{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-15.848","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 15.848","heading":"Disclosure of information about data match system to depositors -- Penalty -","body":"- Liability of financial institution -- Fee.\n(1) A financial institution furnishing a report or providing asset information of an\nindividual owing past -due s upport to the Office of the Attorney General under\neither subsection (1) or subsection (2) of KRS 15.846 shall not disclose to a\ndepositor or an account holder that the name of that person has been received from\nor furnished to the office. An institution m ay disclose to its depositors or account\nholder that under the financial institution match system the Office of the Attorney\nGeneral has the authority to request certain identifying information on certain\ndepositors or account holders.\n(2) If a financial institution willfully violates the provisions of this section by releasing\nasset information of an individual owing child support to the Office of the Attorney\nGeneral, the institution shall pay to the office the lesser of one thousand dollars\n($1,000) or t he amount on deposit or in the account of the person to whom the\ndisclosure was made.\n(3) A financial institution shall incur no obligation or liability to a depositor or account\nholder or any other person arising from the furnishing of a report or informa tion to\nthe Office of the Attorney General under KRS 15.846, or from the failure to\ndisclose to a depositor or account holder that the name of the person was included\nin a list furnished by the financial institution to the office, or in a report furnished\nby the financial institution to the office.\n(4) Regardless of whether the action was specifically authorized or described in KRS\n15.800 to 15.876 or an agreement, a financial institution shall not be liable for\nproviding or disclosing of any information; f or encumbering, holding, refusing to\nrelease, surrendering, or transferring any account balance or asset; or any other\naction taken by a financial institution pursuant to KRS 15.800 to 15.876 or\nagreement as required by KRS 15.846.\n(5) A financial institution shall not give notice to an account holder or customer of the\nfinancial institution that the financial institution has provided information or taken\nany action pursuant to KRS 15.800 to 15.876 or the agreement and shall not be\nliable for failure to pro vide that notice; provided however, that a financial\ninstitution may disclose to its depositors or account holders that, under the data\nmatch system, the Office of the Attorney General has the authority to request\ncertain identifying information on certain  depositors or account holders. The office\nshall notify, not less than annually, affected depositors or account holders who have\nnot otherwise received notification.\n(6) A financial institution may charge an account levied on by the Office of the\nAttorney General a fee of not more than twenty dollars ($20) which may be\ndeducted from the account prior to remitting any funds to the office.","path":["KRS Chapter 15"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=54352","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:48:35Z","sha256":"c50027ac4a3da57bd235d8fc39f9be6bfd378b6a218da3188403c9edd38d5ed1","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-15.846","next":"us-ky/krs-15.850"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}