Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRE 801A: Prior statements of witnesses and admissions

(a) Prior statements of witnesses.  A statement is not excluded by the hearsay rule, even
though the declarant is available as a witness, if the declarant testifies at the trial or
hearing and is examined concerning the statement, with a foundation laid as
required by KRE 613, and the statement is:
(1) Inconsistent with the declarant's testimony;
(2) Consistent with the declarant's testimony and is offered to rebut an express or
implied charge against the declarant of recent fabrication or improper
influence or motive; or
(3) One of identification of a person made after perceiving the person.
(b) Admissions of parties.  A statement is not excluded by the hearsay rule, even
though the declarant is available as a witness, if the statement is offered against a
party and is:
(1) The party's own statement, in either an individual or a representative capacity;
(2) A statement of which the party has manifested an adoption or belief in its
truth;
(3) A statement by a person authorized by the party to make a statement
concerning the subject;
(4) A statement by the party's agent or servant concerning a matter within the
scope of the agency or employment, made during the existence of the
relationship; or
(5) A statement by a coconspirator of a party during the course and in furtherance
of the conspiracy.
(c) Admission by privity:
(1) Wrongful death.  A statement by the deceased is not excluded by the hearsay
rule when offered as evidence against the plaintiff in an action for wrongful
death of the deceased.
(2) Predecessors in interest.  Even though the declarant is available as a witness,
when a right, title, or interest in any property or claim asserted by a party to a
civil action requires a determination that a right, title, or interest existed in the
declarant, evidence o f a statement made by the declarant during the time the
party now claims the declarant was the holder of the right, title, or interest is
not excluded by the hearsay rule when offered against the party if the evidence
would be admissible if offered against the declarant in an action involving that
right, title, or interest.
(3) Predecessors in litigation.  Even though the declarant is available as a witness,
when the liability, obligation, or duty of a party to a civil action is based in
whole or in part up on the liability, obligation, or duty of the declarant, or
when the claim or right asserted by a party to a civil action is barred or
diminished by a breach of duty by the declarant, evidence of a statement made
by the declarant is not excluded by the hear say rule when offered against the
party if the evidence would be admissible against the declarant in an action
involving that liability, obligation, duty, or breach of duty.

Where this section sits in the code

KENTUCKY RULES OF EVIDENCE ----- Legislative Research Commission Note (7/1/92). Although denominated "rules," the elements of the Kentucky Rules of Evidence were enacted as statutes by the Kentucky General Assembly. See 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 88; 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 324. Originally codified as KRS Chapter 422A in 1990, the Kentucky Rules of Evidence were renumbered by the Reviser of Statutes, effective July 1, 1992, pursuant to 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 324, sec. 34. By an order dated May 12, 1992, the Kentucky Supreme Court "adopt[ed] so much of the Kentucky Rules of Evidence as enacted by HB 241 [1992 Ky. Acts ch. 324] as comes within the rule making power of the Court, pursuant to Ky. Const. sec. 116."

(a) Prior statements of witnesses. A statement is not excluded by the hearsay rule, even

though the declarant is available as a witness, if the declarant testifies at the trial or

hearing and is examined concerning the statement, with a foundation laid as

required by KRE 613, and the statement is:

(1) Inconsistent with the declarant's testimony;

(2) Consistent with the declarant's testimony and is offered to rebut an express or

implied charge against the declarant of recent fabrication or improper

influence or motive; or

(3) One of identification of a person made after perceiving the person.

(b) Admissions of parties. A statement is not excluded by the hearsay rule, even

though the declarant is available as a witness, if the statement is offered against a

party and is:

(1) The party's own statement, in either an individual or a representative capacity;

(2) A statement of which the party has manifested an adoption or belief in its

truth;

(3) A statement by a person authorized by the party to make a statement

concerning the subject;

(4) A statement by the party's agent or servant concerning a matter within the

scope of the agency or employment, made during the existence of the

relationship; or

(5) A statement by a coconspirator of a party during the course and in furtherance

of the conspiracy.

(1) Wrongful death. A statement by the deceased is not excluded by the hearsay

rule when offered as evidence against the plaintiff in an action for wrongful

death of the deceased.

(2) Predecessors in interest. Even though the declarant is available as a witness,

when a right, title, or interest in any property or claim asserted by a party to a

civil action requires a determination that a right, title, or interest existed in the

declarant, evidence o f a statement made by the declarant during the time the

party now claims the declarant was the holder of the right, title, or interest is

not excluded by the hearsay rule when offered against the party if the evidence

would be admissible if offered against the declarant in an action involving that

right, title, or interest.

(3) Predecessors in litigation. Even though the declarant is available as a witness,

when the liability, obligation, or duty of a party to a civil action is based in

whole or in part up on the liability, obligation, or duty of the declarant, or

when the claim or right asserted by a party to a civil action is barred or

diminished by a breach of duty by the declarant, evidence of a statement made

by the declarant is not excluded by the hear say rule when offered against the

party if the evidence would be admissible against the declarant in an action

involving that liability, obligation, duty, or breach of duty.

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