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Ky. Admin. Office of the Courts, Circuit/District Court Clerks' Manual, ch. 43 (Forcible Entry and Detainer)

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Ky. Admin. Office of the Courts, Circuit/District Court Clerks' Manual, ch. 43 (Forcible Entry and Detainer)
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15.12.3 Jail Credit
Defendants incarcerated for failure to pay court costs, fees, or fines (or for
failure to appear and show cause for nonpayment) are entitled to a jail credit
for time spent against the amount owed. Unless the defendant is incarcerated
pursuant to orders in other cases, upon service of sufficient days in jail to
have sufficient credit to satisfy the court costs, fees, or fines, the defendant
shall be released from jail.
Credit is applied by the jailer at the following rates for each day spent in jail:
• $50 per day if no community service is performed
• $100 per day if (8) eight hours of community service is performed
• 1/8 of $100 for each hour worked
NOTE: The jailer is responsible for tracking the amount of credit the
defendant has earned and filing the AOC 426 (Notice of Jail Credit).
1. Upon receipt from the jailer of AOC 426 (Notice of Jail Credit), apply the AOC Form 426
FILED stamp, add the date and your initials. File, date, initial

2. File on a document screen using document code NJC. Enter the amount Document code
of credit earned in the box provided. Refer to the Jail Credit section in the NJC
Accounting Manual for information about applying the credit.

15.13 DUI Citations
When DUI Citations are received in District Court (KRS 189A):
1. Apply the FILED stamp to the citation; add the date and your initials. File, date, initial
Refer to Case Add section of KYCourts Manual. Generate the next case Traffic- T
number in the computer for Traffic (T), or Felony (F) cases. Felony- F