Unless otherwise provided by law, the venue of criminal prosecutions and penal actions is in the county or city in which the offense was committed.
KRS 452.510
Criminal prosecutions
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case St. Clair v. Roark (2000)
Most recently applied in Brown v. Commonwealth (August 2018)
History: Reenacted 1962 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.