KRS 383.210: Issual and form of warrant -- Jury not summoned unless demanded.

(1) Upon complaint by a person aggrieved by a forcible entry or detainer to the District

Court of the county in which the land or tenement, or a principal part thereof, lies, a

warrant shall issue to the sheriff or any constable, in substance as follows: "The

Commonwealth of Kentucky to the sheriff (or any constable) of .... county:

Whereas, A B hath made complaint that C D and E F did, on the .... day of ....,

forcibly enter into (or forcibly detain from the said A B) one (1) house and field on

the waters of ...., in the county aforesaid (or other general description of the lands or

tenements), which were in the peaceable possession of A B (or which the said C D

and E F, tenants of the said A B, now hold against him): You are, therefore,

commanded to summon a g ood and lawful jury of your county to meet on the

premises, or at a place convenient thereto, on the .... day of ...., to inquire into the

forcible entry (or forcible detainer) aforesaid; and give to the said C D and E F at

least three (3) days' notice of the time and place of the meeting of the jury; and have

then there this writ. Witness, etc."

(2) In the trial of writs of forcible entry, forcible detainer or forcible entry and detainer,

if neither party, in person or by agent or attorney, demand a jury, the trial thereof

shall be by the court. No such writ shall hereafter direct the summoning of a jury,

and the sheriff or other officer to whose hands such writ may come to do execution

thereof shall not summon a jury in such proceedings, unless he be by ei ther party

notified in writing that a jury is demanded. At the calling of the cause for trial either

party may demand a jury.