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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 526.070 (2026)

Eavesdropping -- Exceptions

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A person is not guilty under this chapter when he:

(1) Inadvertently overhears the communication through a regularly installed telephone party line or on a telephone extension but does not divulge it; or

(2) Is an employee of a communications common carrier who, while acting in the course of his employment, intercepts, discloses or uses a communication transmitted through the facilities of his employer for a purpose which is a necessary incident to the rendition of the service or to the protection of the rights or the property of the carrier of such communication, provided however that communications common carriers shall not utilize service observing or random monitoring except for mechanical or service quality control checks. Effective: June 19, 1976 History: Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 230, sec. 1, effective June 19, 1976. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 233, effective June 19, 1976.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2019–2026 · leading case: Trenton Easterling v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. 2019).
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Trenton Easterling v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. 2019). · cites it 2× “Although KRS 526.070 contains two exceptions to the eavesdropping statute, Easterling correctly notes that neither of those exceptions applies here.”
McPherson (W.D. Ky. 2026). “Accordingly, harassment under KRS 526.070 “requires proof of the additional fact of intent to harass, annoy or alarm another person.”
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