Kentucky District Court 40

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Court

Kentucky District Court 40 is one of 60 district courts in Kentucky. It serves Clinton, Russell, and Wayne counties.

Judges

• Division 1: Scarlett B. Latham
• Division 2: James M. Lawson (Chief district judge)

See also

• Courts in Kentucky
• Kentucky counties
• Judicial selection in Kentucky

External links

• Kentucky Court of Justice, "Judicial Directories"
• Kentucky Court of Justice, "District Court Overview"

Kentucky courts

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Federal courts:

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Kentucky, Western District of Kentucky • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Kentucky, Western District of Kentucky

State courts:

Kentucky Supreme Court • Kentucky Court of Appeals • Kentucky Circuit Courts • Kentucky District Courts • Kentucky Family Court

State resources:

Courts in Kentucky • Kentucky judicial elections • Judicial selection in Kentucky

Elections

See also: Kentucky judicial elections

Kentucky is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Kentucky, click here.

• Kentucky local trial court judicial elections, 2026
• Kentucky local trial court judicial elections, 2025
• Kentucky local trial court judicial elections, 2024
• Kentucky local trial court judicial elections, 2023
• Kentucky local trial court judicial elections, 2022
• Kentucky local trial court judicial elections, 2021
• Kentucky local trial court judicial elections, 2020
• Kentucky local trial court judicial elections, 2019
• Kentucky local trial court judicial elections, 2018
• Kentucky local trial court judicial elections, 2017
• Kentucky local trial court judicial elections, 2016
• Kentucky judicial elections, 2015
• Kentucky judicial elections, 2014
• Kentucky judicial elections, 2012
• Kentucky judicial elections, 2010

Selection method

See also: Nonpartisan election of judges

The judges of the Kentucky District Courts are elected in nonpartisan elections. They serve four-year terms and must run for re-election if they wish to serve again.

Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:

• a U.S. citizen;
• a resident of the represented district for at least two years; and
• licensed to practice law for at least two years.

Election rules

Primary election

All candidates participate in nonpartisan primaries. If more than two candidates compete in a race, the two with the highest number of votes advance to the general election.