Courts of Kentucky

Courts of Kentucky include:

;Kentucky Court of Justice

Under an amendment to the Kentucky Constitution passed by the state's voters in 1975,{{cite web |url=http://courts.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/15109806-12A6-42ED-A216-81325F3DB6AD/0/AOCEstablished.pdf |title=Amendment (May 29, 1975) |author=Kentucky State Board of Elections |publisher=Kentucky Court of Justice |accessdate=May 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428072902/http://courts.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/15109806-12A6-42ED-A216-81325F3DB6AD/0/AOCEstablished.pdf |archivedate=April 28, 2011 }} judicial power in Kentucky is "vested exclusively in one Court of Justice", divided into the following:{{cite web|url=http://www.lrc.ky.gov/legresou/constitu/109.htm |title=Section 109 |work=Kentucky Constitution |publisher=Legislative Research Commission (Kentucky) |accessdate=May 5, 2011}}

  • Kentucky Supreme Court{{cite web |url=http://courts.ky.gov/SupremeCourt |title=Kentucky Supreme Court |publisher=Kentucky Court of Justice |accessdate=2008-12-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216012237/http://courts.ky.gov/supremecourt/ |archivedate=2008-12-16 }}
  • Kentucky Court of Appeals{{cite web |url=http://courts.ky.gov/courts/courtofappeals/ |title=Kentucky Court of Appeals |publisher=Kentucky Court of Justice |accessdate=2008-12-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007095116/http://www.courts.ky.gov/courts/courtofappeals/ |archivedate=2008-10-07 }}
  • Kentucky Circuit Courts (57 circuits){{cite web |url=http://courts.ky.gov/circuitcourt/ |title=Kentucky Circuit Courts |publisher=Kentucky Court of Justice |accessdate=2008-12-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216012216/http://courts.ky.gov/circuitcourt/ |archivedate=2008-12-16 }}
  • Kentucky District Courts (60 judicial districts){{cite web |url=http://courts.ky.gov/districtcourt/ |title=Kentucky District Courts |publisher=Kentucky Court of Justice |accessdate=2008-12-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216012232/http://courts.ky.gov/districtcourt/ |archivedate=2008-12-16 }}

;Federal courts located in this state

;Former federal courts of Kentucky

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