Authorization for the Non-Financial Uniform Schedule of Bail Administrative Release Program
Baldwin's Kentucky Revised Statutes AnnotatedUniform Local Protocol for the Non-Financial Uniform Schedule of Bail Administrative Release Program
Kentucky Bail Administrative Release App. A
Authorization for the Non-Financial Uniform Schedule of Bail Administrative Release Program
I. Introduction
This order hereby authorizes the Non-Financial Uniform Schedule of Bail Administrative Release Program, ("Administrative Release Program") for use throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky. This order replaces in its entirety Supreme Court Order 2017-01
No local rules, practices, procedures, orders, or other policies of any district or circuit may conflict with or controvert this order; further, to the extent that any such local rules, practices, procedures, orders, or other policies are inconsistent or otherwise conflict with this order, this order shall prevail.
II. Purpose
The purpose of the Administrative Release Program is to expedite pretrial release of low to moderate risk defendants charged with non-violent, non-sexual misdemeanors and to increase efficiency by reserving resources for higher-risk defendants ordered to pretrial supervision.
III. Implementation
The Administrative Release Program became mandatory on January 1, 2017.
IV. Governance
The Administrative Release Program will be governed by the attached Uniform Local Protocol for the Non-Financial Uniform Schedule Of Bail Administrative Release Program and all applicable statutes and rules not inconsistent with this Order.
Publisher's Note: The judges of the Commonwealth of Kentucky may choose to implement the Administrative Release Program in their respective circuits and districts on or after November 1, 2015. The Program will become mandatory on January 1, 2017.
KY Bail Admin. App. A, KY ST BAIL ADMIN App. A
Current with amendments received through March 1, 2024. Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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