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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 17.549: False statements to law enforcement officials regarding noncompliant

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  1. KRS Chapter 17

registrant -- Harboring -- Violation.

(1) A person shall be guilty of making a false statement to a law enforcement official

when he or she intentionally misleads any law enforcement official regarding a

noncompliant registrant.

(2) A person shall be guilty of harboring when he or she intentionally allows a

registrant to reside at his or her residence to avoid registration if the address is not

the address the registrant listed as his or her residence address.

(3) For the purposes of this section, law enforcement officials include the Attorney

General, elected sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, city police officers, county police officers,

state police officers, probation and parole officers, state and federal prosecutors, and

investigators employed by any of these officers.

(4) A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a

first offense and a Class D felony for each subsequent offense.

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