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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 419.030 (2026)

Signature -- Production of person -- Return of writ

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The writ must be signed by the judge issuing it and command the person having custody of or restraining the person in whose behalf it is issued to bring him personally before the Circuit Judge of the county in which the person is being detained at the time therein specified. The writ must be made returnable as soon as possible. History: Created 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 234, sec. 20.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1963–2015 · leading case: Bowling v. Commonwealth, 163 S.W.3d 361 (Ky. 2005).
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Bowling v. Commonwealth, 163 S.W.3d 361 (Ky. 2005). · cites it 2× “KRS 419.030. Rather, Appellant styled this action a "Petition to Vacate Thomas C.”
Commonwealth v. Marcum, 873 S.W.2d 207 (Ky. 1994). · cites it 2× “KRS 419.030 specifies "[t]he writ must be made returnable as soon as possible.”
Muhammad v. Kentucky Parole Bd., 468 S.W.3d 331 (Ky. 2015). “. Habeas petitions may be brought in any circuit court, KRS 419.”
Crady v. Cranfill, 371 S.W.2d 640 (Ky. Ct. App. 1963). “” KRS 419.030. “The hearing on the writ shall be summary in nature.”
Abraham v. Commonwealth, 565 S.W.2d 152 (Ky. Ct. App. 1977). “By the order of September 13,1977, the circuit judge made it clear that there would be no change in his ruling if the same issue were presented by a writ of habeas corpus.”
Hinton v. Byerly, 483 S.W.2d 138 (Ky. Ct. App. 1972). · cites it 2× “[Note that KRS 419.030 requires the person detained to be brought before the circuit court of the county in which he is detained.”
Moore v. Dawson, 531 S.W.2d 259 (Ky. Ct. App. 1975). “KRS 419.030 and 419.130. These limitations have resulted in the instant case in habeas corpus proceedings in Floyd, Morgan, Magoffin and Johnson Counties to determine the custody of children who formerly resided with their parents in Martin County and in an appeal from an order…”
Little v. Commonwealth, 495 S.W.2d 498 (Ky. Ct. App. 1973). “” It concluded that “ * * * the suit is in reality *499 a shotgun petition for mass habeas corpus” and it noted that “ * * * a writ of ha-beas corpus can only command the bringing of the person detained, by the custodian, ‘before the circuit judge of the county in which the…”
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