Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 447.030 (2026)

Acts and compilations of former laws, evidence

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The Session Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly heretofore or hereafter published, the editions of the Statutes of Kentucky by Daniel Bradford, by William Littell, by Littell and Swigert, by Morehead and Brown, and in part by Preston S. Loughborough, the edition of the Virginia Statutes by William Waller Henning, Richard H. Stanton's new edition of the Revised Statutes of Kentucky, the supplement to the Revised Statutes by Harvey Myers, the General Statutes, the Codes of Practice, the various editions of Carroll's Kentucky Statutes and supplements thereto published prior to 1940, and the various editions of Carroll's Kentucky Codes and the supplements thereto, shall be received, in the courts and tribunals of this state, as evidence of the statute laws in force in this state at the time of their publication. Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 2419, 2419a-1, 2419a-4, 2419a-5, 2419a-6, 2420a-1, 2420a-2, 2420a-3. Note: 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 88, sec. 92 repealed this section to contingently become effective as provided in sec. 93 of that act. However, that repeal was repealed by sec. 31 of Acts 1992, ch. 324, effective July 1, 1992, which provided that: "The repeal of KRS 447.030, Acts and compilations of former laws, evidence," contained in 1990 Ky. Acts Ch. 88, Sec. 92, is hereby repealed."

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1943–1959 · leading case: Fid. & Columbia Trust Co. v. Meek, 171 S.W.2d 41 (Ky. Ct. App. 1943).
Fid. & Columbia Trust Co. v. Meek, 171 S.W.2d 41 (Ky. Ct. App. 1943). · cites it 2× “See, also, KRS 447.030. Some of them have been but compilations of the acts of the legislature.”
Strickland v. Commonwealth, 329 S.W.2d 379 (Ky. Ct. App. 1959). “” The above subsection is not applicable since the record was not directed to be filed “on a particular day of a month” but at anytime “within sixty days after the bill of exceptions is made a part of the record.”
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