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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 452.450 (2026)

Where tort or contract action against corporation must be brought

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Excepting the actions mentioned in KRS 452.400 to 452.420 both inclusive, and in KRS 452.430, 452.440, 452.445, 452.455, 452.465 and 452.475, an action against a corporation which has an office or place of business in this state, or a chief officer or agent residing in this state, must be brought in the county in which such office or place of business is situated or in which such officer or agent resides; or, if it be upon a contract, in the above-named county, or in the county in which the contract is made or to be performed; or, if it be for a tort, in the first-named county, or the county in which the tort is committed. Effective: July 1, 1953 History: Transferred 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1, effective July 1, 1953, from C.C. sec. 72.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 21 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1956–2026 · leading case: Brownell Combs, Ii, Adm'r C.T.A. Of the Est. of Leslie Combs, Ii, Deceased v. Int'l Ins. Co., 354 F.3d 568 (6th Cir. 2004).
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Brownell Combs, Ii, Adm'r C.T.A. Of the Est. of Leslie Combs, Ii, Deceased v. Int'l Ins. Co., 354 F.3d 568 (6th Cir. 2004). “Plaintiffs second direct challenge to the application of Willits to the instant problem depends upon Kentucky venue jurisprudence.”
Copass v. Monroe Cnty. Med. Found., Inc., 900 S.W.2d 617 (Ky. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 2× “The Copasses characterize the issue thusly: “Can the venue statutes, specifically KRS 452.450 and 452.460 be squared with the apportionment statute, KRS 411.”
Goodwin Bros. v. Preferred Risk Mut. Ins. Co., 410 S.W.2d 714 (Ky. Ct. App. 1967). · cites it 6× “The resolution of the question of the validity of the Knott Circuit Court judgment requires consideration of KRS 452.450, 452.485, and CR 14.01 and CR 82.”
Massie v. Persson, 729 S.W.2d 448 (Ky. Ct. App. 1987). “After summary judgment was entered on July 1, 1983, in favor of the construction defendants appellees the venue in the Fayette Circuit Court was no longer proper under KRS 452.450, KRS 452.460, KRS 452.480, and KRS 452.”
Hill v. Cumberland Dairies, Inc., 288 S.W.2d 341 (Ky. Ct. App. 1956). · cites it 3× “KRS 452.450 (formerly Section 72, Civil Code)' reads in part as follows: “* * * an action against a corporation which has an office or place of business in this state, or a chief officer or agent residing in this state, must he brought in.”
Gen. Motors Corp. v. Book Chevrolet, Inc., 979 S.W.2d 918 (Ky. 1998). · cites it 5× “It follows, then, that KRS 452.450, which governs where contract claims against a corporation may be brought, does not apply.”
Green River Steel Corp. v. Globe Erection Co., 294 S.W.2d 507 (Ky. Ct. App. 1956). “Green River Steel Corporation appeals, contending first, that proper venue of the action was not in Jefferson County where the action was instituted.”
Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Nantz, 516 S.W.2d 840 (Ky. Ct. App. 1974). · cites it 2× “210, but by KRS 452.450. The latter statute requires the action to be brought in the county in which the corporation has an office, place of business, chief officer or agent, except that an action on a contract alternatively may be brought in the county in which the contract is…”
T. C. Young Constr. Co. v. Hartford Accident & Indem. Co., 441 S.W.2d 781 (Ky. Ct. App. 1969). “The principal of the bond resided in Tennessee; the work was to be performed in Tennessee; the construction contract and the bond itself were executed in Tennessee; and the bond afforded the surety the right to proceed with the work in lieu of the principal, which would have…”
Grimes v. Hull-Dobbs, Inc., 154 F. Supp. 151 (E.D. Ky. 1957). “Under the provisions of Kentucky Revised Statutes § 452.450, an action upon such a contract must be brought “in the county in which the contract is made or to be performed”, Trinity Universal Ins.”
Am. Oil Co. v. Brooks, 424 S.W.2d 831 (Ky. Ct. App. 1967). · cites it 2× “American also contends that the lease on the Patterson property was executed in Louisiana, but Brooks counters by arguing that American had signed the lease and that the final action of the transaction was its execution by Brooks which took place in Knox County.”
Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Blackjack Coal Co., 609 S.W.2d 698 (Ky. Ct. App. 1980). · cites it 7× “Ford argues that this action is on a contract and subject to KRS 452.450, which permits an action against a corporation to be brought where the contract is to be performed.”
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