{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-421.600","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 421.600","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in KRS 421.610 to 421.690:\n(1) \"Penal institutions\" includes a jail, prison, penitentiary, house of correction or other\nplace of penal detention;\n(2) \"State\" includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the\nCommonwealth of Puerto Rico and any territory of the United States;\n(3) \"Witness\" means a person who is confined in a penal institution in any state and\nwhose testimony is desired in another state in any criminal proceeding or\ninvestigation by a grand jury or in any criminal action before a court.","path":["KRS Chapter 421"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=18085","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:39Z","sha256":"9b118f18761058c73a639004cf274395215a7644173924c556230b171efd9d31","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-421.576","next":"us-ky/krs-421.610"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}