§ 49.010 Office of Claims and Appeals — Administrative boards within office — Executive director — Powers and duties — Crime Victims Compensation Board — Trauma-informed training — Requirement
§ 49.020 Membership and duties of Board of Tax Appeals, Crime Victims Compensation Board, and Board of Claims — Required training
§ 49.030 KRS 49.040 to 49.180 applicable to power and authority outlined in KRS 49.020(5)
§ 49.040 Exclusive jurisdiction of Board of Claims — Limitation on damage awards — Hearing officers — Official records — Agreed judgment or dismissal if settlement reached
§ 49.050 Jurisdiction of Board of Claims as to municipal maintenance of state-owned traffic control devices
§ 49.060 Legislative intent as to sovereign immunity in negligence claims
§ 49.070 State institutions of higher education declared agencies of state government for purposes of KRS 49.060 — Jurisdiction of Board of Claims — Sovereign immunity — Exposure to asbestos claims
§ 49.080 Venue of hearings — Expenses of hearings outside offices
§ 49.090 Investigation of claims — Claims under $2,500 may be investigated in-house — Hearings on contested claims of $2,500 or more — Order — Filing fee
§ 49.100 Defense to claims
§ 49.110 Compensation and expenses of Board of Claims, assistant Attorneys General, or attorneys appointed by Governor — Payment of awards — Operating costs paid out of general fund
§ 49.120 When claims must be presented
§ 49.130 Conditions of awards — Reduction of award
§ 49.140 Enforcement and entry of orders, awards, and judgments
§ 49.150 Appeal from award of Board of Claims
§ 49.160 Appeal to Court of Appeals
§ 49.170 Exclusiveness of Board of Claims’ award or judgment
§ 49.180 Monetary threshold for claims brought before Board of Claims
§ 49.190 KRS 49.200 to 49.250 applicable to power and authority outlined in KRS 49.020(1)
§ 49.200 Record of Board of Tax Appeals
§ 49.210 Location of hearings — Expenses of hearings outside offices
§ 49.220 Exclusive jurisdiction of Board of Tax Appeals — Notice of rulings of revenue and taxation agencies — Appeals to board — Procedure
§ 49.230 Official records of proceedings of Board of Tax Appeals public in nature — Exception — Appeal procedure
§ 49.240 Effect of final orders of Board of Tax Appeals — Remand to agency — Refund
§ 49.250 Judicial review of final orders of Board of Tax Appeals — Stay of collection of tax
§ 49.260 KRS 49.270 to 49.490 applicable to power and authority of Crime Victims Compensation Board outlined in KRS 49.020
§ 49.270 Public purpose of indemnifying injured crime victims
§ 49.280 Definitions for KRS 49.270 to 49.490
§ 49.290 Nonresident victims of criminal acts occurring in Kentucky — Limits on operation of statute
§ 49.300 Powers and duties of Crime Victims Compensation Board
§ 49.310 Eligibility for awards pursuant to KRS 49.270 to 49.490
§ 49.320 Victim of hate crime deemed victim of criminally injurious conduct
§ 49.330 Application for award — Filing of claim form — Effect of pending criminal prosecution on proceedings of Crime Victims Compensation Board
§ 49.340 Investigation of claim — Examination of records and reports — Hearing — Expenses of hearings outside offices — Order — Appeal
§ 49.350 Failure to perfect claim — Denial and bar to reassertion of claim
§ 49.360 Emergency award pending final decision
§ 49.370 Awards, findings, and amounts
§ 49.380 Collection actions against crime victim for debt related to expense covered under KRS 49.370(3) to cease pending resolution of claim submitted to board
§ 49.390 Reduction of award — Determination of victim’s contribution — Basis of denial of claim
§ 49.400 Effect of filing false information
§ 49.410 Manner of payment — Annual reconsideration
§ 49.420 Lump-sum payment to survivors of police officer killed in line of duty
§ 49.430 Federal participation
§ 49.440 Records of proceedings are public records — Confidentiality protected
§ 49.450 Contracts regarding crime — Money to be paid to Crime Victims Compensation Board — Disposition
§ 49.460 Subrogation
§ 49.470 Award constitutes debt owed to state — Manner of payment
§ 49.480 Crime victims’ compensation fund
§ 49.490 Sexual assault victim assistance fund
§ 49.990 Penalty for failure or refusal to obey subpoena or order of Board of Tax Appeals, Crime Victims Compensation Board, or Board of Claims

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 49 - Office of Claims and Appeals

  • agent: includes managing general agent unless the context requires otherwise. See Kentucky Statutes 304.9-085
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • any other state: includes any state, territory, outlying possession, the District of Columbia, and any foreign government or country. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Biennium: means the two (2) year period commencing on July 1 in each even- numbered year and ending on June 30 in the ensuing even-numbered year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Certified mail: means any method of governmental, commercial, or electronic delivery that allows a document or package to have proof of:
    (a) Sending the document or package. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • City: includes town. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. Source: OCC
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Foreign: when applied to a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, business trust, statutory trust, or limited liability company, includes all those incorporated or formed by authority of any other state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. Source: OCC
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • public funds: means sums actually received in cash or negotiable instruments from all sources unless otherwise described by any state agency, state- owned corporation, university, department, cabinet, fiduciary for the benefit of any form of state organization, authority, board, bureau, interstate compact, commission, committee, conference, council, office, or any other form of organization whether or not the money has ever been paid into the Treasury and whether or not the money is still in the Treasury if the money is controlled by any form of state organization, except for those funds the management of which is to be reported to the Legislative Research Commission pursuant to KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Usury: Charging an illegally high interest rate on a loan. Source: OCC
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
  • Victim advocate: work with prosecutors and assist the victims of a crime.