{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-431.530","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 431.530","heading":"Deposit of bail security -- Payments into public advocate special account --","body":"Return of deposit when innocent or charges dropped or dismissed.\n(1) Any person who has been permitted to execute a bail bond in accordance with KRS\n431.520(3)(b) shall dep osit with the clerk of the court before which the action is\npending a sum of money equal to ten percent (10%) of the bail, but in no event shall\nsuch deposit be less than ten dollars ($10) unless the defendant earned full credit\ntoward the applicable amoun t of bail pursuant to KRS 431.066, in which case the\ndefendant shall not be required to make a deposit with the clerk of the court.\n(2) Upon depositing said sum the defendant shall be released from custody subject to\nall conditions of release imposed by the court.\n(3) Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, if the conditions of release have\nbeen performed and the defendant has been discharged from all obligations in the\naction the clerk of the court shall return to the defendant, unless the co urt orders\notherwise, ninety percent (90%) of the sum deposited and shall retain as bail costs\nten percent (10%) of the amount deposited; provided, however, in no event shall the\namount retained by the clerk as bail costs be less than five dollars ($5). It  is further\nprovided that the court shall order the clerk of court to pay into the public advocate\nspecial account any amount of the sum deposited by the defendant, in excess of bail\ncosts, which in its sound discretion represents a reasonable fee for any public\nadvocate legal or investigative services provided for the defendant under KRS\nChapter 31, but in no event shall the amount so paid to the public advocate special\naccount as public advocate legal and investigative fees be less than five dollars ($5)\nper case. At the request of the defendant the court may order the amount repayable\nto defendant from such deposit to be paid to defendant's attorney of record.\n(4) Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, if a final judgment for a fine\nand court costs or either is entered in the prosecution of an action in which a deposit\nhas been made in accordance with subsection (1) of this section, the balance of such\ndeposit, after deduction of bail costs and public advocate fees as provided for in\nsubsection (3) of this section, shall be applied to the satisfaction of the judgment.\n(5) If the defendant has performed all conditions of release and if the defendant is\nfound not guilty of the offense for which bail was posted, or if all charges against\nhim relating to the offense for which bail was posted are dropped or dismissed, then\nall bail money deposited by the defendant or by another person on his behalf shall\nbe returned to him with no deductions therefrom as provided in subsection (3) or (4)\nof this section.","path":["KRS Chapter 431"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=40906","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:46Z","sha256":"f4ae4b760faf44a34f39706c5985343c3de9eab84ec472d93dd18a78bc867818","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-431.525","next":"us-ky/krs-431.5305"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}