453.070 Cost of continuance in civil action -- Dismissal -- Amendment. (1) If a party to a civil action obtains a continuance, or files an amendment that causes a continuance, he shall pay the costs occasioned thereby. (2) If an action is dismissed for want of jurisdiction, the party in error shall pay the costs. (3) If a party obtains further time to plead or to amend his pleadings, he shall pay the costs occasioned thereby. Effective: January 2, 1978 History: Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 469, effective January 2, 1978. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 2 08, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 887.
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