Kentucky District Courts Explained
The Kentucky District Courts are the state courts of limited jurisdiction in the U.S. state of Kentucky.
Jurisdiction and bench
The District Courts are trial courts of limited jurisdiction that hear misdemeanor criminal cases, traffic violations, violations of county and municipal ordinances and small claims.[1] They also have concurrent jurisdiction with the family court division of the Circuit Court over proceedings involving domestic violence and abuse, the Uniform Parentage Act and Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, dependency, child abuse and neglect, and juvenile status offenses.
Appeals from decisions of the District Courts are made to the corresponding Circuit Court for that particular district. Further appeals can be made on a discretionary basis to the Kentucky Court of Appeals as well as the Kentucky Supreme Court.
Districts
- First District – Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, and Hickman counties
- Second District – McCracken county
- Third District – Christian county
- Fourth District – Hopkins county
- Fifth District – Crittenden, Webster, and Union counties
- Sixth District – Daviess county
- Seventh District – Logan and Todd counties
- Eighth District – Warren county
- Ninth District – Hardin county
- Tenth District – Hart and LaRue counties
- Eleventh District – Green, Marion, Taylor, and Washington counties
- Twelfth District – Henry, Oldham, and Trimble counties
- Thirteenth District - Garrard, Jessamine, and Lincoln counties
- Fourteenth District - Bourbon, Scott, and Woodford counties
- Fifteenth District - Carroll, Grant, and Owen counties
- Sixteenth District - Kenton county
- Seventeenth District - Campbell county
- Eighteenth District - Harrison, Nicholas, Pendleton, and Robertson counties
- Nineteenth District - Bracken, Fleming, and Mason counties
- Twentieth District - Greenup and Lewis counties
- Twenty-first District - Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, and Rowan counties
- Twenty-second District - Fayette county
- Twenty-third District - Estill, Lee, and Owsley counties
- Twenty-fourth District - Johnson, Lawrence, and Martin counties
- Twenty-fifth District - Clark and Madison counties
- Twenty-sixth District - Harlan county
- Twenty-seventh District - Knox and Laurel counties
- Twenty-eighth District - Pulaski and Rockcastle counties
- Twenty-ninth District - Adair and Casey counties
- Thirtieth District - Jefferson county
- Thirty-first District - Floyd county
- Thirty-second District - Boyd county
- Thirty-third District - Perry county
- Thirty-fourth District - McCreary and Whitley counties
- Thirty-fifth District - Pike county
- Thirty-sixth District - Knott and Magoffin counties
- Thirty-seventh District - Carter, Elliott, and Morgan counties
- Thirty-eighth District - Butler, Edmonson, Hancock, and Ohio counties
- Thirty-ninth District - Breathitt, Powell, and Wolfe counties
- Fortieth District - Clinton, Russell, and Wayne counties
- Forty-first District - Clay, Jackson, and Leslie counties
- Forty-second District - Calloway county
- Forty-third District - Barren and Metcalfe counties
- Forty-fourth District - Bell county
- Forty-fifth District - McLean and Muhlenberg counties
- Forty-sixth District - Breckinridge, Grayson, and Meade counties
- Forty-seventh District - Letcher county
- Forty-eighth District - Franklin county
- Forty-ninth District - Allen and Simpson counties
- Fiftieth District - Boyle and Mercer counties
- Fifty-first District - Henderson county
- Fifty-second District - Graves county
- Fifty-third District - Anderson, Shelby, and Spencer counties
- Fifty-fourth District - Boone and Gallatin counties
- Fifty-fifth District - Bullitt county
- Fifty-sixth District - Caldwell, Livingston, Lyon, and Trigg counties
- Fifty-seventh District - Nelson county
- Fifty-eighth District - Marshall county
- Fifty-ninth District - Cumberland and Monroe counties
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: District Court - Kentucky Court of Justice . 2023-01-09 . kycourts.gov.
