2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .515   Pretrial release investigation and services.

431.515 Pretrial release investigation and services. (1) All trial courts in this Commonwealth having jurisdiction of criminal causes shall provide such pretrial release investigation and services as necessary to effectuate the purposes of KRS 431.510 to 431.550 and, where practical, to assist in the earliest possible determination of whether a person is a needy person under KRS Chapter 31. (2) The Supreme Court may by appropriate rule or order establish and provide for such pretrial investigation and release services including, where practical, the taking of financial statements, and the court's determination of whether a person is a needy person as provided in KRS 31.120. Effective: June 17, 1978 History: Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 27, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 5. -- Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 2, sec. 2.