{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-501.100","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 501.100","heading":"Offense against a vulnerable victim.","body":"(1) As  used in this section, \"offense against a vulnerable victim\" means  any\nviolation of:\n(a) KRS  508.100;\n(b) KRS  508.110;\n(c) KRS  508.120;\n(d) KRS  510.040, 510.050, 510.060, 510.070, 510.080, 510.090, 510.110,\n510.120, or 530.020, if the victim is under the age of fourteen (14), or if\nthe victim is an individual with an intellectual disability, physically helpless,\nor mentally incapacitated, as those terms are defined in KRS 510.010;\n(e) KRS  529.100 or 529.110 if the victim is a minor;\n(f) KRS  530.064(1)(a);\n(g) KRS  531.310;\n(h) KRS  531.320; or\n(i) Any felony in KRS Chapter 209.\n(2) A  person may  be charged with committing an offense against a vulnerable\nvictim in a continuing course of conduct if the unlawful act was committed\nagainst the same person two (2) or more times over a specified period of time.\n(3) If a person is charged as committing the crime in a continuing course of\nconduct, the indictment shall clearly charge that the crime was committed in a\ncontinuing course of conduct.\n(4) To convict a person of an offense against a vulnerable victim in a continuing\ncourse of conduct, the jury shall unanimously agree that two (2) or more acts in\nviolation of the same statute occurred during the specified period of time. The\njury need not agree on which specific acts occurred.\n(5) If a person is convicted of an offense against a vulnerable victim in a\ncontinuing course of conduct, that person may not also be convicted of charges\nbased on the individual unlawful acts that were part of the continuing course of\nconduct.\n(6) The  penalty, probation and parole eligibility, and other consequences of an\noffense charged under this section shall be the same as for the offense when\ncharged based on an individual act.\n(7) The  applicability of this section shall be governed by the age of the victim at\nthe time of the offense.","path":["KRS Chapter 501"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=44871","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T21:00:00Z","sha256":"54df49b95c794c7f9c3447c87f53c08a8892d1027deadcf752a0a3be8c5e2cf4","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-501.090","next":"us-ky/krs-501.110"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}