2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 17 - PUBLIC SAFETY
17.520 Period of registration.
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A registrant, upon his or her release by the court, the Parole Board, the
cabinet, or any detention facility, shall be required to register for a period of
time required under this section.
(a) Lifetime registration is required for:
1.
Any person who has been convicted of kidnapping, as set forth in
KRS 509.040, when the victim is under the age of eighteen (18) at
the time of the commission of the offense, except when the offense
is committed by a parent;
2.
Any person who has been convicted of unlawful confinement, as set
forth in KRS 509.020, when the victim is under the age of eighteen
(18) at the time of the commission of the offense, except when the
offense is committed by a parent;
3.
Any person convicted of a sex crime:
a.
Who has one (1) or more prior convictions of a felony criminal
offense against a victim who is a minor; or
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Who has one (1) or more prior sex crime convictions;
4.
Any person who has been convicted of two (2) or more felony
criminal offenses against a victim who is a minor;
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Any person who has been convicted of:
a.
Rape in the first degree under KRS 510.040; or
b.
Sodomy in the first degree under KRS 510.070; and
6.
Any sexually violent predator.
All other registrants are required to register for twenty (20) years following
discharge from confinement or twenty (20) years following the maximum
discharge date on probation, shock probation, conditional discharge, parole, or
other form of early release, whichever period is greater.
If a person required to register under this section is reincarcerated for another
offense or as the result of having violated the terms of probation, parole,
postincarceration supervision, or conditional discharge, the registration
requirements and the remaining period of time for which the registrant shall
register are tolled during the reincarceration.
A person who has pled guilty, entered an Alford plea, or been convicted in a
court of another state or territory, in a court of the United States, or in a
court-martial of the United States Armed Forces who is required to register in
Kentucky shall be subject to registration in Kentucky based on the conviction in
the foreign jurisdiction. The Justice and Public Safety Cabinet shall promulgate
administrative regulations to carry out the provisions of this subsection.
The court shall designate the registration period as mandated by this section in
its judgment and shall cause a copy of its judgment to be mailed to the
Information Services Center, Department of Kentucky State Police, Frankfort,
Kentucky 40601.
Effective:June 8, 2011
History: Amended 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 2, sec. 93, effective June 8, 2011. -Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 101, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended
2006 Ky. Acts ch. 182, sec. 7, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 2000 Ky.
Acts ch. 401, sec. 17, effective April 11, 2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts
ch. 606, sec. 139, effective January 15, 1999. -- Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 392,
sec. 3, effective July 15, 1994.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/26/2007). 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85,
relating to the creation and organization of the Justice and Public Safety
Cabinet, instructs the Reviser of Statutes to correct statutory references to
agencies and officers whose names have been changed in that Act. Such a
correction has been made in this section.
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