{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-510.060","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 510.060","heading":"Rape in the third degree.","body":"(1) A person is guilty of rape in the third degree when:\n(a) Being twenty -one (21) years old or more, he or she engages in sexual\nintercourse with another person less than sixteen (16) years old;\n(b) Being at least ten (10) years older than a person who is six teen (16) or\nseventeen (17) years old at the time of sexual intercourse, he or she engages in\nsexual intercourse with the person;\n(c) Being twenty -one (21) years old or more, he or she engages in sexual\nintercourse with another person less than eighteen (1 8) years old and for\nwhom he or she provides a foster family home as defined in KRS 600.020;\n(d) Being a person in a position of authority or position of special trust, as defined\nin KRS 532.045, he or she engages in sexual intercourse with a minor under\neighteen (18) years old with whom he or she comes into contact as a result of\nthat position;\n(e) Being a jailer, or an employee, contractor, vendor, or volunteer of the\nDepartment of Corrections, Department of Juvenile Justice, or a detention\nfacility as defined in KRS 520.010, or of an entity under contract with either\ndepartment or a detention facility for the custody, supervision, evaluation, or\ntreatment of offenders, he or she subjects a person who he or she knows is\nincarcerated, supervised, evaluated,  or treated by the Department of\nCorrections, Department of Juvenile Justice, detention facility, or contracting\nentity, to sexual intercourse; or\n(f) Being a peace officer, while serving in his or her official capacity, he or she\nsubjects a person who the officer:\n1. Arrested, held in custody, or investigated for commission of a traffic or\ncriminal offense; or\n2. Knew or should have known was under arrest, held in custody, or being\ninvestigated for commission of a traffic or criminal offense;\nto sexual intercourse.\n(2) Rape in the third degree is a Class D felony.","path":["KRS Chapter 510"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=51303","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T21:00:01Z","sha256":"63652dd21a60867f48a207c0dbac07b8bf3b110f6f3a4eb3eadd37705831fcf1","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-510.050","next":"us-ky/krs-510.070"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}