2024 Kentucky Revised Statutes
Chapter 510 - Sexual offenses
510.050 Rape in the second degree.

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KY Rev Stat § 510.050 (2024)
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510.050 Rape in the second degree. (1) (2) A person is guilty of rape in the second degree when: (a) Being eighteen (18) years old or more, he or she engages in sexual intercourse with another person less than fourteen (14) years old; or (b) He or she engages in sexual intercourse with another person who is mentally incapacitated or who is incapable of consent because he or she is an individual with an intellectual disability. Rape in the second degree is a Class C felony, unless the defendant is a person in a position of authority or position of special trust as those terms are defined in KRS 532.045, in which case it is a Class B felony. Effective: July 15, 2024 History: Amended 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 106, sec. 4, effective July 15, 2024. -- Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 109, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2018. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 259, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2002. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 85, effective January 1, 1975.
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