{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-237.025","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 237.025","heading":"Requirements for local gun buy-back programs.","body":"(1) Each law enforcement agency of state, county, urban -county, charter county, or city\ngovernment or any other law enforcement agency that participates in a \"gun buy -\nback program\" or other program in which firearms or ammunition are purchased or\nsurrendered for the purpose of destruction shall assure that:\n(a) The serial number of each firearm that is purchased or surrendered to the\nprogram is checked against local, state, and federal records of stolen firearms\nand, if it is found that the firearm is a stolen firearm, that the firearm is not\ndestroyed without the written permission of the lawful owner thereof and that\nif the lawful owner of the firearm does not give written permission for the\nfirearm to be destroyed, that the firearm is returned to its lawful owner;\n(b) If it is determined that a firearm that is purchased by, or surrendered to the\n\"gun buy-back program\" is stolen, that the law enforcement makes an effort to\narrest the thief or any person who possessed the firearm knowing it was\nstolen; and\n(c) Prior to the destruction of any firearm that is purchased or surrendered, that a\nwritten determination is made as to whether the firearm may have been used\nin a crime, and that if it is determined that the firearm probably was used in a\ncrime, that it is re tained for evidence, and if it is determined that the firearm\nprobably was not used in a crime, if the firearm is a rifled firearm, that a fired\nbullet and fired cartridge case is retained for possible use as evidence and that\nif the firearm is a smooth bo re firearm, that a fired cartridge case is retained\nfor possible use as evidence.\n(2) Prior to returning a stolen firearm to a lawful owner, the law enforcement agency\nshall determine whether or not the lawful owner is eligible to possess a firearm\nunder f ederal law. If the lawful owner of the firearm is ineligible to possess a\nfirearm under federal law, the law enforcement agency may destroy the firearm after\ncompliance with subsection (1)(c) of this section.","path":["KRS Chapter 237"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=11119","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:50Z","sha256":"1be34226972c3ac22b524bc3cbed52115336a15b10c4a173a253fbf0611b44b9","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-237.020","next":"us-ky/krs-237.030"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}