{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-95.766","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 95.766","heading":"Action in Circuit Court.","body":"(1) Any member of the police or fire departments who shall be found guilty by the\nlegislative body of any charge as hereinbefore provided, may bring an action in the\nCircuit Court of the county in which said city may be located to contest the action of\nthat body.\n(2) Upon the request of the party accused, the clerk of said body shall file a certified\ncopy of the charges made and the judgment or the findings of the said body in the\nCircuit Court; which transcript having been filed, the cause shall be docketed in  the\nCircuit Court and tried as an original action by the judge of said court. Should the\nclerk of said body fail to certify and transmit the transcript aforesaid to the Circuit\nCourt within five (5) days after the request is made for same, then the party\naggrieved may file an affidavit in the said Circuit Court, setting out as fully as\npossible the charges made, the time of trial by said court and the judgment of said\nbody, together with the statements of the facts that the demand for transcript had\nbeen made upon the clerk of said body more than five (5) days before the filing of\nsaid affidavit. Upon the filing of said affidavit in the Circuit Court, said cause shall\nbe docketed in said court and the Circuit Court is hereby authorized to compel the\nfiling of said transcript by said clerk by entering the proper mandatory orders, and\nby fine and imprisonment, as in cases of contempt. Such action shall have\nprecedence over other business and be taken up and determined speedily.","path":["KRS Chapter 95"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=26045","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:55Z","sha256":"b797cd3032e2543f46c84f09ce227b752d48187cbfc681fc19aedf0b565a74d8","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-95.765","next":"us-ky/krs-95.7665"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}