KRS 24A.110: Criminal jurisdiction.

(1) The District Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to make final disposition of all

criminal matters, including violations of county, urban-county, or city ordinances or

codes, except:

(a) Offenses denominated by statute as felonies or capital offenses; and

(b) Offenses punishable by death or imprisonment in the penitentiary.

(2) The District Court has exclusive jurisdiction to make a final disposition of any

charge or a public offense denominated as a misdemeanor or violation, except

where the charge is joined with an indictment for a felony, and all violations of

county, urban-county, or city ordinances and, prior to trial, to commit the defendant

to jail or hold him to bail or other form of pretrial release.

(3) The District Court has, concurrent with C ircuit Court, jurisdiction to examine any

charge of a public offense denominated as a felony or capital offense or which may

be punished by death or imprisonment in the penitentiary and to commit the

defendant to jail or hold him to bail or other form of pretrial release.

(4) The District Court may, upon motion and for good cause shown, reduce a charge of

a felony to a misdemeanor in accordance with the Rules of Criminal Procedure.