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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 15.700 (2026)

Unified and integrated prosecutor system established

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It is hereby declared to be the policy of this Commonwealth to encourage cooperation among law enforcement officers and to provide for the general supervision of criminal justice by the Attorney General as chief law enforcement officer of the Commonwealth, in order to maintain uniform and efficient enforcement of the criminal law and the administration of criminal justice throughout the Commonwealth. To this end, a unified and integrated prosecutor system is hereby established with the Attorney General as chief prosecutor of the Commonwealth. Effective: January 1, 1978 History: Created 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 17, sec. 1, effective January 1, 1978.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1985–2025 · leading case: St. Clair v. Commonwealth, 140 S.W.3d 510 (Ky. 2004).
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St. Clair v. Commonwealth, 140 S.W.3d 510 (Ky. 2004). · cites it 2× “2d 912, 914 (1981), the General Assembly has enacted KRS 15.700, which establishes a unified integrated prosecutor system in Kentucky "with the Attorney General as chief prosecutor of the Commonwealth.”
Commonwealth v. Johnson, 423 S.W.3d 718 (Ky. 2014). · cites it 3× “For example, the most significant general expression of legislative intent regarding the OAG’s investigative authority is revealed in KRS 15.700, which unequivocally states that the Attorney General is the “chief law enforcement officer of the Commonwealth.”
Commonwealth v. Hubbard, 777 S.W.2d 882 (Ky. 1989). · cites it 2× “" KRS 15.700. It provides, inter alia, a system for replacement of a "local prosecutor" in the event of "incapacity," "refusal" or "failure" to act in any certain case or cases "without sufficient grounds," "inability," or "conflict of interest.”
Graham v. Mills, 694 S.W.2d 698 (Ky. 1985). “KRS 15.700 created a unified and integrated prosecutorial system, and the general supervision of criminal justice was placed in the office of Attorney General as chief law enforcement officer.”
Carter v. Logsdon (W.D. Ky. 2024). · cites it 2× “” See Ky. Rev. Stat. § 15.700. This statutory scheme empowers county attorneys to prosecute some state crimes as if they were Commonwealth Attorneys.”
Commonwealth of Kentucky, Ex Rel. Attorney Gen. Russell Coleman v. Dr. Ernest Marshall (Ky. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “” KRS 15.700. The OAG has many obligations in both civil and criminal matters.”
Rock v. Perlow (W.D. Ky. 2025). · cites it 2× “27, 2024) (cleaned up); see Ky. Rev. Stat. § 15.700 (creating Kentucky’s “unified and integrated prosecutor system”).”
McNeal v. McCuiston (W.D. Ky. 2023). “May 31, 2005) (“KRS 15.700 establishes a unified prosecutorial system for the Commonwealth.”
Powell v. Cabinet of Health & Fam. Servs. (W.D. Ky. 2023). “§§ 15.700, 15.725(2)). Because Braboy represented the Commonwealth in the proceeding at issue here, “the suit against [him] in [his] official capacity is to be treated as a suit against the state.”
Kentucky Cnty. Attorneys Ass'n v. Kentucky Bar Ass'n, 710 S.W.2d 852 (Ky. 1986). “KRS 15.700, 15.770. See also KBA E-262, 102.”
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