Kentucky Revised Statutes
Ky. Rev. Stat. § 44.001 (2026)
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As used in this chapter:
(1) "Local government" means any city, county, urban-county government, consolidated local government, charter county government, or unified local government of the Commonwealth;
(2) "Warrant" has the same meaning as in KRS 41.010; and
(3) "Writing" or "written" means letters, words, or numbers, or their equivalent, set down by handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing, magnetic impulse, mechanical or electronic recording, or other form of data compilation. Effective: June 29, 2021 History: Amended 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 155, sec. 21, effective June 29, 2021. -- Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 88, sec. 1, effective June 25, 2013. -- Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 120, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1998.
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case, 2019–2019 · leading case: Keats v. Bullitt Cnty. Sanitation Dist., No. 17-03072 (Bankr. W.D. Ky. Oct. 29, 2019).
Keats v. Bullitt Cnty. Sanitation Dist., No. 17-03072 (Bankr. W.D. Ky. Oct. 29, 2019). “The introductory portion of the statute states that the term “local government” has the same meaning asin KRS 44.001. That statute states, “‘local government’ means any city, county, urban- county government, consolidated local government, charter county government or unified…”
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