Kentucky Revised Statutes
Ky. Rev. Stat. § 452.480 (2026)
Where transitory action may be brought
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An action which is not required by the foregoing provisions of KRS 452.400 to 452.475 to be brought in some other county may be brought in any county in which the defendant, or in which one (1) of several defendants, who may be properly joined as such in the action, resides or is summoned. Effective: July 1, 1953 History: Transferred 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1, effective July 1, 1953, from C.C. sec. 78.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1956–2026 · leading case: Massie v. Persson, 729 S.W.2d 448 (Ky. Ct. App. 1987).
Massie v. Persson, 729 S.W.2d 448 (Ky. Ct. App. 1987). “460, KRS 452.480, and KRS 452.490. Upon a renewal motion by various other defendants to dismiss for lack of venue the Fayette Circuit Court, while recognizing the impropriety of venue then existing under the statutes recited, determined pursuant to Kentucky Constitution § 109…”
Willis v. City of Corbin, 572 S.W.2d 610 (Ky. Ct. App. 1978). “400 is inapplicable then KRS 452.480 would apply in this case. KRS 452.”
Copass v. Monroe Cnty. Med. Found., Inc., 900 S.W.2d 617 (Ky. Ct. App. 1995). “Neither the statutes nor civil rules permit this grievance to be redressed in one lawsuit. In concurrent negligence, the factor that the defendants ordinarily have in common is the place of the tort, but that is not the ease here.”
Am. Collectors Exch., Inc. v. Kentucky State Democratic Cent. Exec. Comm., 566 S.W.2d 759 (Ky. Ct. App. 1978). “01, a third party against whom contribution or indemnification is sought may be joined regardless of whether the venue provisions of KRS 452.480 are met as to the third party.”
Caudill v. Little, 293 S.W.2d 881 (Ky. Ct. App. 1956). “Following this and a series of sections designating venue for other actions, KRS 452.480, formerly Sec. 78, Civil Code of Practice declares all other actions are transitory and fixes venue for the same “in any county in which the defendant, or in which one of several defendants,…”
Goodwin Bros. v. Preferred Risk Mut. Ins. Co., 410 S.W.2d 714 (Ky. Ct. App. 1967). “01 is analogous to that placed upon KRS 452.480, providing for the filing of transitory actions against a number of defendants if any one may be properly joined.”
Gen. Motors Corp. v. Book Chevrolet, Inc., 979 S.W.2d 918 (Ky. 1998). “062(1) are transitory actions governed by KRS 452.480 that may be brought anywhere the defendant resides or is summoned.”
Cash v. E'Town Furniture Co., 363 S.W.2d 102 (Ky. Ct. App. 1962). “What were Sections 78 and 79 of the Civil Code are now KRS 452.480 and 452.485, which provide: “KRS 452.”
Jones v. Campbell, 434 S.W.2d 653 (Ky. Ct. App. 1968). “Appellant contends that the court erred in finding as a fact that Campbell was not a resident of Muhlenberg County but insists that even if Campbell were not a resident of Muhlenberg County the Muhlenberg Cir *654 cuit Court had venue and jurisdiction pursuant to KRS 452.480,…”
Winkler v. Germann, 329 S.W.3d 349 (Ky. Ct. App. 2010). “What were Sections 78 and 79 of the Civil Code are now KRS 452.480 and 452.485, which provide: “KRS 452.”
Timothy Taylor v. Jonathan Singleton (Ky. Ct. App. 2026). “Taylor never gave the trial court an opportunity to satisfy that predicate by presenting some authority to support such a ruling.”
Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Blackjack Coal Co., 609 S.W.2d 698 (Ky. Ct. App. 1980). “Blackjack takes the position that the action is transitory and thus subject to KRS 452.480, requiring that the action be brought in the county in which the defendant resides, which is Franklin County- The applicable statutes are: KRS 452.”
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