KRS 431.523: Bail for nonresidents charged with driving under the influence.

(1) Bail for persons who are not residents of Kentucky who are charged with a violation

of KRS 189A.010 shall be five hundred dollars ($500) unless the defendant was

involved in a motor vehicle accident in which property damage or physical injury to

a person was involved in which case bail shall be one thousand five hundred dollars

($1,500). In the event of serious physical injury or death the minimum amount of

bail shall be five thousand dollars ($5,000).

(2) No court shall release a person charged with a vi olation of KRS 189A.010 who is

not a resident of Kentucky without the imposition of bail as required by subsection

(1) of this section. Bail in subsection (1) of this section shall be accepted in the full

cash amount only, or with court approved surety fo r that amount, and no other form

of bail shall be acceptable.