.190 Arrest laws applicable to child taken into custody -- Applicability of bail laws -- Custody by person other than peace officer.
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610.190 Arrest laws applicable to child taken into custody -- Applicability of bail
laws -- Custody by person other than peace officer.
(1)
The law relating to the persons by whom and the circumstances under which a
person may be arrested for a public offense shall be applicable to children, but the
taking of a child into custody under such law shall not be termed an arrest until the
court has made the decision to try the child in Circuit or District Court as an adult.
The law relating to bail shall not be applicable to children detained in accordance
with this chapter unless the child is subject to being tried in Circuit or District Court
as an adult.
(2)
When a child is taken into custody by a person other than a peace officer, such
person shall as soon as possible place the child in the custody of a peace officer.
Effective: July 15, 1997
History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 358, sec. 29, effective July 15, 1997. -- Amended
1988 Ky. Acts ch. 350, sec. 27, effective April 10, 1988. -- Created 1986 Ky. Acts
ch. 423, sec. 38, effective July 1, 1987.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/96). Under 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 358, sec.
67(1), the amendment of this statute by Section 29 of that Act becomes effective July
15, 1997.