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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 187.400: Courts to report on unpaid judgments and convictions.

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  1. KRS Chapter 187

(1) Whenever any person fails within sixty (60) days to satisfy any judgment, it shall be

the duty of the clerk of the court in which any such judgment is rendered within this

state to forward to the cabinet immediately after the expiration of said sixty (60)

days a certified copy of such judgment. If the defendant named in any certified copy

of a judgment reported to the cabinet is a nonresident, the cabinet shall transmit a

certified copy of the judgment to the official in charge of the issuance of licenses

and registration certificates of the state of which the defendant is a resident.

(2) The clerk of the court in which any conviction for violation of a motor vehicle law

is rendered, or in which a person charged with violation of a motor vehicle law has

pleaded guilty or forfeited bail, shall forward immediately to the cabinet a certified

copy of the judgment, order or record of other action of the court. This copy shall be

prima facie evidence of the conviction, plea or other action stated.

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