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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 531.100 (2026)

Video voyeurism

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(1) A person is guilty of video voyeurism when he or she intentionally:

(a) Uses or causes the use of any camera, videotape, photooptical, photoelectric, or other image recording device for the purpose of observing, viewing, photographing, filming, or videotaping the sexual conduct, genitals, or nipple of the female breast of another person without that person's consent; and

(b) Uses or divulges any image so obtained for consideration; or

(c) Distributes any image so obtained by live or recorded visual medium, electronic mail, the Internet, or a commercial on-line service.

(2) Video voyeurism is a Class D felony. Effective: July 15, 2002 History: Created 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 149, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2006–2025 · leading case: Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. Daniels, 193 S.W.3d 754 (Ky. 2006).
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Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. Daniels, 193 S.W.3d 754 (Ky. 2006). “On February 15, 2006, Respondent pled guilty in Jefferson Circuit Court to one count of Video Voyeurism, KRS 531.100, and in Hardin Circuit Court to one count of Intimidating a Participant in the Legal Process, Complicity, KRS 524.”
Coleman v. Dep't of Corr. (E.D. Ky. 2023). · cites it 2× “3 See Ky. Rev. Stat. § 531.100(8) (“State prisoners, excluding the Class D felons and Class C felons qualifying to serve time in jails, shall be transferred to the state institution within forty-five (45) days of final sentencing.”
Davon Burke 162305 v. Kenton Cnty. Fiscal Court (Ky. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “090 and KRS 531.100, and that their failure to properly monitor video visitation between the inmates and visitors led to screenshots of Burke being posted on the internet.”
Michelle Bray v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. 2025). “320(1) (promoting); KRS 531.100(3) (defining “promote”). 17 The failure of the General Assembly to substantially distinguish these several crimes from one another demonstrates the definition of “commercial sexual activity” to include innately non-commercial conduct is “so…”
Daniels v. Kentucky Bar Ass'n, 247 S.W.3d 530 (Ky. 2008). “Movant was indicted in Jefferson County for video voyeurism, KRS 531.100, a felony that criminalizes the non-co'nsensual videotaping of another person’s sexual conduct, or of certain private parts even without sexual conduct.”
United States v. Thoms (2014). “§ 18-6609 (2013); Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 531.100 (West 2013); Mass.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 531.100(3) — 1 case
Michelle Bray v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. 2025). “320(1) (promoting); KRS 531.100(3) (defining “promote”). 17 The failure of the General Assembly to substantially distinguish these several crimes from one another demonstrates the definition of “commercial sexual activity” to include innately non-commercial conduct is “so…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 531.100(8) — 1 case
Coleman v. Dep't of Corr. (E.D. Ky. 2023). “3 See Ky. Rev. Stat. § 531.100(8) (“State prisoners, excluding the Class D felons and Class C felons qualifying to serve time in jails, shall be transferred to the state institution within forty-five (45) days of final sentencing.”
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