Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 431.007 (2026)

Arrest powers of peace officers assisting in another county -- Exception

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(1) A peace officer certified pursuant to KRS 15.380 to 15.404, who is directly employed as a police officer by a Kentucky city, county, or urban-county government and whose department meets the requirements of KRS 15.440 and a sheriff, or deputy sheriff who has been certified pursuant to KRS 15.380 to 15.404, who is officially requested by a law enforcement agency in another county in Kentucky to assist in any matter within the jurisdiction of the requesting agency shall possess, while responding to and for the duration of the matter for which the request was made, the same powers of arrest in the requesting county as he possesses in the county in which he is a police officer.

(2) The provisions of this section shall not:

(a) Authorize assistance in any labor dispute or strike;

(b) Authorize assistance by a constable or deputy constable;

(d) Authorize assistance by a special deputy sheriff. Effective: June 26, 2007 History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 108, sec. 1, effective June 26, 2007. -- Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 120, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2021–2023 · leading case: Christopher Alexander Pope v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. 2021).

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Christopher Alexander Pope v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. 2021). · cites it 6× “The defendant claims KRS 431.007 applies in this case. Since the Defendant was not arrested during the investigation, it does not apply.”

Henry Boshart v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. Ct. App. 2021). “In Pope, Kentucky’s highest court noted: “KRS 431.007 grants an out-of-county assisting officer the authority to arrest.”

Christopher Alexander Pope v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. Ct. App. 2023). “Pope claims his counsel erroneously cited to and argued KRS 431.007 to claim Boyle County Sheriff’s Deputies had no authority to investigate drug activity in Lincoln County.”

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 431.007(1) — 1 case

Christopher Alexander Pope v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. 2021). “The defendant claims KRS 431.007 applies in this case. Since the Defendant was not arrested during the investigation, it does not apply.”

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