§ 510.010 Definitions for chapter
§ 510.015 Treatment of third or subsequent misdemeanor under KRS Chapter 510 as Class D felony
§ 510.020 Lack of consent
§ 510.030 Defenses to prosecution based on victim’s lack of consent
§ 510.035 Exception to KRS 510.020
§ 510.037 Conviction for rape, sodomy, or sexual abuse or for criminal attempt, conspiracy, facilitation, or solicitation to commit any degree of these crimes triggers application for interpersonal protective order
§ 510.040 Rape in the first degree
§ 510.050 Rape in the second degree
§ 510.060 Rape in the third degree
§ 510.070 Sodomy in the first degree
§ 510.080 Sodomy in the second degree
§ 510.090 Sodomy in the third degree
§ 510.100 Sodomy in the fourth degree
§ 510.110 Sexual abuse in the first degree
§ 510.120 Sexual abuse in the second degree
§ 510.130 Sexual abuse in the third degree
§ 510.140 Sexual misconduct
§ 510.148 Indecent exposure in the first degree
§ 510.150 Indecent exposure in the second degree
§ 510.155 Unlawful use of electronic means originating or received within the Commonwealth to induce a minor to engage in sexual or other prohibited activities — Prohibition of multiple convictions arising from single course of conduct — Solicitation as evi
§ 510.300 Expungement of record
§ 510.320 Human immunodeficiency virus testing for defendants accused of certain sexual offenses — Results — Counseling when test positive — Cost — Effect of appeal
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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 510 - Sexual Offenses

  • Adult intermediary: means a person who is age eighteen (18) years or older, who communicates with another for the purpose of procuring or promoting the use of a minor in violation of KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 510.010
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Deviate sexual intercourse: means any act of sexual gratification involving the sex organs of one person and the mouth or anus of another. See Kentucky Statutes 510.010
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Forcible compulsion: means physical force or threat of physical force, express or implied, which places a person in fear of immediate death, physical injury to self or another person, fear of the immediate kidnap of self or another person, or fear of any offense under this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 510.010
  • Foreign: when applied to a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, business trust, statutory trust, or limited liability company, includes all those incorporated or formed by authority of any other state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Foreign object: means anything used in commission of a sexual act other than the person of the actor. See Kentucky Statutes 510.010
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Individual with an intellectual disability: means a person with significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period, as defined in KRS Chapter 202B. See Kentucky Statutes 510.010
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Mentally incapacitated: means that a person is rendered temporarily incapable of appraising or controlling his or her conduct as a result of the influence of an intoxicating substance administered to him or her without his or her consent or as a result of any other act committed upon him or her without his or her consent. See Kentucky Statutes 510.010
  • Physically helpless: means that a person is unconscious or for any other reason is physically unable to communicate unwillingness to an act. See Kentucky Statutes 510.010
  • Sexual contact: means the touching of a person's intimate parts or the touching of the clothing or other material intended to cover the immediate area of a person's intimate parts, if that touching can be construed by a reasonable person as being done:
    (a) For the purpose of sexual arousal or gratification of either party. See Kentucky Statutes 510.010
  • Sexual intercourse: means sexual intercourse in its ordinary sense and includes
    penetration of the sex organs of one person by any body part or a foreign object manipulated by another person. See Kentucky Statutes 510.010
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Treatment: when used in a criminal justice context, means targeted interventions
    that focus on criminal risk factors in order to reduce the likelihood of criminal behavior. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.