Kentucky Statutes 500.050 – Time limitations
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(1) Except as otherwise expressly provided, the prosecution of a felony is not subject to a period of limitation and may be commenced at any time.
(2) Except as otherwise expressly provided, the prosecution of an offense other than a felony must be commenced within one (1) year after it is committed.
(3) (a) For a misdemeanor sex offense when the victim is a minor at the time of the offense, the prosecution of the offense shall be commenced within ten (10) years after the victim attains the age of eighteen (18) years.
(b) As used in paragraph (a) of this subsection, “misdemeanor sex offense” means a misdemeanor offense in:
1. KRS Chapter 510;
2. KRS Chapter 531 involving a minor or depiction of a minor; or
3. KRS § 506.010 or 506.030 for attempt to commit or solicitation to commit:
a. Any of the offenses described in subparagraphs 1. and 2. of this paragraph;
b. Promoting prostitution under KRS § 529.040 when the defendant advances or profits from the prostitution of a minor;
c. Human trafficking involving commercial sexual activity under
KRS § 529.100;
d. Promoting human trafficking involving commercial sexual activity under KRS § 529.110; or
e. Unlawful transaction with a minor in the first degree under KRS
530.064(1)(a).
(4) For purposes of this section, an offense is committed either when every element occurs, or if a legislative purpose to prohibit a continuing course of conduct plainly appears, at the time when the course of conduct or the defendant’s complicity therein is terminated.
Effective:March 23, 2021
History: Amended 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 89, sec. 1, effective March 23, 2021. — Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 72, sec. 6, effective July 15, 2008. — Amended
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 401, sec. 5, effective July 14, 2000. — Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 448, sec. 2, effective July 13, 1990. — Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 5, effective January 1, 1975.
Legislative Research Commission Note (3/23/2021). 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 89, sec. 3 provides that the Act, which amended this statute and KRS § 413.249, “shall apply to causes of action accruing on or after March 23, 2021, and to causes of action accruing before March 23, 2021, if the applicable statute of limitations, as it existed prior to March 23, 2021, has not yet run before March 23, 2021.”
(2) Except as otherwise expressly provided, the prosecution of an offense other than a felony must be commenced within one (1) year after it is committed.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 500.050
- Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
- Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(3) (a) For a misdemeanor sex offense when the victim is a minor at the time of the offense, the prosecution of the offense shall be commenced within ten (10) years after the victim attains the age of eighteen (18) years.
(b) As used in paragraph (a) of this subsection, “misdemeanor sex offense” means a misdemeanor offense in:
1. KRS Chapter 510;
2. KRS Chapter 531 involving a minor or depiction of a minor; or
3. KRS § 506.010 or 506.030 for attempt to commit or solicitation to commit:
a. Any of the offenses described in subparagraphs 1. and 2. of this paragraph;
b. Promoting prostitution under KRS § 529.040 when the defendant advances or profits from the prostitution of a minor;
c. Human trafficking involving commercial sexual activity under
KRS § 529.100;
d. Promoting human trafficking involving commercial sexual activity under KRS § 529.110; or
e. Unlawful transaction with a minor in the first degree under KRS
530.064(1)(a).
(4) For purposes of this section, an offense is committed either when every element occurs, or if a legislative purpose to prohibit a continuing course of conduct plainly appears, at the time when the course of conduct or the defendant’s complicity therein is terminated.
Effective:March 23, 2021
History: Amended 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 89, sec. 1, effective March 23, 2021. — Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 72, sec. 6, effective July 15, 2008. — Amended
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 401, sec. 5, effective July 14, 2000. — Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 448, sec. 2, effective July 13, 1990. — Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 5, effective January 1, 1975.
Legislative Research Commission Note (3/23/2021). 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 89, sec. 3 provides that the Act, which amended this statute and KRS § 413.249, “shall apply to causes of action accruing on or after March 23, 2021, and to causes of action accruing before March 23, 2021, if the applicable statute of limitations, as it existed prior to March 23, 2021, has not yet run before March 23, 2021.”