Courts of Kentucky include:
;Kentucky Court of Justice
Under an amendment to the Kentucky Constitution The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is the document that governs the Commonwealth of Kentucky. It was first adopted in 1792 and has since been rewritten three times and amended many more. The later versions were adopted in 1799, 1850, a ...
passed by the state's voters in 1975, judicial power in Kentucky is "vested exclusively in one Court of Justice", divided into the following:
*Kentucky Supreme Court
The Kentucky Supreme Court was created by a 1975 constitutional amendment and is the state supreme court of the U.S. state of Kentucky. Prior to that the Kentucky Court of Appeals was the only appellate court in Kentucky. The Kentucky Court of ...
**Kentucky Court of Appeals
The Kentucky Court of Appeals is the lower of Kentucky's two appellate courts, under the Kentucky Supreme Court. Prior to a 1975 amendment to the Kentucky Constitution the Kentucky Court of Appeals was the only appellate court in Kentucky.
The ...
***Kentucky Circuit Courts The Kentucky Circuit Courts are the state courts of general jurisdiction in the U.S. state of Kentucky.
Jurisdiction and bench
The Circuit Courts are trial courts with original jurisdiction in cases involving capital offenses and other felonies; ...
(57 circuits)
****Kentucky District Courts
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, ...
(60 judicial districts)
;Federal courts located in this state
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*United States District Court for the District of Kentucky
The following are former United States district courts, which ceased to exist because they were subdivided into smaller units. With the exception of California, each of these courts initially covered an entire U.S. state, and was subdivided as the ...
(extinct, subdivided)
References
External links
National Center for State Courts – directory of state court websites
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Courts in the United States