KRS 421.650: Prisoner from another state summoned to testify in this state.

If a person confined in a penal institution in any other state may be a material witness in a

criminal action pending in a court of record or in a grand jury investigation in this state, a

judge of the court may certify that there is a criminal proceeding or investigation by a

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

penal institution in the other state may be a material witness in the proceeding,

investigation or action, and that his presence will be required during a specified time.

The certificate shall be presented to a judge of a court of record in the other state having

jurisdiction over the prisoner confined, and a notice shall be given to the attorney general

of the state in which the prisoner is confined.