{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-26a.100","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 26A.100","heading":"Places of holding court -- Facilities to be furnished by local governmental","body":"units -- Procedure when local public facilities not available.\n(1) The Circuit and the District Court shall be held in the county courthouse of each\ncounty unless otherwise ordered by the Supreme Court in which case it may be held\nat any other location made available by the county and owned, leased, or controlled\nby the county. Circuit or District Court may also be held in such other locations in\nthe county as may be convenient and approved by the Supreme Court.\n(2) Every county or urban -county government shall provide such reasonably available\nspace which would not disrupt the operation of county government as necessary in\nthe county courthouse, or in other county facilities as  permitted in subsection (1) of\nthis section, for:\n(a) A courtroom or courtrooms for the Circuit and the District Court;\n(b) Chambers for the Circuit Judge and District Judge or Judges;\n(c) Office space for the Circuit and District Court staffs;\n(d) Office and storage space for the circuit clerk's operations;\n(e) Jury facilities for the Circuit and the District Court;\n(f) Office space for other officers of the Court of Justice including pretrial release\nofficers, court reporters, court administrators, judges' secretaries, friends of the\ncourt and commissioners; and\n(g) Such other facilities necessary for the operation of the Circuit and the District\nCourt as may be agreed upon by the county or urban -county government and\nthe Administrative Office of the Courts.\n(3) If all necessary facilities for the holding of Circuit or District Court, for the clerk's\noperations, or for the operation of the court or its ancillary functions, are not\navailable in county facilities, every city shall, upon request of the Admini strative\nOffice of the Courts, provide such reasonably available space which would not\ndisrupt the operation of city government as necessary in the city's facilities for the\noperations of Circuit or District Court, or both. The city shall be responsible fo r\nproviding space for the operations listed in subsection (2) of this section.\n(4) If all necessary facilities for the holding of Circuit or District Court, for the clerk's\noperations, or for the operation of the court or its ancillary functions, are not\navailable in county or city facilities, every agency of state government, special\ndistrict, and independent agency of local government, other than a city, may, upon\nthe request of the Administrative Office of the Courts, provide such space as\nnecessary in f acilities owned, leased, or controlled by such organization for the\noperations of Circuit or District Court, or both. The agency may provide space for\nthe operations listed in subsection (2) of this section.\n(5) If all necessary facilities for the holding of Circuit or District Court, for the clerk's\noperations, or for the operation of the court or its ancillary functions, are not\navailable in public facilities, private facilities may be rented, leased, purchased, or\notherwise acquired, by the Administrativ e Office of the Courts pursuant to\npermission granted by the Chief Justice for such acquisition and in compliance with\nthe provisions of KRS Chapters 45 and 56.","path":["KRS Chapter 26A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=20889","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:48:46Z","sha256":"f30eded339f81159c005ddde4efba298d6114f0a68eb389d7befd5adfdbcd8d7","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-26a.090","next":"us-ky/krs-26a.105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}