Title L, Kentucky Penal Code
36 chapters · 519 sections in this title.
KRS § 529.010 Definitions
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The following definitions apply in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Abuse or threatened abuse of law or legal process" means the use or threatened use of a law or legal process, whether administrative, civil, or criminal, in any manner or for any purpose f…
KRS § 529.020 Prostitution
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(1) Except as provided in KRS 529.120, a person is guilty of prostitution when he engages or agrees or offers to engage in sexual conduct with another person in return for a fee. (2) Prostitution is a Class B misdemeanor.
KRS § 529.040 Promoting prostitution
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(1) A person is guilty of promoting prostitution when he knowingly advances or profits from prostitution. (2) Promoting prostitution is a Class A misdemeanor unless the person managed, supervised, controlled, or owned, either alone or in association with others, a house of prosti…
KRS § 529.060 Corroboration
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(1) No person shall be convicted of prostitution solely on the uncorroborated testimony of a patron. (2) No person shall be convicted of promoting prostitution solely on the uncorroborated testimony of a person whose prostitution activity he is alleged to have advanced or from wh…
KRS § 529.070 Permitting prostitution
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(1) A person is guilty of permitting prostitution when, having possession or control of premises which he knows or has reasonable cause to know are being used for prostitution purposes, he fails to make reasonable and timely effort to halt or abate such use. (2) Permitting prosti…
KRS § 529.080 Loitering for prostitution purposes
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(1) Except as provided in KRS 529.120, a person is guilty of loitering for prostitution purposes when he loiters or remains in a public place for the purpose of engaging or agreeing or offering to engage in prostitution. (2) Loitering for prostitution purposes is a: (a) Violation…
KRS § 529.090 Person convicted required to submit to screening for HIV infection -- Prostitution or procuring prostitution with knowledge of sexually transmitted disease or HIV
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Prostitution or procuring prostitution with knowledge of sexually transmitted disease or HIV. (1) Any person convicted of prostitution or procuring another to commit prostitution under the provisions of KRS 529.020 shall be required to undergo screening for human immunodeficiency…
KRS § 529.100 Human trafficking
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(1) A person is guilty of human trafficking when the person intentionally subjects one (1) or more persons to engage in: (a) Forced labor or services; or (b) Commercial sexual activity through the use of force, fraud, or coercion, except that if the person is under the age of eig…
KRS § 529.110 Promoting human trafficking
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(1) A person is guilty of promoting human trafficking when the person intentionally: (a) Benefits financially or receives anything of value from knowing participation in human trafficking; or (b) Recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides, obtains, advertises, maintains, pa…
KRS § 529.120 Treatment of minor suspected of prostitution offense
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(1) Notwithstanding KRS 529.020 or 529.080, if it is determined after a reasonable period of custody for investigative purposes, that the person suspected of prostitution or loitering for prostitution is under the age of eighteen (18), then the minor shall not be prosecuted for a…
KRS § 529.130 Human trafficking victims service fee
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Any person convicted of an offense in KRS 529.100 or 529.110 shall be ordered to pay, in addition to any other fines, penalties, or applicable forfeitures, a human trafficking victims service fee of not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to be remitted to the fund created i…
KRS § 529.140 Human trafficking victims fund
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(1) The "human trafficking victims fund," referred to in this section as the "fund," is created as a separate revolving fund within the Office of the Attorney General. (2) The fund shall consist of proceeds from assets seized and forfeited pursuant to KRS 529.150; proceeds from t…
KRS § 529.150 Forfeiture of property used in connection with human trafficking -- Distribution of proceeds
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Distribution of proceeds. (1) All property used in connection with or acquired as a result of a violation of KRS 529.100 or 529.110 shall be subject to forfeiture under the same terms, conditions, and defenses and using the same process as set out in KRS 218A.405 to 218A.460, wit…
KRS § 529.160 Expungement of records relating to violation of chapter when person charged or convicted was a victim of human trafficking at time of offense -- Motion -- Finding -- Presumption
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charged or convicted was a victim of human trafficking at time of offense -- Motion -- Finding -- Presumption. (1) When a person is charged or convicted under this chapter, or with an offense which is not a violent crime as defined in KRS 17.165, and the person's participation in…
KRS § 529.170 Being victim of human trafficking is affirmative defense to violation of chapter
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chapter. A person charged under this chapter, or charged with an offense which is not a violent crime as defined in KRS 17.165, may assert being a victim of human trafficking as an affirmative defense to the charge.
KRS § 529.180 Conditions that are not a defense in prosecution involving commercial sexual activity
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sexual activity. In any prosecution under KRS 529.100 or 529.110 involving commercial sexual activity, it shall not be a defense that: (1) The defendant was unaware of the minor's actual age; (2) A minor consented to engage in commercial sexual activity; (3) The intended victim o…