KRS 421.610: Summoning prisoner in this state to testify in another state.

A judge of the state court of record in another state, which by its laws has made provision

for commanding persons confined in penal institutions within that state to attend and

testify in this state, may certify that there is a criminal proceeding or inve stigation by a

grand jury or a criminal action pending in the court, that a person who is confined in a

penal institution in this state may be a material witness in the proceeding, investigation or

action, and that his presence will be required during a sp ecified time. Upon presentation

of the certificate to any judge having jurisdiction over the person confined, and upon

notice to the Attorney General, the judge in this state shall fix a time and place for a

hearing and shall make an order directed to the person having custody of the prisoner

requiring that the prisoner be produced before him at the hearing.