KRS 26A.100: Places of holding court -- Facilities to be furnished by local governmental

units -- Procedure when local public facilities not available.

(1) The Circuit and the District Court shall be held in the county courthouse of each

county unless otherwise ordered by the Supreme Court in which case it may be held

at any other location made available by the county and owned, leased, or controlled

by the county. Circuit or District Court may also be held in such other locations in

the county as may be convenient and approved by the Supreme Court.

(2) Every county or urban -county government shall provide such reasonably available

space which would not disrupt the operation of county government as necessary in

the county courthouse, or in other county facilities as permitted in subsection (1) of

this section, for:

(a) A courtroom or courtrooms for the Circuit and the District Court;

(b) Chambers for the Circuit Judge and District Judge or Judges;

(c) Office space for the Circuit and District Court staffs;

(d) Office and storage space for the circuit clerk's operations;

(e) Jury facilities for the Circuit and the District Court;

(f) Office space for other officers of the Court of Justice including pretrial release

officers, court reporters, court administrators, judges' secretaries, friends of the

court and commissioners; and

(g) Such other facilities necessary for the operation of the Circuit and the District

Court as may be agreed upon by the county or urban -county government and

the Administrative Office of the Courts.

(3) If all necessary facilities for the holding of Circuit or District Court, for the clerk's

operations, or for the operation of the court or its ancillary functions, are not

available in county facilities, every city shall, upon request of the Admini strative

Office of the Courts, provide such reasonably available space which would not

disrupt the operation of city government as necessary in the city's facilities for the

operations of Circuit or District Court, or both. The city shall be responsible fo r

providing space for the operations listed in subsection (2) of this section.

(4) If all necessary facilities for the holding of Circuit or District Court, for the clerk's

operations, or for the operation of the court or its ancillary functions, are not

available in county or city facilities, every agency of state government, special

district, and independent agency of local government, other than a city, may, upon

the request of the Administrative Office of the Courts, provide such space as

necessary in f acilities owned, leased, or controlled by such organization for the

operations of Circuit or District Court, or both. The agency may provide space for

the operations listed in subsection (2) of this section.

(5) If all necessary facilities for the holding of Circuit or District Court, for the clerk's

operations, or for the operation of the court or its ancillary functions, are not

available in public facilities, private facilities may be rented, leased, purchased, or

otherwise acquired, by the Administrativ e Office of the Courts pursuant to

permission granted by the Chief Justice for such acquisition and in compliance with

the provisions of KRS Chapters 45 and 56.