DEPARTMENT OF LAW
KRS tit. III, ch. 15
in effectContents
section15.010. Department of Law -- Attorney General as head -- Major organizational unitssection15.012. Repealed, 1986section15.015. Practice of law prohibitedsection15.020. Chief law officer and adviser -- Duty to attend to litigation, write opinions, draft writings -- Communication with Legislative Research Commission -- When to appear for Commonwealth -- Constitutional challenge may be brought in any countysection15.025. Conditions to furnishing opinionssection15.030. Repealed, 1944section15.040. Repealed, 1944section15.050. Repealed, 1948section15.055. Publication of list of delinquent child support obligors -- Distribution of "most wanted" posterssection15.060. Actions to collect and recover money due Commonwealth with assistance of Department of Revenue, Auditor of Public Accounts, or any other appropriate agencysection15.070. Index book of cases -- Opinions to be kept on filesection15.080. Biennial report to Governorsection15.090. Appealssection15.100. Deputy attorney general, solicitor general, assistant deputy attorneys general, assistants, special attorneys and contract attorneyssection15.105. Assistant attorneys general for certain agenciessection15.110. Repealed, 1960section15.111. Office of Administrative Hearingssection15.112. Unit of Election Investigations and Security -- Duties -- Report -- Constructionsection15.113. Attorney General may investigate certain illegal or fraudulent activity -- Prevention of identity theftsection15.114. Human trafficking -- Establishment of working group by the Office of the Attorney General -- Dutiessection15.115. Repealed, 1960section15.120. Repealed, 1960section15.130. Repealed, 1948section15.140. Repealed, 1960section15.145. Repealed, 2000section15.150. Stenographic, investigative and clerical helpsection15.160. Repealed, 1950section15.170. Expenses of Attorney General and assistants when away from capitalsection15.180. Power to promulgate regulationssection15.190. Assistance in criminal proceedings on request of local prosecuting officialssection15.200. May intervene or direct criminal proceeding on request of Governor, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, or court or grand jury -- Subpoenassection15.205. Attorney General may direct Commonwealth's attorney or county attorney to act as special prosecutorsection15.210. Authority in criminal prosecutionssection15.220. Power of Attorney General not to affect powers or duties of local officerssection15.225. Investigation of county financial administration -- Reportsection15.230. Repealed, 1976section15.231. Jurisdiction in criminal and civil cases involving theft of identity and trafficking in stolen identitiessection15.232. Concurrent jurisdiction in investigation and prosecution of offenses under KRS 433.892 to 433.896, 433.900 to 433.925, and 512.090section15.235. Concurrent jurisdiction in investigation and presentation of offenses under KRS 304.47-020section15.240. Authority of Attorney General to initiate or intervene in certain actionssection15.241. Attorney General's powers to prevent, penalize, and remedy violations of laws relating to elective medical procedures, including abortionssection15.242. Election law jurisdiction -- Notice to Registry of Election Financesection15.243. Enforcement of all election laws -- Duties of Attorney General -- Toll-free line for report of violations -- Random inquiry for irregularities -- Initiation of prosecutionssection15.245. Witness and victim rights pamphlet -- Preparation -- Distributionsection15.247. Victim, witness, and family protection program -- Protective servicessection15.250. Repealed, 1986section15.255. Powers, duties, and functions of the Department of Lawsection15.257. Requirements for distribution of explanatory materials -- Open Records and Open Meetings laws -- Retention and management of public recordssection15.260. Other departments and agencies to give assistancesection15.262. Definitions for KRS 15.262 to 15.278section15.264. General Regulatory Sandbox Advisory Committee -- Members -- Chair -- Expenses -- Meetingssection15.266. Kentucky Office of Regulatory Relief -- Director -- Powers and dutiessection15.268. General Regulatory Sandbox Program -- Applicationssection15.270. Duties of regulatory relief office upon receipt of applicationsection15.272. Written report by agency -- Advisory committee review -- Consultation by regulatory relief office -- Review of application -- Written agreementsection15.274. Denial of application if applicant culpable in crime bearing relationship to participation -- Notice of approvalsection15.276. Demonstration of offering -- Action in accordance with licenses in other jurisdictions -- Immunity from actions and charges during demonstration period -- Criminal liability -- Termination of participation -- Liability for business losses and expensessection15.278. Reportssection15.280. Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center -- Reports -- Purposes -- Confidentiality of information and record copiessection15.290. Repealed, 2017section15.291. Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission -- Membership -- Meetings -- Criteria for award of moneys from opioid abatement trust fundsection15.293. Opioid abatement trust fundsection15.295. Local government fee fundsection15.300. Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Compliance Advisory Board -- Members -- Organization -- Duties -- Duties of Attorney Generalsection15.310. Definitions for KRS 15.310 to 15.510, 15.990, and 15.992section15.315. Kentucky Law Enforcement Councilsection15.320. Meetings of council -- Officers -- Quorum -- Reportssection15.325. Members to be reimbursed for expensessection15.330. Functions and powers of councilsection15.331. Repealed, 2005section15.333. Repealed, 2005section15.334. Mandatory training subjects for law enforcement students -- Mandatory in- service training courses for certified peace officers -- Administrative regulations -- Sexual assault investigation training course -- Domestic violence and abuse trainingsection15.335. Residence or voting eligibility not to disqualify peace officersection15.340. Availability of facilities and servicessection15.350. Definitionssection15.360. Certification of police instructorssection15.370. Certification required for police instructionsection15.380. Officers required to be certified -- Officers permitted to be certified -- Exemptionssection15.382. Minimum qualifications for certificationsection15.383. Marksmanship qualification for certified peace officerssection15.384. Cost of council administered tests -- Waiversection15.386. Certification categories -- Required courses -- Status of certificationsection15.388. Report on certification status for newly employed peace officer or court security officer -- Training of person in precertification status -- Issuance or denial -- Right of appeal -- Transfersection15.390. Appeal upon denial of precertificationsection15.391. Revocation of peace officer certification -- Appeal -- Hearing -- Mandatory reporting -- Subpoenas -- Administrative regulationssection15.392. Report on separation from service -- Placement of certification on inactive status -- Lapse or retirement of certification -- Action by councilsection15.394. Declaratory judgment action if agency job task analysis deemed invalidsection15.396. Effect if agency knowingly employs or appoints persons who fail to meet requirements of KRS 15.380 to 15.404section15.398. Statutory provisions not superseded by KRS 15.380 to 15.404section15.400. Effect of KRS 15.380 to 15.404 on officers employed before or after December 1, 1998 -- Exception to Open Records Actsection15.402. Additional requirements by employing agencysection15.404. Basic training and in-service training for peace officers and constablessection15.405. Conditional offer of employment as peace officer pending receipt of certification status and employment recordssection15.406. Council to provide certification status information to out-of-state law enforcement agency upon requestsection15.408. Minimum age required to attend basic training coursesection15.409. Wellness program -- Confidentiality of records and communications -- Exceptions to privilegesection15.410. Intention of Legislature to assist law enforcementsection15.420. Definitions for KRS 15.410 to 15.510section15.430. Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund -- Funds accruing under KRS 42.190 and 136.392 -- Trust and agency fundsection15.440. Requirements for participation in fund distribution -- Service and training in another state -- Eligibility of government unit contingent on police department compliance -- Deputies -- Deadlinessection15.442. Court security officers and fire investigators ineligible to participate in fund -- Appointment of court security officer does not affect eligibility of sheriff or deputy sheriffssection15.450. Fund administered by secretary -- Administrative regulations -- Reimbursement of administrative costs -- Reportssection15.455. Certification of program cost projections to Finance and Administration Cabinetsection15.460. Supplemental payments and retirement contributions to local governments from fund -- Administrative expense reimbursement -- Fringe benefits costs -- Game wardens and Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet peace officers -- Supplements to qualified police officers, sheriffs, and deputy sheriffs -- Receipt of supplements during period of military activation -- Due process disciplinarysection15.470. Purposes for which funds may be usedsection15.480. Payment by the Finance and Administration Cabinetsection15.490. Reports -- Compensation as part of salarysection15.500. Distribution of insufficient funds -- Unexpended fundssection15.510. Appealssection15.512. Retention of records of officers having met KRS 15.440(1)(j) biennial training requirementssection15.515. Participation in the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program Fund by a police officer who is elected jailersection15.518. Law Enforcement Professional Development and Wellness Program -- Administrative regulations -- Confidentiality of program participant's communications and data -- Exceptions -- Law Enforcement Professional Development and Wellness Program fund -- Leave following critical incidentsection15.519. Definitions -- Officer access to private open land for surveillance prohibited without search warrant -- Exceptionssection15.520. Complaints against police officers -- Manner of investigation and hearing -- Statutory provisions that do not applysection15.525. Referral program for substance abuse treatment -- Information exempt from disclosure under KRS 61.878(1)(a) -- Limitation of liabilitysection15.530. Definitions for KRS 15.530 to 15.590section15.540. Qualifications for public safety telecommunicator -- Information not subject to disclosure -- Training requirementssection15.550. Law enforcement telecommunicators -- Training programsection15.552. Public Safety Telecommunicator Work Group -- Duties -- Meetings -- Sunset -- Members -- Development of new training delivery format -- Part- time telecommunicator trainingsection15.560. Required completion of public safety telecommunicator academy or telecommunicator overview training -- Annual in-service training coursesection15.565. In-service training courses required of all telecommunicators with access to CJISsection15.570. Waiver of basic training program upon satisfactory completion of comparable programsection15.580. Roster of certified telecommunicatorssection15.585. Reciprocal agreements to provide telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitationsection15.590. Administrative regulationssection15.605. Definitionssection15.610. Primary jurisdictionsection15.615. Repealed, 1978section15.620. Eliminating conflicts among standardssection15.625. Appealsection15.630. Injunctive relief against inspecting agencysection15.635. Effect on conflicting lawssection15.700. Unified and integrated prosecutor system establishedsection15.705. Prosecutors Advisory Councilsection15.706. Prosecutors Advisory Council to collect data on sexual offenses involving minorssection15.707. Subpoena power of Prosecutors Advisory Councilsection15.708. Authority of Prosecutors Advisory Council to apply for and receive fundssection15.710. Delegation of functions to Attorney Generalsection15.715. Intervention in criminal prosecutions by Attorney General -- Prosecution of complaint against local prosecutor -- Performance of duties of local prosecutor until vacancy filledsection15.717. Development of prosecutor's manualsection15.718. Training and continuing education for Commonwealth's attorneys and county attorneys and their staffs -- Completion requirementssection15.720. Reportssection15.725. Duties of Commonwealth's attorney and county attorneys -- Agreements to share or redistribute prosecutorial duties -- Circuit clerk's authority to issue criminal warrantssection15.727. Duty of Commonwealth's attorney and county attorney to assist child sexual abuse multidisciplinary teamsection15.728. Notification to Office of Charitable Gaming of investigation or prosecution of violation of charitable gaming lawssection15.730. Commonwealth's attorneys and county attorneys as special prosecutorssection15.733. Disqualification of prosecuting attorney -- Appointment of a special prosecutorsection15.734. Disqualification of prosecuting attorney due to indictment on a felony charge -- Appointment of special prosecutor for duration of disqualificationsection15.735. Disqualification -- Assignment of another prosecutorsection15.740. Commonwealth's attorney and county attorney not to represent accusedsection15.745. Construction of KRS Chapter 15section15.750. Budget -- Payment of office expenses -- Purchase of liability insurancesection15.753. Indemnification from financial loss in legal actions for Attorney General, Commonwealth's attorneys, county attorneys, and their staffssection15.755. Compensation of Commonwealth's attorney and staff -- Monthly expense allowance -- Compensation adjusted -- Private law practice regulatedsection15.757. Procedure for voluntarily changing status from part-time to full-time Commonwealth's attorneysection15.760. Staff of Commonwealth's attorneys -- County's duty to provide grand jury and witness rooms -- Victim advocatesection15.765. Salary of county attorney -- Expense allowance -- Compensation adjustment -- Private practice of law permittedsection15.770. Assistant county attorneys, stenographers, secretaries, and other staff positionssection15.775. Educational programs on investigation and prosecution of crimes against the elderlysection15.800. Definitions for KRS 15.800 to 15.876section15.802. Duties of Department of Child Support Services -- Processing of child support payments -- State disbursement unit -- Cooperation with courts and officials -- Reporting of obligors -- Denial, suspension, and revocation of licenses -- Data match system -- Subpoenas -- Distribution of child support program informationsection15.804. Standardized forms for entry of state case registry informationsection15.806. Debt due and owing to state by parentssection15.808. Assignment -- Subrogation -- Distribution of child support payments -- Effect of termination of Title IV -D servicessection15.810. Title IV-A services available to individuals not receiving public assistance benefits -- Continuation of IV-D services -- Fee for services -- Exemption -- Annual feesection15.812. Action when application received by cabinet -- Exceptions -- Definitionsection15.814. Office's duty to locate custodial and noncustodial parents -- Enforcement of child support obligations -- Registry of information relating to parents -- Assistance from governmental agencies -- Limits on availability of informationsection15.816. Employment assistance program for low-income noncustodial parentssection15.818. Information to be supplied by employersection15.820. Child support lien or levy in favor of office -- Filing of notice -- Foreclosure actions -- Immobilization of vehicles of child support obligorssection15.822. Payments to be made through the state agency or the agency's designeesection15.824. Penalty imposed upon payor for tender of dishonored checksection15.826. Manner for receipt and distribution of paymentssection15.828. Judicial proceeding to secure supportsection15.830. Concurrent jurisdiction of Circuit and District Courts in certain child support casessection15.832. Surety to guarantee payment of overdue supportsection15.834. Release of information to consumer reporting agencies -- Notice -- Charge for informationsection15.836. Credit report from consumer reporting agency requested for purpose of child support recoverysection15.838. Federal and state income tax refund offsetssection15.840. Sharing of state tax information for child support collectionsection15.842. Child custody and visitation rightssection15.844. Data match agreements between office and financial institutions -- Surrender of assets when parent is subject to lien -- Fee -- Financial institutions not liablesection15.846. Wage reporting and financial institution match systems -- Agreementssection15.848. Disclosure of information about data match system to depositors -- Penalty - - Liability of financial institution -- Feesection15.850. Lien against account of parent owing child support -- Notice -- Account activity fees -- Priority of liensection15.852. Interstate lien to enforce Kentucky child support obligation -- Lien to enforce obligation created in another state -- Priority of out-of-state lien -- Certification of authoritysection15.854. Legal action for reimbursementsection15.856. Service of process by constable in county containing city of the first classsection15.858. Identity of parent -- Information concealmentsection15.860. Procedures -- Actions -- Remediessection15.862. Use of administrative process to determine and enforce support obligationssection15.864. Administrative subpoena for information relating to child support -- Financial institution may deduct funds from account -- Action to enforce subpoenasection15.866. Administrative regulationssection15.868. Divulging of information by employees or agents of the Commonwealth -- Penalties for unauthorized disclosuresection15.870. Release of data to government agenciessection15.872. Office may coordinate with other agenciessection15.874. Referral to local officials -- Cooperative arrangements for administeringsection15.876. Standardized forms for entry into state case registrysection15.900. Definitions for KRS 15.900 to 15.940section15.905. State Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Boardsection15.910. Members of board -- Terms -- Chairperson -- Expenses -- Votingsection15.915. Public meetings and recordssection15.920. Duties of boardsection15.925. Report of boardsection15.930. Use of fundssection15.935. Purposes for disbursement of fundssection15.940. Criteria for making grants to community resource organizations -- Administration by cabinetsection15.942. Training plan for child sexual abuse and child abuse and neglect casessection15.944. Repealed, 2000section15.946. In-service training for peace officers on child sexual abusesection15.948. Attorney General to have staff available specially trained in child sexual abuse and child abuse and neglect -- Assistance to prosecutorssection15.990. Penaltiessection15.992. Penaltiessection15.3971. Court security officers -- Minimum qualifications -- Exceptionssection15.3973. Revocation of court security officer certificationsection15.3975. Training requirements for employment -- Biennial in-service training -- Extension -- Loss of status upon failure to complete training -- Regaining certificationsection15.3977. Certification categories for court security officerssection15.3979. Court security officer not considered hazardous duty position -- Ineligibility for Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/chapter.aspx?id=37097Fetched: 10/20/2026