{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-49.470","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 49.470","heading":"Award constitutes debt owed to state -- Manner of payment.","body":"(1) Any  payment of benefits to or on behalf of a victim under KRS  49.270 to\n49.490 creates a debt due and owing to the state by any person found to have\ncommitted such criminal act in either a civil or criminal court proceeding in\nwhich he is a party.\n(2) The court when placing any convicted person, who owes a debt to the state as\na consequence of a criminal act, on probation and conditional discharge as\nprovided in KRS  533.020 may set as a condition of the probation or conditional\ndischarge the payment of the debt to the state. The court also may set the\nschedule or amounts of payments to be made subject to modification based on\nchange of circumstances.\n(3) The parole board shall also have the right to make payment of the debt to the\nstate a condition of parole under the provisions of KRS  Chapter 439 subject to\nmodification based on change of circumstances.","path":["KRS Chapter 49"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=46217","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:10Z","sha256":"9a52bc3838d65f515efab258556c2bc7d9687b480926ff96026686affe03bec5","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-49.460","next":"us-ky/krs-49.480"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}