(1) 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.
(2) (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 imprisonment, 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
b. 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;
5. 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.
(3) 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.
(4) 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.
(5) 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.
(6) 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: July 14, 2018
History: Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 121, sec. 3, effective July 14, 2018. -- 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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
21
cases (
9 in the last 5 years), 2000–2025 · leading case:
Dever v. Commonwealth, 300 S.W.3d 198 (Ky. Ct. App. 2009).
Dever v. Commonwealth, 300 S.W.3d 198 (Ky. Ct. App. 2009).
· cites it 16× “For this reason, the amended judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court is reversed, and this matter is remanded with directions that Dever be required to register as a sex offender in accordance with the version of KRS 17.520 in effect at the time he committed the offenses.”
Dickerson v. Commonwealth, 174 S.W.3d 451 (Ky. 2005).
· cites it 2× “401, § 17(2) (KRS 17.520(2)). Thus, the Commonwealth was not required to prove the age of the victim in order to establish that Appellant was a sex offender registrant.”
Commonwealth v. Baker, 295 S.W.3d 437 (Ky. 2009).
· cites it 2× “In addition to Respondent's probated sentence of five years imprisonment, pursuant to the version of KRS 17.520 in effect at the time, Respondent was required to register as a sex offender until March 27, 2010.”
Hyatt v. Commonwealth, 72 S.W.3d 566 (Ky. 2002).
· cites it 2× “See KRS 17.520, which was repealed in part and amended in part in 1998.”
Meinders v. Weber, 2000 SD 2 (S.D. 2000).
· cites it 2× “1999) (requiring registration for ten years if first offense; second and third offenses result in lifetime registration); Ky.Rev.Stat.Ann. § 17.520 (Supp. 1998) (providing for ten year registration period if offender is designated low or moderate risk; lifetime registration…”
Ladriere v. Commonwealth, 329 S.W.3d 278 (Ky. 2010).
· cites it 2× “KRS 17.520 provides that the commission of certain offenses subjects the offender to registration requirements for a period of twenty years while other offenses subject the offender to lifetime registration.”
Embry v. Commonwealth, 476 S.W.3d 264 (Ky. Ct. App. 2015).
· cites it 3× “Because anyone convicted of two or more felonies against a minor must register as a sex offender for life, KRS 17.520(2)(a)(4), Em-bry was required to register for life and complete the Sex Offender Treatment Program.”
Lucas v. Commonwealth, 380 S.W.3d 554 (Ky. Ct. App. 2012).
· cites it 2× “As a result, an order was entered revoking Lucas’s probation. Lucas now appeals from the order revoking his probation, claiming that retroactive application of the tolling provisions in the 1998 amendment to KRS 17.”
Moffitt v. Commonwealth, 360 S.W.3d 247 (Ky. Ct. App. 2012).
“KRS 17.520(2)(a); Ladriere, 329 S.W.3d at 281 (explaining lifetime registration due to criminal conviction for kidnapping a minor).”
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Samuel Daughtery (Ky. 2021).
· cites it 8× “520(3) (“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…”
Rollin v. Off. of Comm'r (W.D. Ky. 2021).
· cites it 6× “, PageID # 58 (quoting Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 17.520 (6) (West 2021))).”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 17.520(1) — 1 case
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 17.520(2) — 2 cases
Dickerson v. Commonwealth, 174 S.W.3d 451 (Ky. 2005).
“401, § 17(2) (KRS 17.520(2)). Thus, the Commonwealth was not required to prove the age of the victim in order to establish that Appellant was a sex offender registrant.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 17.520(2)(a) — 5 cases
Dever v. Commonwealth, 300 S.W.3d 198 (Ky. Ct. App. 2009).
“For this reason, the amended judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court is reversed, and this matter is remanded with directions that Dever be required to register as a sex offender in accordance with the version of KRS 17.520 in effect at the time he committed the offenses.”
Moffitt v. Commonwealth, 360 S.W.3d 247 (Ky. Ct. App. 2012).
“KRS 17.520(2)(a); Ladriere, 329 S.W.3d at 281 (explaining lifetime registration due to criminal conviction for kidnapping a minor).”
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Samuel Daughtery (Ky. 2021).
“520(3) (“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…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 17.520(2)(a)(4) — 1 case
Embry v. Commonwealth, 476 S.W.3d 264 (Ky. Ct. App. 2015).
“Because anyone convicted of two or more felonies against a minor must register as a sex offender for life, KRS 17.520(2)(a)(4), Em-bry was required to register for life and complete the Sex Offender Treatment Program.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 17.520(2)(a)(l) — 1 case
Ladriere v. Commonwealth, 329 S.W.3d 278 (Ky. 2010).
“KRS 17.520 provides that the commission of certain offenses subjects the offender to registration requirements for a period of twenty years while other offenses subject the offender to lifetime registration.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 17.520(3) — 2 cases
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Samuel Daughtery (Ky. 2021).
“520(3) (“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…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 17.520(4) — 3 cases
Lucas v. Commonwealth, 380 S.W.3d 554 (Ky. Ct. App. 2012).
“As a result, an order was entered revoking Lucas’s probation. Lucas now appeals from the order revoking his probation, claiming that retroactive application of the tolling provisions in the 1998 amendment to KRS 17.”
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Samuel Daughtery (Ky. 2021).
“520(3) (“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…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 17.520(6) — 3 cases
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Samuel Daughtery (Ky. 2021).
“520(3) (“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…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 17.520(b) — 1 case
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