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. 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
References
External links District Court on the Kentucky Court of Justice website