When a discriminatory housing charge is filed under KRS § 344.625, a complainant, a respondent, or the aggrieved person on whose behalf the complaint is filed, may elect to have the claims asserted in that charge decided in a civil action under KRS § 344.670, in lieu of an administrative hearing before the commission under KRS § 344.640.
(1) The election shall be made not later than twenty (20) days after the receipt by the electing person of service under KRS § 344.630, from the commission or, in the case of the commission, not later than twenty (20) days after service to the respondent and complainant.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 344.635

  • Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.

(2) The person making the election shall give written notice of doing so to the commission and to all other complainants and respondents to whom the charge relates.
Effective: July 14, 1992
History: Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 282, sec. 23, effective July 14, 1992.