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IV Parties

Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure – 2026

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I Title and Scope of Rules; One Form of Action II Commencement of Action; Service of Process, Pleadings, Motions and Orders III Pleadings and Motions IV Parties V Depositions and Discovery VI Trials VII Judgment VIII Provisional and Final Remedies and Special Proceedings IX Appeals X Courts and Clerks XI General Application of these Rules XII Special Rules of the Circuit Court for the Economical Litigation Docket XIII Mediation Rules
17.01 Real party in interest 17.02 Married persons 17.03 Infants and persons of unsound mind 17.04 Prisoners 18.01 Independent or alternative claims 18.02 Dependent claims 19.01 Persons to be joined if feasible 19.02 Determination by court whenever joinder not feasible 19.03 Pleading reasons for nonjoinder 19.04 Exception of class actions 20.01 Permissive joinder 20.02 Separate trials 21 Misjoinder and nonjoinder of parties 22 Interpleader 23.01 Prerequisites to class action 23.02 Class actions maintainable 23.03 Determination by order whether class action to be maintained; notice; judgment; actions conducted partially as class actions 23.04 Orders in conduct of actions 23.05 Dismissal or compromise 23.06 Appeals 23.07 Class counsel 23.08 Attorney’s fees and nontaxable costs 24.01 Intervention of right 24.02 Permissive intervention 24.03 Procedure 25.01 Death 25.02 Incompetency 25.03 Transfer of interest 25.04 Public officers; death or separation from office