Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 526.060 (2026)

Divulging illegally obtained information

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(1) A person is guilty of divulging illegally obtained information when he knowingly uses or divulges information obtained through eavesdropping or tampering with private communications or learned in the course of employment with a communications common carrier engaged in transmitting the message.

(2) Divulging illegally obtained information is a Class A misdemeanor. Effective: January 1, 1975 History: Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 231, effective January 1, 1975.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1999–2004 · leading case: Bartnicki v. Vopper, 532 U.S. 514 (2001).

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Bartnicki v. Vopper, 532 U.S. 514 (2001). · cites it 2× “§ 21-4002 (1995); Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 526.060 (Michie 1999); La.”

Stringer v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 151 S.W.3d 781 (Ky. 2004). · cites it 2× “and Anthony Whitaker, knowingly used or divulged information obtained through eavesdropping in violation of KRS 526.060. 5. That the acts of the defendants, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.”

Springer v. Commonwealth, 998 S.W.2d 439 (Ky. 1999). · cites it 2× “020; KRS 526.060. As with her "invocation of silence" argument, supra, this otherwise unpreserved claim is ripe for determination with respect to the admissibility of Eades's confession upon retrial.”

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