KRS 431.540: Uniform schedule of amounts of bail in designated nonviolent Class D

felonies, misdemeanors, and violations.

The Supreme Court may by rule or order prescribe a uniform schedule of amounts of bail

in designated nonviolent Class D felonies, misdemeanors, and violations;

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, when the amount of bail is

fixed by such rule or order of the Supreme Court for a particular offense, the clerk

of the court or other public officers so authorized by the court's o rder shall accept

cash bail in the prescribed amount or the deposit authorized by KRS 431.530 and

release the defendant to appear in accordance with the conditions of the bail bond.

A receipt shall be delivered to the defendant for the bail so taken and wi thin a

reasonable time such bail shall be deposited with the clerk of the court having

jurisdiction of the offense.

(2) A court may, in the exercise of its reasonable discretion, refuse to set bail in the

amount prescribed by such rule or order of the Supr eme Court, but, in so doing, the

court must set forth in writing its reasons for such refusal.