{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-446.082","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 446.082","heading":"Published statement or restatement of law does not constitute law or policy","body":"of Commonwealth -- Common law adopted in absence of constitutional or\nstatutory treatment.\n(1) A statement or restatement of the law in any legal treatise, scholarly publ ication,\ntextbook, or other explanatory text shall not constitute the law or public policy of\nthe Commonwealth of Kentucky. No Kentucky court shall treat any such\npublication or text as controlling authority.\n(2) In the absence of a constitutional section or a statute on a given matter, Kentucky\nshall be deemed to have adopted the common law.","path":["KRS Chapter 446"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=49904","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:48:20Z","sha256":"2fa59dcb91716f22852a8768e0e3c3dbe5aab3d3f6d2b37e26e2182c8af298a4","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-446.080","next":"us-ky/krs-446.084"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}