Jefferson Circuit Court Filing Timing and Cure Windows

14 rules from official source documents

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Filing cutoffs, deemed-filed rules, rejection handling, cure periods, and outage procedures. This page is scoped to Jefferson Circuit Court; use the court rules overview to switch categories without leaving this court.

Cutoffs and deemed-filed rules

Checked against the court's document on Oct 3, 2026CRITICAL

Civil cases

Motions for motion hour must be filed and clocked by noon Thursday; copies must be served by mail by Wednesday or by facsimile or hand delivery by noon Thursday.

All motions, civil and criminal, to be heard at motion hours shall be filed and clocked no later than noon on the preceding Thursday, with service of copies to be mailed by Wednesday, or sent by facsimile or hand-delivered by noon on Thursday .

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Checked against the court's document on Oct 3, 2026WARNING

Civil cases

The Court may set a filing deadline, and hearings must be held as soon as possible after filing.

The Court may designate a deadline for filing and hearings shall be held as soon as possible after filing.

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Filing deadlines

Checked against the court's document on Oct 3, 2026CRITICAL

Civil cases

A successful bidder may move to confirm a sale at least 10 days after the report is filed; otherwise, a confirmation motion may be filed at least 20 days afterward.

A successful bidder at a sale may move for an order confirming the sale ten (10) or more days after the filing of a Master Commissioner's Report of Sale. Otherwise, a motion for an order confirming the sale may be filed twenty (20) or more days after the filing of a Master Commissioner's Report of Sale.

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Checked and corrected to match the court's document on Oct 3, 2026CRITICAL

Civil cases

The judgment creditor must call the Master Commissioner’s Office to schedule discovery, then by the close of the second business day file the notice with the Clerk and deliver a file-stamped copy and the required fee to the Master Commissioner.

The judgment creditor shall telephonically contact the Office of the Master Commissioner to request and obtain a date and time at which the discovery will be undertaken, and, by the close of the second business day thereafter, the judgment creditor shall file its Notice of Bill of Discovery with the Office of the Circuit Court Clerk, and deliver to the Office of the Master Commissioner a file stamped copy of the aforesaid notice, together with payment to the Master Commissioner of the fee assessed under JRP 508 (G).

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Checked against the court's document on Oct 3, 2026CRITICAL

Civil cases

Deadline: 10 calendar days

After the Commonwealth complies, the defendant must permit the specified reciprocal discovery within ten days.

Otherwise, within ten (10) days of compliance by the Commonwealth, the Defendant(s) shall permit the Commonwealth to inspect, copy or photograph (1) books, papers, documents or tangible objects which the Defendant(s) intends to introduce into evidence and which are in the Defendant's possession, custody or control ; and (ii) any results or reports ofphysical or mental examinations and of scientific tests or experiments made in connection with this particular case or copies thereof, within the possession, custody or control of the Defendant(s) and which the Defendant(s) intends to introduce as evidence or which were prepared by a witness whom the Defendant(s) intends to call at trial when the results or reports relate to the witness' testimony [RCr 7.24 (3)] .

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Checked against the court's document on Oct 3, 2026CRITICAL

Civil cases

Deadline: 10 calendar days

Objections relating to video depositions must be made at least 10 days before trial.

All objections relating to video depositions must be made at least ten (10) days before trial.

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Checked against the court's document on Oct 3, 2026WARNING

Civil cases

A response to objections may be filed within five days after the objections are filed.

A response to the objections may be filed within five (5) days of the filing of the objections.

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Checked against the court's document on Oct 3, 2026WARNING

Civil cases

A Warning Order or Military Attorney must file the report within 50 days of appointment, or within the time provided by the Civil Rules; failure may be grounds for sanctions regardless of payment.

C. The Warning Order or Military Attorney will file their report within fifty (50) days from the appointment, or such time as the Civil Rules may provide. Failure to do so may be ground for sanctions by the Court, whether the Warning Order or Military Attorney has been paid or not.

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