(1) Upon complaint by a person aggrieved by a forcible entry or detainer to the District
Court of the county in which the land or tenement, or a principal part thereof, lies, a
warrant shall issue to the sheriff or any constable, in substance as follows: "The
Commonwealth of Kentucky to the sheriff (or any constable) of .... county:
Whereas, A B hath made complaint that C D and E F did, on the .... day of ....,
forcibly enter into (or forcibly detain from the said A B) one (1) house and field on
the waters of ...., in the county aforesaid (or other general description of the lands or
tenements), which were in the peaceable possession of A B (or which the said C D
and E F, tenants of the said A B, now hold against him): You are, therefore,
commanded to summon a good and lawful jury of your county to meet on the
premises, or at a place convenient thereto, on the .... day of ...., to inquire into the
forcible entry (or forcible detainer) aforesaid; and give to the said C D and E F at
least three (3) days' notice of the time and place of the meeting of the jury; and have
then there this writ. Witness, etc."
(2) In the trial of writs of forcible entry, forcible detainer or forcible entry and detainer,
if neither party, in person or by agent or attorney, demand a jury, the trial thereof
shall be by the court. No such writ shall hereafter direct the summoning of a jury,
and the sheriff or other officer to whose hands such writ may come to do execution
thereof shall not summon a jury in such proceedings, unless he be by either party
notified in writing that a jury is demanded. At the calling of the cause for trial either
party may demand a jury.
Effective: January 2, 1978
History: Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 312, effective January
2, 1978. -- Transferred 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1, effective July 1, 1953, from
C.C. sec. 454. -- Created 1888 Ky. Acts ch. 1336, secs. 1 and 2.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
10
cases (
4 in the last 5 years), 1959–2025 · leading case:
Shinkle v. Turner, 496 S.W.3d 418 (Ky. 2016).
Shinkle v. Turner, 496 S.W.3d 418 (Ky. 2016).
“KRS 383.210(1) creates a statutory cause of action for “a person aggrieved by a forcible entry or detainer.”
Stoll Oil Refining Co. v. Pierce, 337 S.W.2d 263 (Ky. Ct. App. 1960).
“KRS 383.210. The circuit court clerk signed an order in that case directing the sheriff to take possession of the service station and “turn the possession over to the Stoll Oil Refining Company.”
Hornsby v. Hous. Auth. of Dry Ridge, 566 S.W.3d 587 (Ky. Ct. App. 2018).
“But the application to the District Court for writ of forcible detainer constitutes the institution of a "civil action" and regardless of the form used or the name otherwise given it, that application constitutes a complaint.”
Beachcomber Club, Inc. v. Keith, 402 S.W.2d 689 (Ky. Ct. App. 1966).
“KRS 383.210. On August 13, 1964, an order was entered by the magistrate finding the Club and Berg guilty of the detainer.”
Watkins v. The Commonwealth of Kentucky (W.D. Ky. 2023).
“Plaintiff under “Statement of Claim” states: Would the Commonwealth of Kentucky be substantially justified under partnership with Northbrook Community Trailer Park d/b/a Northbrook MHC and Capital Funding in bringing multiple state enforced eviction proceedings against tenant…”
Bill J. Connley (Bankr. E.D. Ky. 2020).
“§§ 383.210, 383.215, 383.240. The tenant is granted seven days to appeal the judgment.”
Johnson v. Haynes, 330 S.W.2d 109 (Ky. Ct. App. 1959).
“On February 5, 1958, appellee filed a forcible detainer proceeding against appellant in the Boyd County Court in conformity with the requirements of KRS 383.210(1). Appellant made no defense thereto and after an inquisition judgment of restitution was entered for appellee.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 383.210(1) — 3 cases
Shinkle v. Turner, 496 S.W.3d 418 (Ky. 2016).
“KRS 383.210(1) creates a statutory cause of action for “a person aggrieved by a forcible entry or detainer.”
Johnson v. Haynes, 330 S.W.2d 109 (Ky. Ct. App. 1959).
“On February 5, 1958, appellee filed a forcible detainer proceeding against appellant in the Boyd County Court in conformity with the requirements of KRS 383.210(1). Appellant made no defense thereto and after an inquisition judgment of restitution was entered for appellee.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 383.210(2) — 1 case
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