{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-421.550","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 421.550","heading":"No cause of action created -- Immunity of jailers or chief administrator","body":"acting in good faith -- Indemnification -- Defense by Attorney General --\nImmunity of attorney for state acting in good faith.\n(1) Nothing in KRS 421.500 to 421.575, 15.245,  or 196.280 creates a cause of action\nfor money damages against the state, a county, a municipality, or any of their\nagencies, public officials, or employees.\n(2) The jailer or chief administrator of a juvenile detention facility, regional jail, or\ncounty jail, or any of their respective designees who acts in good faith in making\navailable the release information required by KRS 196.280, or in good faith fails or\nis unable to provide the release information required by KRS 196.280, shall be\nimmune from any criminal liability.\n(3) The jailer or chief administrator of a juvenile detention facility, regional jail, or\ncounty jail, or any of their respective designees, who acts in good faith in making\navailable the release information required by KRS 196.280, or in good faith fails or\nis unable to provide the release information required by KRS 196.280, and who is\nsued for any act or omission in relation to KRS 196.280, and who has a judgment\nrendered against him and who personally suffers actual financial loss, unreimbursed\nfrom any source, by the enforcement and satisfaction of the judgment, including any\ncosts or attorney's fees awarded pursuant thereto, shall be indemnified by the\nCommonwealth from funds appropriated to the Finance and Administration Cabinet\nfor the payment of judgments, to the extent of his actual financial loss. The\nindemnification shall not be construed to abrogate or limit any privilege, immunity,\nor matter of defense otherwise available to the person claiming indemnification and\nshall not c onstitute a waiver of any privilege, immunity, or matter of defense,\nincluding the sovereign immunity of the Commonwealth.\n(4) The Attorney General shall defend the jailer, chief administrator, or designee upon\nrequest, in any suit related to the provision of information under KRS 196.280.\n(5) An attorney for the Commonwealth who acts in good faith in his or her ministerial\nduties under KRS 421.500 to 421.575 shall be immune from criminal or civil\nliability. The immunity shall not be construed to abrogate o r limit any privilege,\nimmunity, or matter of defense otherwise available and shall not constitute a waiver\nof any privilege, immunity, or matter of defense, including the sovereign immunity\nof the Commonwealth.","path":["KRS Chapter 421"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=50507","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:39Z","sha256":"a4bc99c3651edbb40b6d59a3d447825118742318d15908ef48c33affd722b8c4","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-421.540","next":"us-ky/krs-421.570"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}