KENTUCKY SMALL CLAIMS INFORMATION

Relevant Statutes:

Maximum Dollar Limit:

Locating Agent For Service:

Online Court Forms:

Service Of Process:

Hearing Date:

Attorneys:

Transfer:

Appeals:

Additional Information:

Kentucky Revised Statutes, Ch. 24A.200-360.

$1,500.

Secretary of State Business Services, State Capitol, Room 150, P.O. Box 718, Frankfort, KY 40602-0718; Phone: (502) 564-2848; Fax: (502) 564-5687.

Kentucky Court Forms Link.

Certified or registered mail. If undeliverable, sheriff or constable.

Twenty to forty days from service.

Allowed.

If defendant requests a jury trial or counterclaims exceed $1,500. The request must be at least seven days before the hearing. It is in the court's discretion whether to try the case under formal rules of civil procedure of District Court or Circuit Court.

Either party may appeal for a review of law, not facts, to Circuit Court within 10 days of judgment.

Limited equitable relief available. Plaintiff may file 25 claims per year. No discovery. No libel, slander, alienation of affection, malicious prosecution, class action, or abuse of process actions.