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610.220 Permitted purposes for holding child in custody -- Time limitation -Extension -- Separation from adult prisoners -- Prohibition against
attaching child to stationary object. (Effective July 1, 2015)
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(2)
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Except as otherwise provided by statute, if an officer takes or receives a child
into custody on an allegation of committing a public offense or into protective
custody on being a suspected runaway, the child may be held at a police
station, secure juvenile detention facility, youth alternative center, a nonsecure
facility, or, as necessary, in a hospital or clinic for the following purposes:
(a) Identification and booking;
(b) Attempting to notify the parents or person exercising custodial control or
supervision of the child, a relative, guardian, other responsible person, or
the cabinet;
(c) Photographing;
(d) Fingerprinting;
(e) Physical examinations, including examinations for evidence;
(f) Evidence collection, including scientific tests;
(g) Records checks;
(h) Determining whether the child is subject to trial as an adult; and
(i) Other inquiries of a preliminary nature.
A child may be held in custody pursuant to this section for a period of time not
to exceed two (2) hours, unless an extension of time is granted. Permission for
an extension of time may be granted by the court, trial commissioner, or
court-designated worker pursuant to KRS 610.200(6)(d) and the child may be
retained in custody for up to an additional ten (10) hours at a facility of the type
listed in subsection (1) of this section except for an intermittent holding facility
for the period of retention.
Any child held in custody pursuant to this section shall be sight and sound
separated from any adult prisoners held in secure custody at the same
location, and shall not be handcuffed to or otherwise securely attached to any
stationary object.
Effective:July 1, 2015
History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 132, sec. 42, effective July 1, 2015. -Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 160, sec. 2, effective April 21, 2004. -- Amended
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 193, sec. 4, effective July 14, 2000; and ch. 534, sec. 9,
effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 358, sec. 31, effective
July 15, 1997. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 350, sec. 29, effective April 10,
1988. -- Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 423, sec. 41, effective July 1, 1987.
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