{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-417.060","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 417.060","heading":"Proceedings to compel or stay arbitration.","body":"(1) On application of a party showing an agreement described in KRS 417.050, and the\nopposing party's refusal to arbitrate, the court shall order the parties to proceed with\narbitration.  If the opposing party denies the existence of the agreement to arbitrate ,\nthe court shall proceed summarily to the determination of the issue so raised.  The\ncourt shall order arbitration if found for the moving party; otherwise, the application\nshall be denied.\n(2) On application, the court may stay an arbitration proceeding  commenced or\nthreatened on a showing that there is no agreement to arbitrate.  Such an issue, when\nin substantial and bona fide dispute, shall be forthwith and summarily tried and the\nstay ordered if found for the moving party.  If found for the opposing party, the\ncourt shall order the parties to proceed to arbitration.\n(3) If an issue referable to arbitration under the alleged agreement is involved in an\naction or proceeding pending in a court having jurisdiction to hear applications\nunder subsection (1 ) of this section, the application shall be made therein.\nOtherwise and subject to KRS 417.210, the application may be made in any court of\ncompetent jurisdiction.\n(4) Any action or proceeding involving an issue subject to arbitration shall be stayed if\nan order for arbitration or an application therefor has been made under this section;\nor if the issue is severable, the stay may be with respect thereto only.  When the\napplication is made in such action or proceeding, the order for arbitration shall\ninclude such stay.\n(5) An order for arbitration shall not be refused on the ground that the claim in issue\nlacks merit or bona fides or because any fault or grounds for the claim sought to be\narbitrated have not been shown.","path":["KRS Chapter 417"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=17991","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:38Z","sha256":"f8f5ac2b76b646f148e9f39ae9cd8577d75230fa6753737edc1b66768a035c4b","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-417.050","next":"us-ky/krs-417.070"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}