Except as otherwise provided by Constitution or statute or by these or other rules promulgated by the Supreme Court of Kentucky, no person has a privilege to:
(1) Refuse to be a witness;

Terms Used In Kentucky Rules of Evidence 501

  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

(2) Refuse to disclose any matter;
(3) Refuse to produce any object or writing; or
(4) Prevent another from being a witness or disclosing any matter or producing any object or writing.
Effective: July 1, 1992
History: Enacted 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 88, sec. 23; renumbered (7/1/92) pursuant to 1992
Ky. Acts ch. 324, sec. 34.