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2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes
KENTUCKY RULES OF EVIDENCE
Rule 601 Competency


KY Rev Stat § 601 (2013) What's This?

Download as PDF Rule 601 Competency (a) (b) General. Every person is competent to be a witness except as otherwise provided in these rules or by statute. Minimal qualifications. A person is disqualified to testify as a witness if the trial court determines that he: (1) Lacked the capacity to perceive accurately the matters about which he proposes to testify; (2) Lacks the capacity to recollect facts; (3) Lacks the capacity to express himself so as to be understood, either directly or through an interpreter; or (4) Lacks the capacity to understand the obligation of a witness to tell the truth. Effective:July 1, 1992 History: Enacted 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 88, sec. 34; renumbered (7/1/92) pursuant to 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 324, sec. 34.

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