Kentucky Revised Statutes
Ky. Rev. Stat. § 418.050 (2026)
Action for declaration to be heard as motion
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Any action in which a declaration of rights or determination of questions of construction is the relief asked, may be docketed for early hearing as in the case of a motion. History: Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 272. -- Transferred 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1, effective July 1, 1953, from C.C. sec. 639a-3. -- Created 1922 Ky. Acts ch. 83, sec 3.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1970–2025 · leading case: Liquor World of Corbin, LLC v. Commonwealth, Dep't of Alcoholic Beverage Control, 458 S.W.3d 814 (Ky. Ct. App. 2014).
Liquor World of Corbin, LLC v. Commonwealth, Dep't of Alcoholic Beverage Control, 458 S.W.3d 814 (Ky. Ct. App. 2014). “Liquor World invoked the circuit court’s jurisdiction “pursuant to KRS 418.050, KRS 248.560, and KRS 13B.140” and “because this is an action seeking judicial review of a final order of an administrative agency of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.”
McCord v. Farms, 569 S.W.2d 690 (Ky. Ct. App. 1978). “040 through KRS 418.050. The issues of whether the appel-lees properly complied with the statute in lodging the plat for record, and whether the appellee, Crain, complied in putting it to record, make the appellants’ complaint a proper one for judicial determination.”
City of Paducah v. Elec. Plant Bd. of Paducah, 449 S.W.2d 907 (Ky. Ct. App. 1970). “KRS 418.050. The appeal from a declaratory judgment is eligible for advancement, immediate hearing and submission in this court.”
The First Nat'l Bank of Manchester v. Maurice K. Smith (Ky. Ct. App. 2022). “-7- To begin, this case is a declaratory judgment action filed pursuant to Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS) 418.”
Michael Honaker v. City of Winchester, Kentucky (Ky. Ct. App. 2023). “See KRS 418.050. Finally, the Honakers argue the circuit court judgment should be reversed as “WMU’s own engineers are having a difficult time determining what property has been conveyed to the Honakers.”
Tommy Grider v. Kentucky Comm'n on Human Rights (Ky. Ct. App. 2025). “050, in which Grider asserted KCHR’s determination of probable cause was made “without reliable, credible evidence in support thereof, and in violation of its other statutory duties” and that the determination of probable cause “violates [Grider’s] rights to due process of law,…”
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