When a discriminatory housing charge is filed under KRS 344.625, a complainant, a
respondent, or the aggrieved person on whose behalf the complaint is filed, may elect to
have the claims asserted in that charge decided in a civil action under KRS 344.670, in
lieu of an administrative hearing before the commission under KRS 344.640.
(1) The election shall be made not later than twenty (20) days after the receipt by the
electing person of service under KRS 344.630, from the commission or, in the case
of the commission, not later than twenty (20) days after service to the respondent
and complainant.
(2) The person making the election shall give written notice of doing so to the
commission and to all other complainants and respondents to whom the charge
relates.
Effective: July 14, 1992
History: Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 282, sec. 23, effective July 14, 1992.
Notes of Decisions
Teen Challenge of Ky., Inc. v. Ky. Comm'n On Human Rights, 577 S.W.3d 472 (Ky. Ct. App. 2019).
· cites it 5× “After a housing discrimination complaint has been filed, the Commission "shall within five (5) days serve written notice upon the aggrieved person acknowledging the filing and advising the aggrieved person of the time limits and choice of forums provided in KRS 344.635." 2 KRS…”
Tommy Grider v. Kentucky Comm'n on Human Rights (Ky. Ct. App. 2025).
· cites it 2× “-3- issue a charge on behalf of the aggrieved person for further proceeding under KRS 344.635.” KRS 344.625(4). “If [KCHR] determines that no probable cause exists to believe that a discriminatory housing practice has occurred or is about to occur, [KCHR] shall promptly dismiss…”
Kentucky Comm'n on Human Rights ex rel. Bogale v. E. Kentucky Univ., 988 S.W.2d 41 (Ky. Ct. App. 1999).
· cites it 2× “That statute provides in pertinent part that if an election for a judicial determination is made pursuant to KRS 344.635, the Commission is required to commence an action in the circuit court within *43 thirty days after the election is made.”
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