name = "Atlas Commons research objects — civil legal aid capacity for Kentucky (FY2025)"
description = "Kentucky's LSC-funded civil legal aid capacity from the LSC Basic Field grant directory, with each figure's status labeled so a consuming agent can weight it correctly: the measured LSC records (provider count, awarded grant dollars, service-area types, and the Census-based poverty population LSC allocates by); one computed figure — LSC funding per person in poverty — a transparent ratio neither LSC nor Census publishes, with its formula disclosed; and the interpretive boundary (what this funding/capacity surface is, and is not). Source: LSC Basic Field grant directory. CC0."
license = "CC0-1.0"
jsonld = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ky.jsonld"

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ky/lsc-funding"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "4 LSC-funded civil legal aid providers received $8,229,745 in Kentucky (FY2025)"
text = "The LSC Basic Field grant directory records 4 LSC-funded civil legal aid grantees in Kentucky for fiscal year 2025, awarded $8,229,745 in total. A re-tally of published LSC grant awards."
source = "Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025)"
sourceUrl = "https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025); superseded when Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ky/poverty-population"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "693,991 people in poverty live in the LSC service areas covering Kentucky (FY2025)"
text = "The poverty population in the LSC Basic Field service areas covering Kentucky is 693,991, the figure LSC uses to allocate Basic Field grants. A Census/ACS-based poverty count summed across the state's service areas."
source = "Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory — poverty population (U.S. Census/ACS)"
sourceUrl = "https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees"
falsifier = "Re-tally of LSC's published service-area poverty figures (occurred=true), from a named authority — BUT the underlying poverty count is a U.S. Census/ACS SURVEY ESTIMATE with sampling error, not a hard census enumeration. Superseded with each LSC grant cycle / ACS vintage."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ky/service-area-types"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "LSC grant counts by service-area type in Kentucky (FY2025): Basic Field 4"
text = "Counts of the 4 LSC grants by LSC service-area type: Basic Field 4. A count of grants per LSC-defined service-area category."
source = "Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025)"
sourceUrl = "https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025); superseded when Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ky/funding-per-poverty-person"
warrant = "DERIVED"
name = "LSC civil legal aid funding is $11.86 per person in poverty in Kentucky (FY2025) — a derived ratio"
text = "Dividing the $8,229,745 in LSC Basic Field funding for service areas with a reported poverty population by the 693,991 people in poverty there yields $11.86 of LSC civil legal aid funding per person in poverty in Kentucky. A transparent ratio neither LSC nor Census publishes."
source = "Justice Atlas — derived ratio (LSC allocation ÷ service-area poverty population, over the same set of grants)"
sourceUrl = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/"
falsifier = "occurred=FALSE (a constructed ratio, not an event) and adjudged=FALSE (the atlas's calculation, not an LSC/Census figure). Reproduce it: $8,229,745 ÷ 693,991 = $11.86. Falsified if either input is wrong; it counts ONLY LSC Basic Field funding for grants with a reported poverty figure, not total civil legal aid spending, so it understates total per-capita legal aid."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ky/boundary"
warrant = "INTERPRETATION"
name = "What this legal-aid surface is — and is NOT — for Kentucky (the epistemic boundary)"
text = "Every figure above describes LSC Basic Field grant CAPACITY and FUNDING for Kentucky (FY2025). It is NOT all civil legal aid (LSC funds only part of the field; it excludes non-LSC legal aid, pro bono, and self-help), NOT a measure of cases handled, outcomes, or unmet need, and NOT a statement of whether you personally qualify for legal aid. For eligibility and help, use LawHelp.org / your local LSC grantee; for the full justice gap, see LSC's Justice Gap research."
source = "Justice Atlas framing (over the LSC facts above)"
sourceUrl = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/"
falsifier = "occurred=FALSE (a framing, not an event) and adjudged=FALSE (the atlas's reading, not an LSC verdict) — the LOWEST-warrant claim here. The figures above are LSC records plus one disclosed derived ratio; the four-status labels each, and this is the only interpretation."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ky/sol-defamation-libel-slander"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "Kentucky sets a 1 year civil statute of limitations for defamation (libel / slander) (Ky. Rev. Stat. § 413.140(1)(d))"
text = "Under Ky. Rev. Stat. § 413.140(1)(d), the civil statute of limitations for defamation (libel / slander) in Kentucky is 1 year. Note: Single-publication rule applies.. This is the STATUTE as written (verify at the cited code), last verified 2026-04-29 — NOT a calculation of any person's actual deadline, which depends on accrual and tolling."
source = "CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026)"
sourceUrl = "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=49037"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026); superseded when CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ky/sol-medical-malpractice"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "Kentucky sets a 1 year (5-year repose) civil statute of limitations for medical malpractice (Ky. Rev. Stat. § 413.140(1)(e))"
text = "Under Ky. Rev. Stat. § 413.140(1)(e), the civil statute of limitations for medical malpractice in Kentucky is 1 year (5-year repose). Note: a discovery rule may apply (the clock may start at discovery, not occurrence); an outer statute of repose of 5 year(s) may also bar the claim; Foreign-object/fraudulent-concealment exceptions.. This is the STATUTE as written (verify at the cited code), last verified 2026-04-29 — NOT a calculation of any person's actual deadline, which depends on accrual and tolling."
source = "CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026)"
sourceUrl = "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=49037"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026); superseded when CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ky/sol-personal-injury"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "Kentucky sets a 1 year civil statute of limitations for personal injury (Ky. Rev. Stat. § 413.140(1)(a))"
text = "Under Ky. Rev. Stat. § 413.140(1)(a), the civil statute of limitations for personal injury in Kentucky is 1 year. Note: Motor Vehicle Reparations Act extends to 2 years for auto accidents.. This is the STATUTE as written (verify at the cited code), last verified 2026-04-29 — NOT a calculation of any person's actual deadline, which depends on accrual and tolling."
source = "CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026)"
sourceUrl = "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=49037"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026); superseded when CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ky/sol-product-liability"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "Kentucky sets a 1 year civil statute of limitations for product liability (Ky. Rev. Stat. § 413.140(1)(a))"
text = "Under Ky. Rev. Stat. § 413.140(1)(a), the civil statute of limitations for product liability in Kentucky is 1 year. Note: § 411.310 creates rebuttable presumption product not defective if injury more than 5 years after first sale or 8 years after manufacture.. This is the STATUTE as written (verify at the cited code), last verified 2026-04-29 — NOT a calculation of any person's actual deadline, which depends on accrual and tolling."
source = "CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026)"
sourceUrl = "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=49037"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026); superseded when CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ky/sol-wrongful-death"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "Kentucky sets a 1 year civil statute of limitations for wrongful death (Ky. Rev. Stat. § 413.180)"
text = "Under Ky. Rev. Stat. § 413.180, the civil statute of limitations for wrongful death in Kentucky is 1 year. Note: If no PR appointed within 1 year of death, period begins automatically.. This is the STATUTE as written (verify at the cited code), last verified 2026-04-29 — NOT a calculation of any person's actual deadline, which depends on accrual and tolling."
source = "CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026)"
sourceUrl = "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/chapter.aspx?id=39261"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026); superseded when CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ky/sol-property-damage"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "Kentucky sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for property damage (Ky. Rev. Stat. § 413.125)"
text = "Under Ky. Rev. Stat. § 413.125, the civil statute of limitations for property damage in Kentucky is 2 years. Note: Real-property trespass/damage is 5 years under § 413.120.. This is the STATUTE as written (verify at the cited code), last verified 2026-04-29 — NOT a calculation of any person's actual deadline, which depends on accrual and tolling."
source = "CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026)"
sourceUrl = "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/chapter.aspx?id=39261"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026); superseded when CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ky/sol-contract-oral"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "Kentucky sets a 5 years civil statute of limitations for contract oral (Ky. Rev. Stat. § 413.120(1))"
text = "Under Ky. Rev. Stat. § 413.120(1), the civil statute of limitations for contract oral in Kentucky is 5 years. Note: Standard tolling for minors and incompetents.. This is the STATUTE as written (verify at the cited code), last verified 2026-04-29 — NOT a calculation of any person's actual deadline, which depends on accrual and tolling."
source = "CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026)"
sourceUrl = "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=44670"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026); superseded when CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ky/sol-fraud"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "Kentucky sets a 5 years civil statute of limitations for fraud (Ky. Rev. Stat. § 413.120(11))"
text = "Under Ky. Rev. Stat. § 413.120(11), the civil statute of limitations for fraud in Kentucky is 5 years. Note: a discovery rule may apply (the clock may start at discovery, not occurrence); No more than 10 years from accrual under § 413.130(3).. This is the STATUTE as written (verify at the cited code), last verified 2026-04-29 — NOT a calculation of any person's actual deadline, which depends on accrual and tolling."
source = "CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026)"
sourceUrl = "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=44670"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026); superseded when CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ky/sol-contract-written"
warrant = "RECORDED"
name = "Kentucky sets a 10 years civil statute of limitations for contract written (Ky. Rev. Stat. § 413.160)"
text = "Under Ky. Rev. Stat. § 413.160, the civil statute of limitations for contract written in Kentucky is 10 years. Note: Older contracts under § 413.090 retain 15-year period.. This is the STATUTE as written (verify at the cited code), last verified 2026-04-29 — NOT a calculation of any person's actual deadline, which depends on accrual and tolling."
source = "CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026)"
sourceUrl = "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=43544"
falsifier = "A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026); superseded when CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) publishes its next release."

[[claims]]
id = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/ky/sol-boundary"
warrant = "INTERPRETATION"
name = "Why these statute-of-limitations periods are NOT your deadline (the L5 boundary)"
text = "The periods above are the statutes Kentucky has on the books. They do NOT tell you YOUR deadline. When a claim \"accrues\" (starts the clock), whether the discovery rule, tolling, a minor/incapacity, or a statute of repose changes it, and which cause of action even applies, are fact-specific legal determinations. A missed deadline can permanently bar a claim. This atlas informs and routes — it is not legal advice and not a substitute for a licensed attorney. If you may have a claim, consult an attorney in Kentucky immediately; for free civil legal aid see this state's legal-aid page."
source = "Justice Atlas framing (over the statutes above)"
sourceUrl = "https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/"
falsifier = "occurred=FALSE (a framing/legal boundary, not an event) and adjudged=FALSE (the atlas's reading, not a court's ruling on any case) — the lowest-warrant claim. The period+citation claims above are recorded statutes (verifiable at the cited code); this boundary is the only interpretation on the SOL data."

[[legalAidIndicators]]
indicator = "LSC-funded providers (distinct organizations)"
value = 4
warrant = "RECORDED"
source = "Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory"

[[legalAidIndicators]]
indicator = "LSC service-area grants"
value = 4
warrant = "RECORDED"
source = "Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory"

[[legalAidIndicators]]
indicator = "Total LSC allocation (USD)"
value = 8229745
warrant = "RECORDED"
source = "Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory"

[[legalAidIndicators]]
indicator = "Poverty population in service areas"
value = 693991
warrant = "RECORDED"
source = "Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (U.S. Census/ACS)"

[[legalAidIndicators]]
indicator = "LSC funding per person in poverty (USD)"
value = 11.858575975769138
warrant = "DERIVED"
source = "Justice Atlas — allocation ÷ poverty population"

[[legalAidIndicators]]
indicator = "Fiscal year"
value = 2025
warrant = "—"
source = "Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory"

[[serviceAreaTypes]]
service_area_type = "Basic Field"
grant_count = 4

[[providers]]
organization = "Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky"
service_area = "KY-5"
service_area_type = "Basic Field"
allocation_usd = 2282338
poverty_population = 192463

[[providers]]
organization = "Legal Aid Society"
service_area = "KY-2"
service_area_type = "Basic Field"
allocation_usd = 2166654
poverty_population = 182708

[[providers]]
organization = "Legal Aid of the Bluegrass"
service_area = "KY-10"
service_area_type = "Basic Field"
allocation_usd = 2039664
poverty_population = 171999

[[providers]]
organization = "Kentucky Legal Aid"
service_area = "KY-9"
service_area_type = "Basic Field"
allocation_usd = 1741089
poverty_population = 146821
