Union County, Kentucky (Judicial)

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Union County is within the Kentucky Court of Appeals Second District

The people of Union County are served by a District Court, Circuit Court and a Family Court.

The United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky has jurisdiction in Union County. Appeals from the Western District go to the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.

Judges

Union County, Kentucky

District Court

Kentucky District Court 5


Circuit Court

Kentucky Circuit Court 5


Family Court

Crittenden, Union and Webster Counties Family Court, Kentucky


Elections

See also: Kentucky judicial elections

Kentucky is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Kentucky, click here.

Election rules

Primary election

All candidates participate in nonpartisan primaries. If more than two candidates compete in a race, the two with the highest number of votes advance to the general election.



See also

Footnotes

  1. Kentucky Court of Justice, "Address List," accessed November 18, 2014 (Select county)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kentucky Court of Justice, "Kentucky Court of Justice Address List," accessed January 8, 2015 (Select county) Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "addresslist" defined multiple times with different content