An action which is not required by the foregoing provisions of KRS 452.400 to 452.475 to be brought in some other county may be brought in any county in which the defendant, or in which one (1) of several defendants, who may be properly joined as such in the action, resides or is summoned.
KRS 452.480
Where transitory action may be brought
Applied in 13 court decisions — leading case Massie v. Persson (1987)
Most recently applied in Winkler v. Germann (December 2010)
Effective: July 1, 1953 History: Transferred 1952 Ky
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Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.