{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-17.549","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 17.549","heading":"False statements to law enforcement officials regarding noncompliant","body":"registrant -- Harboring -- Violation.\n(1) A person shall be guilty of making a false statement to a law enforcement official\nwhen he or she intentionally misleads any law enforcement official regarding a\nnoncompliant registrant.\n(2) A person shall be guilty of harboring when he or she intentionally allows a\nregistrant to reside at his or her residence to avoid registration if the address is not\nthe address the registrant listed as his or her residence address.\n(3) For the purposes of this section, law enforcement officials include the Attorney\nGeneral, elected sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, city police officers, county police officers,\nstate police officers, probation and parole officers, state and federal prosecutors, and\ninvestigators employed by any of these officers.\n(4) A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a\nfirst offense and a Class D felony for each subsequent offense.","path":["KRS Chapter 17"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=1259","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:48:38Z","sha256":"1cf802c87478c1cb14db00a4ae2e33cec14437fbad2f2900707eb3912f7375a0","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-17.547","next":"us-ky/krs-17.550"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}