{"data":{"id":"us-ky/kre-509","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRE 509","heading":"Waiver of privilege by voluntary disclosure","body":"A person upon whom these rules confer a privilege against disclosure waives the\nprivilege if he or his predecessor while holder of the privilege voluntarily discloses or\nconsents to disclosure of any significant part of the privilege matter. This rule does  not\napply if the disclosure itself is privileged. Disclosure of communications for the purpose\nof receiving third -party payment for professional services does not waive any privilege\nwith respect to such communications.","path":["KENTUCKY RULES OF EVIDENCE ----- Legislative Research Commission Note (7/1/92). Although denominated \"rules,\" the elements of the Kentucky Rules of Evidence were enacted as statutes by the Kentucky General Assembly. See 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 88; 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 324. Originally codified as KRS Chapter 422A in 1990, the Kentucky Rules of Evidence were renumbered by the Reviser of Statutes, effective July 1, 1992, pursuant to 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 324, sec. 34. By an order dated May 12, 1992, the Kentucky Supreme Court \"adopt[ed] so much of the Kentucky Rules of Evidence as enacted by HB 241 [1992 Ky. Acts ch. 324] as comes within the rule making power of the Court, pursuant to Ky. Const. sec. 116.\""],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=20383","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T21:00:10Z","sha256":"f83937d88b665b75a8ab9440d443936d005a7dd8fd5706653561984c5911afeb","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/kre-508","next":"us-ky/kre-510"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}