2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 237 FIREARMS AND DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES 237.095 Persons barred by federal law from purchase of firearms -- Duty to notify courts and law enforcement agencies of purchase or attempt to purchase -- Protocol for providing notice -- Duty to notify petitioner -- Immunity from liability.
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237.095 Persons barred by federal law from purchase of firearms -- Duty to notify
courts and law enforcement agencies of purchase or attempt to purchase -- <br>Protocol for providing notice -- Duty to notify petitioner -- Immunity from <br>liability.
(1) Upon receiving notice that a person barred from purchasing a firearm under 18
U.S.C. sec. 922(g)(8) has purchased or attempted to purchase a firearm, any agency <br>with the responsibility of entering domestic violence records into the Law <br>Information Network of Kentucky shall notify: <br>(a) The court in the jurisdiction where the domestic violence order was issued
under KRS 403.750; and
(b) The law enforcement agencies, as designated by the Department of Kentucky
State Police, that have jurisdiction in the county where the domestic violence <br>order was issued and in the county of the victim's residence if different from <br>the county where the domestic violence order was issued.
(2) The Department of Kentucky State Police shall develop a protocol for providing
notice to the required court and law enforcement agencies under subsection (1) of <br>this section. Within the protocol, the Department of Kentucky State Police shall <br>designate which local law enforcement agencies are to receive notice in each <br>county. A minimum of one (1) law enforcement agency shall be designated in each <br>county.
(3) When a designated law enforcement agency for the county where the domestic
violence order was issued or where the victim resides receives notice under <br>subsection (1)(b) of this section, that agency shall make reasonable efforts to ensure <br>that the petitioner who obtained the domestic violence order is notified that the <br>respondent has purchased or attempted to purchase a firearm.
(4) Any person carrying out responsibilities under this section shall be immune from
civil liability for good faith conduct in carrying out those responsibilities.
(5) This section shall apply only to domestic violence orders issued, or reissued, on or
after July 14, 2000, through July 15, 2002.
Effective: June 26, 2007 <br>History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 264, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended
2002 Ky. Acts ch. 70, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2002. -- Created 2000 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 401, sec. 11, effective July 14, 2000.
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