{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-531.330","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 531.330","heading":"Presumption as to minority.","body":"(1) For purposes of KRS 529.040 where the offense involves commercial sexual\nactivity and for the purposes of KRS 530.070, 531.080, and 531.300 to 531.370,\nany person who appears to be under the age of eighteen (18), or under the age of\nsixteen (16), shall be presumed to be under the age of eighteen (18), or under the\nage of sixteen (16), as the case may be.\n(2) In any prosecution under KRS 529.040 where the offense involves commercial\nsexual activity by a minor and in any prosecution under KRS 530.070, 531.080, and\n531.300 to 531.370, the defendant may prove in exculpation that he or she in good\nfaith reasonably believed that the person involved in the performance was not a\nminor.\n(3) In any prosecution under KRS 531.300 to 531.370 where the offense involves a\ncomputer-generated image that used an actual minor or minors as the source, the\npresumption of minority shall be the age of the actual minor or minors.\n(4) The presumption raised in subsection (1) or (3) of this section may be rebutted by\nany competent evidence.","path":["KRS Chapter 531"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=54776","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T21:00:05Z","sha256":"5428c0f43ee56eccdadb70d32a46da4122f997f912df8ce17ae1bf95d97b199f","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-531.320","next":"us-ky/krs-531.335"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}