KRS 172.100: County law library -- Location -- Books -- Electronic access -- Online legal

resources.

(1) A county law library shall be established in each county seat and the fiscal court of

each county shall designate sufficient room in the courthouse, i n a building of good

construction adjacent to the courthouse, in the local public library, or in a building

where sessions of the District or Circuit Court are regularly held, or a combination

of the foregoing, where such library shall be located and where the books and

materials of the library may be safely kept.

(2) The books of the county law library shall consist of all volumes belonging to the

state heretofore sent to the various county officials directed by law to receive such

books, and all volumes hereafter sent to such library by the state, and all books now

owned or hereafter acquired by the county for the library. Where required to be

provided by law, the state may provide electronic access to books and legal

resources in lieu of bound volumes. Th e counties may provide online legal

resources, including access and subscriptions to computer -assisted legal research

facilities and the related infrastructure required to access the internet, and may

acquire books, maps, computers and related equipment, o r other articles for the

library by purchase, gift, or devise.