{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-69.010","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 69.010","heading":"Duty of Commonwealth's attorney to attend to civil cases in Circuit Court --","body":"Exceptions.\n(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the Commonwealth's attorney\nshall, except in Franklin County, attend to all civil cases and proceedings  in which\nthe Commonwealth is interested in the Circuit Courts of his judicial circuit. In civil\ncases the Governor may employ counsel to assist the Commonwealth's attorney.\nThe fees of the counsel employed by the Governor shall be paid out of the State\nTreasury upon a voucher signed by the Governor.\n(2) In each judicial circuit containing a city of the first class, an urban -county\ngovernment, or any city with a population of twenty -five thousand (25,000) or\nmore, the Commonwealth's attorney shall not be re quired to represent the\nCommonwealth in any civil proceedings.","path":["KRS Chapter 69"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=43627","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:30Z","sha256":"84854b98d9f78b0fa8ce6076f31f38b4789124b35ee84f274d6e894f7050fc1b","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-69.008","next":"us-ky/krs-69.013"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}