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Kentucky Court Decisions

Supreme Court (Ky.) Court of Appeals (Ky. Ct. App.) ————— U.S. District Court—Eastern District (E.D. Ky.) * U.S. District Court—Western District (W.D. Ky.) * U.S. Bankruptcy Court—Eastern District (Bankr. E.D. Ky.) —————  * Not yet freely available.
Additional Resources
¶ Kentucky Appellate Court Briefs … [Northern Kentucky Univ. / Salmon P. Chase Coll. of Law]

Kentucky Constitution and Legislation

1. Constitution (Ky. Const.)
   Bills
   2011 Bills and Resolutions — Regular Session 2010 Bills and Resolutions — Special Session 2010 Bills and Resolutions — Regular Session 2009 Bills and Resolutions — Special Session 2009 Bills and Resolutions — Regular Session 2008 Bills and Resolutions — Special Session 2008 Bills and Resolutions — Regular Session 2007 Bills and Resolutions — Regular Session 2006 Bills and Resolutions — Special Session 2006 Bills and Resolutions — Regular Session 2005 Bills and Resolutions — Regular Session 2004 Bills and Resolutions — Special Session 2004 Bills and Resolutions — Regular Session 2003 Bills and Resolutions — Regular Session 2002 Bills and Resolutions — Special Session 2002 Bills and Resolutions — Regular Session 2001 Bills and Resolutions 2000 Bills and Resolutions 1998 Bills and Resolutions 1997 Bills and Resolutions — 2nd Special Session 1997 Bills and Resolutions — 1st Special Session
   See also the Kentucky General Assembly web site.

2. Kentucky Acts (Ky. Acts)

3. Kentucky Revised Statutes (Ky. Rev. Stat.)
   See also uniform laws and interstate compacts.

Kentucky Rules of Procedure and Practice

State Court Rules
Supreme Court Rules (Ky. S. Ct. R.) Administrative Procedures of the Court of Justice ————— Rules of Civil Procedure (Ky. R. Civ. P.) Rules of Criminal Procedure (Ky. R. Crim. P.) Rules of Evidence (Ky. R. Evid.) ————— Rules of Circuit Courts and District Courts
Your browser must have cookies enabled to access these Kentucky state court rules.
Federal Court Rules
U.S. District Court Rules—Eastern District (E.D. Ky. R.)     —Western District (W.D. Ky. R.) U.S. Bankruptcy Court Rules—Eastern District (E.D. Bankr. R.)     —Western District (W.D. Bankr. R.)

Kentucky Administrative Law Sources

1. Regulations
   Kentucky Administrative Regulations (Ky. Admin. Regs.)
   Kentucky Administrative Register (Ky. Admin. Reg.)

2. Opinions ♦ Decisions ♦ Orders ♦ Rulings
   Attorney General Opinions (Ops. Ky. Att’y Gen.)

Kentucky Ordinances and Home-Rule Charters

Charters
Note that a charter could be included in a collection of ordinances (see below) instead of being separately accessible.
County Ordinances
Boone County <2> Fayette County (Lexington) <3> Jefferson County (Louisville) <2> Kenton County <2> Woodford County <2>    
Click on the button keyed to the name of the county. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.
Municipal Ordinances
Alexandria <2> Ashland <2> Augusta <2> Berea <2> Bowling Green <2> Cadiz <2> Cold Spring <2> Covington <2> Crescent Springs <2> Crestview Hills <2> Danville <2> Douglass Hills <2> Edgewood <2> Erlanger <2> Flemingsburg <2> Florence <2> Ft. Mitchell <2> Ft. Thomas <2> Ft. Wright <2> Fulton <3> Henderson <3> Highland Heights <2> Hillview <2> Hopkinsville <2> Independence <2> Lexington (Fayette County) <3> Louisville (Jefferson County) <2> Madisonville <2> Mayfield <3> Maysville <2> Morehead <2> Mount Washington <2> Murray <2> Newport <2> Nicholasville <2> Owensboro <3> Paducah <3> Paris <2> Pikeville <2> Union <2> Versailles <2> Villa Hills <2> Walton <2> Warsaw <2> Winchester <3>    
Click on the button keyed to the name of the municipality. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.

Kentucky Law-Related Periodicals

1. Advocate, The (Advoc.) … [Kentucky Dep't of Public Advocacy] — Subtitle is “Journal of Criminal Justice Education & Research.”

Other Kentucky Commentary

1. Doing Business in Kentucky: An Introductory Guide. Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs LLP. … [Lex Mundi]

Kentucky Law-Related Topical Web Sites

Kentucky Court Information

Web Sites
See generally the web site for the Kentucky judicial branch.
Supreme Court Court of Appeals ————— Circuit Court Clerks Family Courts District Courts Drug Courts ————— U.S. District Court—Eastern District     —Western District U.S. Bankruptcy Court—Eastern District     —Western District
See also a map of judicial circuits (circuit courts) and a map of judicial districts (district courts).
1. Addresses ♦ Names ♦ Numbers

Kentucky Forms

Court Forms
U.S. District Court Forms—Western District U.S. Bankruptcy Court Forms—Eastern District     —Western District
1. Revenue Department — Forms

2. Business Entity Forms …[Paracorp, Inc. (Cal.)] — Convenient interface to view and print in-blank official state forms (in PDF files) for filing by business entities. A JavaScript-enabled browser is required.

Other Kentucky Resources

Government-Related Web Sites
General Assembly ————— Attorney General Public Advocacy Department ————— Revenue Cabinet Secretary of State Vital Statistics Office
See also the Piper Resources list of sites.
Additional Resources
¶ Vital Records — State Indexes … Search interface for state-maintained records of marriages (1973–1993), divorces (1973–1993), and deaths (1911–1992).
¶ Vital Records — Contact Information … [Elizabeth Orsay (Ind.)]
¶ Workers’ Compensation — Agency Contact and Staff Contact Information … [Robert W. McDowell / North Carolina Industrial Commission]
Bar Associations ♦ Law-Related Organizations
Kentucky Bar Association Kentucky Justice Association [formerly: Academy of Trial Attorneys] ————— Fayette County Bar Association
See the National Federation of Paralegal Associations for links to websites of member organizations.
Law Schools ♦ Admission to Practice ♦ Continuing Legal Education
Office of Bar Admissions ————— Louis D. Brandeis School of Law (University of Louisville) Salmon P. Chase College of Law (Northern Kentucky University) University of Kentucky College of Law
1. Consulate General of Canada in Detroit … Canadian consular services for Kentucky residents.

Legal Research and Assistance

Law Libraries
Kentucky State Law Library ————— Jefferson County Northern Kentucky University (Salmon P. Chase Coll. of Law) University of Kentucky University of Louisville (Louis D. Brandeis Sch. of Law)
See also links to web sites of public law libraries and catalogs of academic law libraries, maintained by the library at Washburn University School of Law; and the LibrarySites.Info database of library web sites (“Libcat”).
1. Bankruptcy Law and Procedures for Kentucky Residents … [Calicchia & Kinast LLP (Ohio)] — This web site, presented by a Cleveland bankruptcy law firm, covers basic information about the bankruptcy process, describes debt consolidation and credit counseling as alternatives to bankruptcy, lists the property that an individual is allowed to keep (with citations to governing provisions of Kentucky law), and gives information about the bankruptcy courts and how to contact bankruptcy attorneys in Kentucky.

2. Low-Cost Legal Aid … See also the web site for LawHelp.org and the web site for SelfHelpSupport.org.
   1. Legal Aid Network of Kentucky
   2. Kentucky Legal Help for the Poor … [Am. Bar Ass’n] — Contact information for statewide and local legal-aid programs, from the ABA’s Directory of Pro Bono Programs. The ABA also provides a page of links to pro bono programs’ web sites.
   3. WomensLaw.org — Sources of Legal Help … [WomensLaw.org (N.Y.)] — Sources of legal help (not limited to legal help for women) include statewide domestic-violence resources, local domestic-violence resources listed by city or town, free or low-cost legal services, and lawyer referral services.