Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 431.045 (2026)

Pursuit in effecting arrest

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A peace officer in actual pursuit may continue such pursuit across corporate or county lines for the purpose of making an arrest. History: Created 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 234, sec. 39.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1992–2021 · leading case: Churchwell v. Commonwealth, 843 S.W.2d 336 (Ky. Ct. App. 1992).

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Churchwell v. Commonwealth, 843 S.W.2d 336 (Ky. Ct. App. 1992). “KRS 431.045 authorizes police officers in actual pursuit to "continue such pursuit across corporate or county lines for the purpose of making an arrest.”

Henry Boshart v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. Ct. App. 2021). “The Court noted that while KRS 431.045 provides: “[a] peace officer in actual pursuit may continue 4 Although Boshart lists several cases with conclusory assertions that these cases support his contentions, none of the cases he cites compel suppression in the case now before us.”

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