<br><br>26A.100 Places of holding court -- Facilities to be furnished by local governmental <br>units -- Procedure when local public facilities not available. <br>(1) The Circuit and the District Court shall be held in the county courthouse of each <br>county unless otherwise ordered by the Supreme Court in which case it may be held <br>at any other location made available by the county and owned, leased, or controlled <br>by the county. Circuit or District Court may also be held in such other locations in <br>the county as may be convenient and approved by the Supreme Court. <br>(2) Every county or urban-county government shall provide such reasonably available <br>space which would not disrupt the operation of county government as necessary in <br>the county courthouse, or in other county facilities as permitted in subsection (1) of <br>this section, for: <br>(a) A courtroom or courtrooms for the Circuit and the District Court; <br>(b) Chambers for the Circuit Judge and District Judge or Judges; <br>(c) Office space for the Circuit and District Court staffs; <br>(d) Office and storage space for the circuit clerk's operations; <br>(e) Jury facilities for the Circuit and the District Court; <br>(f) Office space for other officers of the Court of Justice including pretrial release <br>officers, court reporters, court administrators, judges' secretaries, friends of the <br>court and commissioners; and <br>(g) Such other facilities necessary for the operation of the Circuit and the District <br>Court as may be agreed upon by the county or urban-county government and <br>the Administrative Office of the Courts. <br>(3) If all necessary facilities for the holding of Circuit or District Court, for the clerk's <br>operations, or for the operation of the court or its ancillary functions, are not <br>available in county facilities, every city shall, upon request of the Administrative <br>Office of the Courts, provide such reasonably available space which would not <br>disrupt the operation of city government as necessary in the city's facilities for the <br>operations of Circuit or District Court, or both. The city shall be responsible for <br>providing space for the operations listed in subsection (2) of this section. <br>(4) If all necessary facilities for the holding of Circuit or District Court, for the clerk's <br>operations, or for the operation of the court or its ancillary functions, are not <br>available in county or city facilities, every agency of state government, special <br>district, and independent agency of local government, other than a city, may, upon <br>the request of the Administrative Office of the Courts, provide such space as <br>necessary in facilities owned, leased, or controlled by such organization for the <br>operations of Circuit or District Court, or both. The agency may provide space for <br>the operations listed in subsection (2) of this section. <br>(5) If all necessary facilities for the holding of Circuit or District Court, for the clerk's <br>operations, or for the operation of the court or its ancillary functions, are not <br>available in public facilities, private facilities may be rented, leased, purchased, or <br>otherwise acquired, by the Administrative Office of the Courts pursuant to <br>permission granted by the Chief Justice for such acquisition and in compliance with <br>the provisions of KRS Chapters 45 and 56. <br><br>Effective: July 1, 1982 <br>History: Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 449, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended <br>1978 Ky. Acts ch. 336, sec. 2, effective July 1, 1978. -- Created 1976 (1st Extra. <br>Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 7, effective November 1, 1977. <br><br>