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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 24A.175 (2026)

Court costs for criminal cases in District Court -- Payment required --

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Exceptions -- Treatment of minor defendant. (1) Court costs for a criminal case in the District Court shall be one hundred dollars ($100), regardless of whether the offense is one for which prepayment is permitted. (2) There shall be no court costs for a parking citation when: (a) The fine is paid to the clerk before the trial date in the same manner as provided for speeding citations under KRS 189.394(3); and (b) The citation does not involve parking in a fire lane or blocking the traveled portion of the highway. (3) The taxation of court costs against a defendant, upon conviction in a case, including persons sentenced to state traffic school as provided under KRS 186.574, shall be mandatory and shall not be subject to probation, suspension, proration, deduction, or other form of nonimposition in the terms of a plea bargain or otherwise, unless the court finds that the defendant is a poor person as defined by KRS 453.190(2) and that he or she is unable to pay court costs and will be unable to pay the court costs in the foreseeable future. (4) If the court finds that the defendant does not meet the standard articulated in subsection (3) of this section and that the defendant is nonetheless unable to pay the full amount of the court costs, fees, or fines at the time of sentencing, then the court may establish an installment payment plan in accordance with KRS 534.020. (5) Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the court shall not adjudicate a traffic violation involving a defendant who is under the age of eighteen (18), unless the person that assumed liability of the minor under the provisions of KRS 186.590 is present. This subsection shall not apply to emancipated minors. Effective: June 29, 2017 History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 158, sec. 3, effective June 29, 2017. -- Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 81, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2014. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 183, sec. 4, effective August 1, 2002. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 328, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2000; and ch. 512, sec. 12, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 606, sec. 159, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 198, sec. 18, effective October 1, 1996. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 6, effective July 13, 1984; ch. 321, sec. 4, effective July 13, 1984; and ch. 415, sec. 10, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 235, sec. 19, effective July 15, 1982; and ch. 266; and sec. 3, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 268, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1979 (1st Extra. Sess.) ch. 7, sec. 1, effective July 1, 1979; and ch. 20, sec. 1, effective May 12, 1979. -- Created 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 60, effective January 2, 1978. Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2014). 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 81, sec. 3 provided that the amendments made to this statute in Section 2 of that Act shall be known as the "Denzel Steward Act of 2014."

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1986–2018 · leading case: Wells v. Kentucky Local Corr. Facilities Constr. Auth., 730 S.W.2d 951 (Ky. Ct. App. 1987).
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Wells v. Kentucky Local Corr. Facilities Constr. Auth., 730 S.W.2d 951 (Ky. Ct. App. 1987). “The main sources of the repayment of the bonds, the proceeds of which are used to refund the grants and the loan to participating counties, are monies collected for the benefit of the Authority as court costs under KRS 24A.175(6) and rental payments made under the Lease and…”
Doyle v. Jud. Ret. & Removal Comm'n, 885 S.W.2d 917 (Ky. 1994). “Counts VI and VIII showed that Judge Doyle “failed to assess fines and court costs as required by KRS 24A.175(4) and DUI service fees as required by KRS 189A.”
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. David J. Moore (Ky. 2018). “1 76(2) ("In criminal cases a fee of twenty dollars ($20) shall be added to the costs imposed by KRS 24A.175 that the defendant if; required to pay.”
Baskett v. City of Radcliff, 709 S.W.2d 463 (Ky. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 2× “On September 25, 1984, appellee, City of Radcliff, filed this declaratory judgment action in the Hardin Circuit Court for purposes of obtaining a determination that it was entitled to receive various funds currently held by David Owsley, Clerk of the Hardin Circuit Court,…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 24A.175(4) — 1 case
Doyle v. Jud. Ret. & Removal Comm'n, 885 S.W.2d 917 (Ky. 1994). “Counts VI and VIII showed that Judge Doyle “failed to assess fines and court costs as required by KRS 24A.175(4) and DUI service fees as required by KRS 189A.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 24A.175(6) — 1 case
Wells v. Kentucky Local Corr. Facilities Constr. Auth., 730 S.W.2d 951 (Ky. Ct. App. 1987). “The main sources of the repayment of the bonds, the proceeds of which are used to refund the grants and the loan to participating counties, are monies collected for the benefit of the Authority as court costs under KRS 24A.175(6) and rental payments made under the Lease and…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 24A.175(7) — 1 case
Baskett v. City of Radcliff, 709 S.W.2d 463 (Ky. Ct. App. 1986). “On September 25, 1984, appellee, City of Radcliff, filed this declaratory judgment action in the Hardin Circuit Court for purposes of obtaining a determination that it was entitled to receive various funds currently held by David Owsley, Clerk of the Hardin Circuit Court,…”
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