Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 500.030 (2026)

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All provisions of this code shall be liberally construed according to the fair import of their terms, to promote justice, and to effect the objects of the law. Effective: January 1, 1975 History: Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 3, effective January 1, 1975.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 12 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1977–2021 · leading case: Crouch v. Crouch, 201 S.W.3d 463 (Ky. 2006).

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Crouch v. Crouch, 201 S.W.3d 463 (Ky. 2006). · cites it 4× “Although orders of the trial court are not contracts or statutory provisions, we believe that interpretative guidelines employed in such cases are instructive.”

Pollini v. Commonwealth, 172 S.W.3d 418 (Ky. 2005). · cites it 2× “When interpreting the provisions of the Kentucky penal code, KRS 500.030 states, "All provisions of this code shall be liberally construed according to the fair import of their terms, to promote justice, and to effect the objects of the law.”

Boulder v. Commonwealth, 610 S.W.2d 615 (Ky. 1980). · cites it 2× “KRS 500.030 states that “[a]ll provisions of this [penal] code shall be liberally construed according to the fair import of their terms, to promote justice, and to effect the objects of the law.”

Gomez v. Gomez, 254 S.W.3d 838 (Ky. Ct. App. 2008). “” See also KRS 500.030 (“All provisions of this code shall be liberally construed according to the fair import of their terms, to promote justice, and to effect the objects of the law.”

Calloway v. Commonwealth, 550 S.W.2d 501 (Ky. 1977). · cites it 2× “KRS 500.030 provides, "All provisions of this code shall be liberally construed according to the fair import of their terms, to promote justice, and to effect the objects of the law.”

Barnett v. Wiley, 103 S.W.3d 17 (Ky. 2003). “See KRS 500.030 (“All provisions of this code shall be liberally construed according to the fair import of their terms, to promote justice, and to effect the objects of the law.”

Baker v. Commonwealth, 860 S.W.2d 760 (Ky. 1993). “” KRS 500.030. It seems clear that the aggravating factors in the first-degree-burglary statute were enacted to punish *762 those who harm or threaten harm to those at the scene of a burglary.”

Smith v. Commonwealth, 587 S.W.2d 266 (Ky. Ct. App. 1979). “We are aware that the penal code is to be liberally construed to effect the objects of the law, KRS 500.030, and that we may use the commentary as an aid in interpreting the code.”

Hayes v. Commonwealth, 660 S.W.2d 5 (Ky. 1983). “We should adhere to the rule of statutory construction contained in KRS 500.030 that “All provisions of (the penal code) shall be liberally construed according to the fair import of their terms, to promote justice, and to effect the objects of the law.”

Charles Jackson Crouch III v. Virginia Eva Crouch (Ky. 2006). · cites it 2× “Although orders of the trial court are not contracts or statutory provisions, we believe that interpretative guidelines employed in such cases are instructive .”

Marcela Hunn v. Elias Fernado (Ky. Ct. App. 2020). “2003) (citing KRS 500.030). Domestic violence statutes should be interpreted to “[a]llow victims to obtain effective, -11- short-term protection against further wrongful conduct in order that their lives may be secure and as uninterrupted as possible[.”

Dorothea Bradley v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. Ct. App. 2021). “” KRS 500.030. The courts of the Commonwealth are to “liberally construe[]” the restitution statutes found within our penal code “in favor of their remedial purpose.”

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