§ 17.110 Report of offense under penal code to department
§ 17.115 Criminal identification activities — State institutions and peace officers to cooperate with cabinet
§ 17.120 Forwarding reports to federal government
§ 17.125 Agency sharing of records maintained on juvenile in facility, program, or informal adjustment — Confidentiality — Provision of records — Exception — Violation
§ 17.131 Kentucky Unified Criminal Justice Information System — Committee to design and implement system — Uniform policy — Duties — Automated warrant system — Denial of funds upon failure of agency or officer to participate in system
§ 17.140 Centralized criminal history record information system
§ 17.142 Segregation of criminal records
§ 17.143 Qualified person to administer system — Personnel
§ 17.147 Duties of Department of Kentucky State Police
§ 17.148 Duties of Department of Kentucky State Police regarding traffic safety — Control of funds
§ 17.150 Reports by law enforcement officers and criminal justice agencies — Public inspection exemptions — Administrative regulations — Information from the Court of Justice
§ 17.151 Centralized criminal history record information system to be developed by Department of Kentucky State Police, in cooperation with specified state agencies — Contents — Access — Identification numbers
§ 17.152 Citation and personal identification numbers to be supplied by Department of Kentucky State Police, Administrative Office of the Courts, Department of Juvenile Justice, and Cabinet for Health and Family Services
§ 17.1521 Uniform citation number to be supplied by Administrative Office of the Courts
§ 17.1522 Department of Kentucky State Police to update database within thirty days of receipt of information from certain levels
§ 17.1523 Uniform offense report to provide for indication of bias-related crime — Annual reporting
§ 17.153 Annual report
§ 17.157 Funds withheld for failure to comply
§ 17.160 Furnishing potential employer with person’s record of convictions, guilty pleas, and Alford pleas involving specified crimes
§ 17.165 Definitions — Criminal record check for job applicants at child-care centers — Restrictions on employing violent offenders or persons convicted of sex crimes — Conviction information for applicant seeking employment as child-serving professional
§ 17.167 Felony-offender record check for employees and members of fire departments, ambulance services, and rescue squads
§ 17.169 Definitions for KRS 17.169, 17.170, and 17.175
§ 17.170 Maintenance of DNA samples collected before March 27, 2009 — Persons required to provide DNA sample — Persons and procedures authorized for DNA sample collection — Administrative regulation — Penalties for refusing to provide DNA sample or tampe
§ 17.175 Centralized database for DNA identification records — Analysis and classification of evidence — Exemption from KRS 61.870 to 61.884 — Expungement of information and destruction of DNA sample — Penalty for unlawful use of DNA database identificat
§ 17.176 Probative value of DNA test — Submission of evidence by parties in case — Fees and costs
§ 17.180 Automated fingerprint identification system
§ 17.185 Request to Department of Kentucky State Police to conduct background check on oneself through name-based or fingerprint-supported search — Definitions for section — Prerequisites and limitations on search and release of information — Fees — Admi
§ 17.190 Emergency requests for call location information
§ 17.210 Purpose of KRS 17.210 to 17.270
§ 17.310 “Brake fluid” defined
§ 17.320 Standards for brake fluid and Transportation Cabinet’s regulations
§ 17.330 Analysis and labeling of brake fluid
§ 17.340 Transportation Cabinet’s approval of analysis required
§ 17.450 Kentucky Missing Child Information Center
§ 17.460 Procedure by law enforcement agency upon receipt of report of missing child — Transportation and return of child once located
§ 17.470 Notification by Department of Kentucky State Police of missing and recovered children
§ 17.500 Definitions for KRS 17.500 to 17.580
§ 17.510 Registration system for adults who have committed sex crimes or crimes against minors — Persons required to register — Exemption for registration for juveniles to be retroactive — Manner of registration — Penalties — Notifications of violations
§ 17.520 Period of registration
§ 17.530 Authority to share information from registrations
§ 17.540 Short title for KRS 17.500 to 17.540
§ 17.545 Registrant prohibited from residing or being present in certain areas — Violations — Exception
§ 17.546 Registrant prohibited from using social networking Web site or instant messaging or chat room program accessible by minors, exception for parents — Registrant prohibited from photographing, filming, or making a video of a minor without consent of m
§ 17.547 Persons immune from suit for good faith conduct under KRS 17.500 to 17.580 and 17.991
§ 17.549 False statements to law enforcement officials regarding noncompliant registrant — Harboring — Violation
§ 17.550 Definitions for KRS 17.550 to 17.991
§ 17.552 Approval requirement for sexual offender risk evaluations or treatment — Exemptions
§ 17.554 Sex Offender Risk Assessment Advisory Board — Risk assessment procedure
§ 17.556 Membership of board — Chair — Terms — Committees
§ 17.558 Issuance of approvals
§ 17.560 Hearing — Order — Appeal
§ 17.562 Quorum — Votes for action of board
§ 17.564 Authority for administrative regulations
§ 17.566 Use of “approved provider” designation restricted
§ 17.568 Injunctive relief
§ 17.574 Forwarding of relevant information by certain facilities to approved provider for review prior to release — Confidentiality
§ 17.576 Privileged communications — Written waiver
§ 17.578 Termination of duty to register
§ 17.580 Duty of Department of Kentucky State Police to maintain and update Web site containing information about adults who have committed sex crimes or crimes against minors — Immunity from liability for good-faith dissemination of information — Justice
§ 17.990 Penalties
§ 17.991 Penalty for violation of KRS 17.552
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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 17 - Public Safety

  • Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • any other state: includes any state, territory, outlying possession, the District of Columbia, and any foreign government or country. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • 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.
  • Arraignment: A proceeding in which an individual who is accused of committing a crime is brought into court, told of the charges, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Capital offense: A crime punishable by death.
  • City: includes town. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of the Department of Financial
    Institutions. See Kentucky Statutes 286.1-010
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of financial institutions. See Kentucky Statutes 286.6-005
  • Committee substitute: Short for committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Corporation: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Credit union: means a cooperative, nonprofit association, incorporated under this subtitle, for the purposes of encouraging thrift among its members, creating a source of credit at a fair and reasonable rate of interest, and providing an opportunity for its members to use and control their own money on a democratic basis in order to improve their economic and social condition. See Kentucky Statutes 286.6-005
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the Department of Financial Institutions. See Kentucky Statutes 286.1-010
  • Directors: when applied to corporations, includes managers or trustees. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Domestic: when applied to a corporation, partnership, business trust, or limited liability company, means all those incorporated or formed by authority of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC
  • 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.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
  • National Credit Union Administration: The federal regulatory agency that charters and supervises federal credit unions. (NCUA also administers the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, which insures the deposits of federal credit unions.) Source: OCC
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Person: means a natural person, or any type or form of corporation, company, partnership, proprietorship, association, or other legal entity. See Kentucky Statutes 286.1-010
  • 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.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • real estate: includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interest therein, other than a chattel interest. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Registered mail: means any governmental, commercial, or electronic method of delivery that allows a document or package to have:
    (a) Its chain of custody recorded in a register to enable its location to be tracked. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Revolving credit: A credit agreement (typically a credit card) that allows a customer to borrow against a preapproved credit line when purchasing goods and services. The borrower is only billed for the amount that is actually borrowed plus any interest due. (Also called a charge account or open-end credit.) Source: OCC
  • Right of survivorship: The ownership rights that result in the acquisition of title to property by reason of having survived other co-owners.
  • 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
  • Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • Victim Impact Statement: A written or spoken statement by the victim or his or her representative about the physical, emotional, and financial impact of a crime on the victim. The statement is given to the court before sentencing.
  • Violate: includes failure to comply with. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010