{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-15a.0651","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 15A.0651","heading":"Access to juvenile facility records -- When permitted -- Appeal of denial.","body":"(1) As used in this section, \"juvenile facility\" means any facility wherein a juvenile or\nother person under the authority of the Department of Juvenile Justice is confined.\n(2) KRS 61.870 to 61.884 to the contrary notwithstanding, a person shall not have\naccess to a record if its disclosure is deemed by the commissioner of the\nDepartment of Juvenile Justice or his or her designee to constitute a threat to the\nsecurity of the juvenile, the juvenile facility, or any other person.\n(3) KRS 61.870 to 61.884 to  the contrary notwithstanding, the department shall not be\nrequired to comply with a request for any record from any person confined in a\njuvenile facility or any individual on active supervision under the jurisdiction of the\ndepartment, unless the request is for a record that contains a specific reference to the\nindividual making the request.\n(4) KRS 61.870 to 61.884 to the contrary notwithstanding, if a person confined in a\njuvenile facility wishes to challenge a denial of a request to inspect a public re cord,\nhe or she shall mail or otherwise send the appropriate documents to the Attorney\nGeneral within twenty (20) days of the denial pursuant to the procedures set out in\nKRS 61.880(2) before an appeal can be filed in a Circuit Court.\n(5) KRS 61.870 to 61. 884 to the contrary notwithstanding, all records relating to\njuvenile detention containing information expunged pursuant to law shall not be\nopen to the public.\n(6) KRS 61.870 to 61.884 to the contrary notwithstanding, upon receipt of a request for\na recor d, the department shall respond to the request within five (5) days after\nreceipt of the request, excepting Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, and shall\nstate whether the record may be inspected or may not be inspected, or that the\nrecord is unavailable and when the record is expected to be available.\n(7) Nothing in this section shall authorize the department to deny any attorney\nrepresenting a juvenile access to any record to which the attorney or the juvenile\nwould otherwise be entitled.","path":["KRS Chapter 15A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=1035","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:48:35Z","sha256":"0e570c7100117c4a18b68a66b2f50bf159cf7dea04354badb554c1d429a27568","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-15a.065","next":"us-ky/krs-15a.0652"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}