.523 Bail for nonresidents charged with driving under the influence.
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431.523 Bail for nonresidents charged with driving under the influence.
(1)
Bail for persons who are not residents of Kentucky who are charged with a violation
of KRS 189A.010 shall be five hundred dollars ($500) unless the defendant was
involved in a motor vehicle accident in which property damage or physical injury to
a person was involved in which case bail shall be one thousand five hundred dollars
($1,500). In the event of serious physical injury or death the minimum amount of
bail shall be five thousand dollars ($5,000).
(2)
No court shall release a person charged with a violation of KRS 189A.010 who is
not a resident of Kentucky without the imposition of bail as required by subsection
(1) of this section. Bail in subsection (1) of this section shall be accepted in the full
cash amount only, or with court approved surety for that amount, and no other form
of bail shall be acceptable.
Effective: July 13, 1984
History: Created 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 165, sec. 14, effective July 13, 1984.