{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-14.304","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 14.304","heading":"Individuals who may apply for designated mailing address -- Application --","body":"Certification -- Renewal -- Addresses exempt from disclosure -- Notification of\nenrollment in program -- Verification card -- Similar programs outside the\nCommonwealth -- Administrative regulations.      (Effective until January 1,\n2027)\n(1) Upon the creation of the Safe at Home Program, the following individuals may\napply to the Secretary of State to have an address designated as his or her mailing\naddress in place of his or her residential address:\n(a) An adult victim;\n(b) A parent or guardian acting on behalf of a minor when the minor resides with\nhim or her;\n(c) A guardian acting on behalf of an incapacitated individual who is a victim of a\nspecified offense; and\n(d) Any individuals residing with the victim.\n(2) The Secretary of State shall approve an application if it is filed in the manner and\non the form prescribed by the Secretary of State and if it contains:\n(a) A sworn statement, under penalty of perjury, by the applicant that:\n1. The applicant is a victim of a specified offense or resides in the same\nhousehold as a victim of a specified offense;\n2. The applicant fears for his or her own safety or the safety of another\nperson who resides in the same household; and\n3. The applicant is not applying for certification as a program participant in\norder to avoid prosecution for a crime;\n(b) The mailing addr ess and the phone number or numbers where the applicant\ncan be contacted by the Secretary of State or the Secretary of State's designee;\n(c) The new address or addresses that the applicant requests not be disclosed for\nthe reason that disclosure will incre ase the risk of a specified offense,\njeopardize the applicant's safety, or increase the risk of violence to the\napplicant or members of the applicant's household;\n(d) The date the application was prepared, the applicant's signature, and, if\napplicable, the signature of the application assistant who assisted the applicant\nin applying to be a program participant; and\n(e) A designation of the Secretary of State as agent for purposes of service of\nprocess and for receipt of first class mail, legal documents, and certified mail.\n(3) Applications shall be filed with the Office of the Secretary of State. Applicants may\nchoose to consult with an application assistant for assistance with the application\nprocess or apply online directly through the portal designated b y the Secretary of\nState.\n(4) Upon the filing of a properly completed application, the Secretary of State shall\ncertify the applicant as a program participant if the applicant is not required to\nregister as a sex offender or is not otherwise prohibited fro m participating in the\nprogram.\n(5) Applicants shall be certified for four (4) years following the date of filing unless the\ncertification is withdrawn or invalidated before that date. The Secretary of State\nshall send notification of an expiring certifica tion and a renewal form to a program\nparticipant at least four (4) weeks prior to the expiration of the program participant's\ncertification. The renewal need only be signed by the applicant and need not be\nmade before an application assistant. The Secretar y of State shall promulgate an\nadministrative regulation to establish a renewal procedure.\n(6) A person who falsely attests in an application that disclosure of the address of the\napplicant would endanger the safety of the applicant or the safety of the ch ildren of\nthe applicant, or the minor or incompetent person on whose behalf the application is\nmade, or household members residing with the applicant, or who knowingly\nprovides false or incorrect information upon making an application may be found\nguilty of a violation of KRS 523.030.\n(7) The addresses of individuals applying for entrance into the Safe at Home Program\nand the addresses of those certified as program participants shall be exempt from\ndisclosure under the Kentucky Open Records Act, KRS 61.870 to KRS 61.884. An\nagency may not require the program participant to submit any new address that\ncould be used to physically locate the participant. When creating a new public\nrecord, state and local agencies shall accept the address designated by the Secre tary\nof State as a program participant's substitute address, unless the Secretary of State\nhas determined that:\n(a) The agency has a bona fide statutory or administrative requirement for the use\nof the address which would otherwise be confidential under this chapter; and\n(b) This address will be used only for those statutory and administrative purposes.\n(8) (a) As part of the application process established by the Secretary of State\npursuant to subsections (1) and (2) of this section, an applicant may reque st\nthat state or local agencies be notified that an applicant has been certified and\nenrolled in the Safe at Home Program.\n(b) 1. The Secretary of State shall provide to such agencies the address that\nhas been designated by the Secretary of State to serve as the mailing\naddress of the participant;\n2. Agencies receiving such notification from the Secretary of State shall\nchange any existing records to reflect the new address submitted under\nsubparagraph 1. of this paragraph;\n3. Notifications under this secti on shall not affect residency designations;\nand\n4. Subparagraph 2. of this paragraph shall not apply to paper records if\nsuch records are more than five (5) years old and would be under the\nnormal course of business maintained or archived in the event of a n\naddress change.\n(9) Except as provided for in subsection (10) of this section, if a program participant\nhas notified a person in writing that he or she is a program participant, that person\nshall not knowingly disclose the program participant's:\n(a) Name;\n(b) Home address;\n(c) Work address; or\n(d) School address.\n(10) Any person to whom a program participant has provided written notification that he\nor she is a program participant may knowingly disclose the program participant's\nname, and home, work, or school address if that person also lives, works, or goes to\nschool at the address disclosed, or the participant has provided written consent to\ndisclosure of the participant's name, home, work, or school address, for the purpose\nfor which the disclosure will be made.\n(11) A program participant shall notify the Office of the Secretary of State of a change\nof address within fourteen (14) days of the change of address.\n(12) The Secretary of State shall provide verification of an individual's enrollment in the\nSafe at Home Prog ram, as well as a personalized Safe at Home Program card. The\nSafe at Home Program verification card shall contain the participant's name,\nsubstitute address as designated by the Secretary of State, and any additional\ninformation as determined necessary to include by the Secretary of State.\n(13) Any person relocating or doing business in the Commonwealth of Kentucky who is\na participant in a program in another state that is similar to the Safe at Home\nProgram shall be deemed approved for inclusion in the Co mmonwealth of\nKentucky's program for one (1) year. The Secretary of State shall promulgate\nadministrative regulations establishing procedures necessary to recognize similar\nprograms from outside the Commonwealth of Kentucky and enroll their\nparticipants. The following exceptions shall apply:\n(a) If the person is temporarily residing in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, he or\nshe shall be considered a participant in the Safe at Home Program as long as\nhe or she continues participation in such a program of a home state; or\n(b) If the person is not residing in the Commonwealth of Kentucky but is doing\nbusiness or engaged in other transactions there, the person shall be considered\na participant in the Safe at Home Program as long as he or she continues to\nparticipate in a similar program in his or her state of residence.\nEffective: June 29, 2023","path":["KRS Chapter 14"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=54144","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:48:31Z","sha256":"fad8eab2f542b77a4027e1993764f53caac44a4abec4866fd503ff30c62d7b73","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-14.302","next":"us-ky/krs-14.306"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}