//**PROOF OF CONCEPT** — full quality-of-life profile for Kentucky, 16 dimensions of the sex-offense registry regime. Ratings are researcher judgments from the //registrant's// perspective; each links its statute. NOT legal advice.//

====== Kentucky — Registry Profile ======

**Weighted burden index 50.5/100** · rank **22 of 56** (1 = least burdensome) · 10/16 dimensions statute-verified · 1 unverified.

Legend: 🟢 favorable (less burden) · 🟠 moderate · 🔴 restrictive · ℹ️ context · ⚪ unknown. ✓ = statute-verified.

^ Dimension ^ Rating ^ Detail ^ Statute ^
| **Registration length** | 🟠 moderate | Tiered — 20 yrs for most (long, no early relief); lifetime for enumerated/recidivist offenses (1st-degree rape/sodomy, SVP, minor kidnapping) — **lifetime** | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-iii-executive-branch/ky-rev-st-sect-17-520/|KRS 17.520]] ✓ |
| **Removal / petition off** | 🔴 restrictive | Effectively none — fixed 20-yr or lifetime terms with no adult early-termination/petition mechanism — ⚑ needs human review | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-iii-executive-branch/ky-rev-st-sect-17-520/|KRS 17.520]] ✓ |
| **Individualized risk assessment** | 🔴 restrictive | No risk assessment; two duration levels (20 years/lifetime) by offense | Ky. Rev. Stat. § 17.520 |
| **In-person reporting frequency** | 🟢 favorable | Every 2 years | § 17.510(4) |
| **Registration fee** | 🟢 favorable | No fee — Kentucky charges no registration fee (2018 HB206 $150-fee bill was withdrawn, never enacted) | [[https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/18rs/hb206.html|KRS 17.510]] ✓ |
| **Residency restriction** | 🔴 restrictive | Yes — 1000 ft from schools/preschools/playgrounds/daycares, statewide for all registrants (not applied retroactively per Commonwealth v. Baker) — **1000 ft** · local: statewide restriction applies uniformly; no additional local zones noted | [[https://legalclarity.org/understanding-kentuckys-sex-offender-residency-laws/|Ky. Rev. Stat. § 17.545]] ✓ |
| **Employment restriction** | 🔴 restrictive | Employment restriction applies | § 17.165 |
| **Presence / loitering restriction** | 🔴 restrictive | Prohibited from being present in certain areas | § 17.545 |
| **Visitor registration trigger** | 🟢 favorable | No registration duty for casual visitors; a nonresident triggers registration only via employment/vocation exceeding 14 days (or an aggregate 30 days in a calendar year), or student enrollment | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-iii-executive-branch/ky-rev-st-sect-17-510/|KRS 17.510; KRS 17.500]] ✓ |
| **Internet identifiers required** | 🟢 favorable | Not required — KRS 17.510 registration collects only 'registrant information' as defined in KRS 17.500(6) (eff. 6/27/2025), which lists DL/ID card numbers etc. but no email or internet identifiers (pre-2018 email/IM language was removed by amendment) | [[https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/Statutes/statute.aspx?id=56090|KRS 17.500(6); KRS 17.510]] ✓ |
| **Civil commitment** | 🟢 favorable | No civil commitment law | n/a |
| **Public website exposure** | 🔴 restrictive | KSP maintains public website of all registrants; statute draws no tiers and creates no non-public lowest tier | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-iii-executive-branch/ky-rev-st-sect-17-580/|KRS 17.580]] ✓ |
| **Halloween / holiday restriction** | ⚪ unknown | No statewide statutory Halloween/holiday restriction confirmed | n/a |
| **Marked driver's license / ID** | 🟢 favorable | Not marked — Kentucky does not brand the driver's license/state ID with any sex-offender designation; it is not among the states requiring an ID marking | [[https://www.probationinfo.org/sor/id/|n/a]] ✓ |
| **Community notification (& who pays)** | 🟢 favorable | Passive KSP public website (updated daily); local law enforcement MAY optionally give personal notification, but no mandated active outreach and no registrant cost | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-iii-executive-branch/ky-rev-st-sect-17-580/|KRS 17.580]] ✓ |
| **Age of consent (context)** | ℹ️ context | 16 — incapable of consent if under 16; 16-17 also incapable if actor is 10+ years older | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-l-kentucky-penal-code/ky-rev-st-sect-510-020/|KRS § 510.020]] ✓ |

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//Weighted index from the v1 model (weighted_score.py); weights encode NARSOL's judgment about everyday lived burden. Removal ratings and the weights need NARSOL/attorney sign-off before authoritative use.//