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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 35.155: Compulsory self-incrimination prohibited.

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  1. KRS Chapter 35

(1) No person subject to this code may compel any person to incriminate himself or

herself or to answer any question the answer to which may tend to incriminate him

or her.

(2) No person subject to this code may interrogate or request any statement from an

accused or a person suspected of an offense without first informing that person of

the nature of the accusation and advising that person that the person does not have

to make any statement regarding the offense of which the person is accused or

suspected, and that any statement made by the person may be used as evidence

against the person in a trial by court-martial.

(3) No person subject to this code may compel any person to make a statement or

produce evidence before any military court if the statement or ev idence is not

material to the issue and may tend to degrade the person.

(4) No statement obtained from any person in violation of this section, or through the

use of coercion, unlawful influence, or unlawful inducement shall be received in

evidence against the person in a trial by court-martial.

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