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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 432.270 (2026)

No bail permitted for contempt

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A person committed to prison for contempt shall not be admitted to bail. Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1296.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1953–1968 · leading case: Levisa Stone Corp. v. Hays, 429 S.W.2d 413 (Ky. Ct. App. 1968).
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Levisa Stone Corp. v. Hays, 429 S.W.2d 413 (Ky. Ct. App. 1968). · cites it 3× “060(1) (heretofore discussed) and KRS 432.260(1) (hereinafter discussed), and it is apparent the legislature in writing these laws was consistently thinking in terms of criminal contempt.”
Lewis v. Rice, 261 S.W.2d 804 (Ky. Ct. App. 1953). “Jurisdiction of this court rests on the ground that the judge is proceeding erroneously, and the petitioner would have no remedy by appeal from any order making the rule absolute and imposing punishment (for which he cannot be admitted to bail, KRS 432.”
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