Kentucky Statutes 17.520 – Period of registration
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(1) A registrant, upon his or her release by the court, the Parole Board, the cabinet, or any detention facility, shall be required to register for a period of time required under this section.
(2) (a) Lifetime registration is required for:
1. Any person who has been convicted of kidnapping, as set forth in KRS
509.040, when the victim is under the age of eighteen (18) at the time of the commission of the offense, except when the offense is committed by a parent;
2. Any person who has been convicted of unlawful imprisonment, as set forth in KRS § 509.020, when the victim is under the age of eighteen (18) at the time of the commission of the offense, except when the offense is committed by a parent;
3. Any person convicted of a sex crime:
a. Who has one (1) or more prior convictions of a felony criminal offense against a victim who is a minor; or
b. Who has one (1) or more prior sex crime convictions;
4. Any person who has been convicted of two (2) or more felony criminal offenses against a victim who is a minor;
5. Any person who has been convicted of:
a. Rape in the first degree under KRS § 510.040; or
b. Sodomy in the first degree under KRS § 510.070; and
6. Any sexually violent predator.
(3) All other registrants are required to register for twenty (20) years following discharge from confinement or twenty (20) years following the maximum discharge date on probation, shock probation, conditional discharge, parole, or other form of early release, whichever period is greater.
(4) If a person required to register under this section is reincarcerated for another offense or as the result of having violated the terms of probation, parole, postincarceration supervision, or conditional discharge, the registration requirements and the remaining period of time for which the registrant shall register are tolled during the reincarceration.
(5) A person who has pled guilty, entered an Alford plea, or been convicted in a court of another state or territory, in a court of the United States, or in a court-martial of the United States Armed Forces who is required to register in Kentucky shall be subject to registration in Kentucky based on the conviction in the foreign jurisdiction. The Justice and Public Safety Cabinet shall promulgate administrative regulations to carry out the provisions of this subsection.
(6) The court shall designate the registration period as mandated by this section in its judgment and shall cause a copy of its judgment to be mailed to the Information Services Center, Department of Kentucky State Police, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601.
Effective: July 14, 2018
History: Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 121, sec. 3, effective July 14, 2018. — Amended
2011 Ky. Acts ch.2, sec. 93, effective June 8, 2011. — Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch.
85, sec. 101, effective June 26, 2007. — Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 182, sec. 7, effective July 12, 2006. — Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 401, sec. 17, effective April
11, 2000. — Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 606, sec. 139, effective January 15, 1999. — Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 392, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1994.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/26/2007). 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, relating to the creation and organization of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, instructs the Reviser of Statutes to correct statutory references to agencies and officers whose names have been changed in that Act. Such a correction has been made in this section.
(2) (a) Lifetime registration is required for:
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 17.520
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- 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
- 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.
- Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
1. Any person who has been convicted of kidnapping, as set forth in KRS
509.040, when the victim is under the age of eighteen (18) at the time of the commission of the offense, except when the offense is committed by a parent;
2. Any person who has been convicted of unlawful imprisonment, as set forth in KRS § 509.020, when the victim is under the age of eighteen (18) at the time of the commission of the offense, except when the offense is committed by a parent;
3. Any person convicted of a sex crime:
a. Who has one (1) or more prior convictions of a felony criminal offense against a victim who is a minor; or
b. Who has one (1) or more prior sex crime convictions;
4. Any person who has been convicted of two (2) or more felony criminal offenses against a victim who is a minor;
5. Any person who has been convicted of:
a. Rape in the first degree under KRS § 510.040; or
b. Sodomy in the first degree under KRS § 510.070; and
6. Any sexually violent predator.
(3) All other registrants are required to register for twenty (20) years following discharge from confinement or twenty (20) years following the maximum discharge date on probation, shock probation, conditional discharge, parole, or other form of early release, whichever period is greater.
(4) If a person required to register under this section is reincarcerated for another offense or as the result of having violated the terms of probation, parole, postincarceration supervision, or conditional discharge, the registration requirements and the remaining period of time for which the registrant shall register are tolled during the reincarceration.
(5) A person who has pled guilty, entered an Alford plea, or been convicted in a court of another state or territory, in a court of the United States, or in a court-martial of the United States Armed Forces who is required to register in Kentucky shall be subject to registration in Kentucky based on the conviction in the foreign jurisdiction. The Justice and Public Safety Cabinet shall promulgate administrative regulations to carry out the provisions of this subsection.
(6) The court shall designate the registration period as mandated by this section in its judgment and shall cause a copy of its judgment to be mailed to the Information Services Center, Department of Kentucky State Police, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601.
Effective: July 14, 2018
History: Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 121, sec. 3, effective July 14, 2018. — Amended
2011 Ky. Acts ch.2, sec. 93, effective June 8, 2011. — Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch.
85, sec. 101, effective June 26, 2007. — Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 182, sec. 7, effective July 12, 2006. — Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 401, sec. 17, effective April
11, 2000. — Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 606, sec. 139, effective January 15, 1999. — Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 392, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1994.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/26/2007). 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, relating to the creation and organization of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, instructs the Reviser of Statutes to correct statutory references to agencies and officers whose names have been changed in that Act. Such a correction has been made in this section.