/or imprisonment in the county jail for up to thirty (30) days.
KRS § 235.260 — KY Code / Title XIX / Chapter 235 / Section 235.260
235.260 Status of accident reports
Status: in_force

235.260 Status of accident reports.

All required accident reports and supplemental reports shall be without prejudice to the

individual making them and shall be for the confidential use of the department, except

that the department may disclose the identity of a person involved in an accident when his

identity is not otherwise known or when he denies his presence at an accident. No such

report shall be used in evidence in any trial arising out of an accident, but the department

shall furnish upon demand of any person who has or claims to have made such a report

or, upon demand of any court, a certificate showing that a specified accident report has or

has not been made to the department, solely in order to prove compliance or

noncompliance with the requirements of KRS 235.250 that such a report be made.