<br><br> <br>Page 1 of 1 <br>17.549 False statements to law enforcement officials regarding noncompliant <br>registrant -- Harboring -- Violation. <br>(1) A person shall be guilty of making a false statement to a law enforcement official <br>when he or she intentionally misleads any law enforcement official regarding a <br>noncompliant registrant. <br>(2) A person shall be guilty of harboring when he or she intentionally allows a <br>registrant to reside at his or her residence to avoid registration if the address is not <br>the address the registrant listed as his or her residence address. <br>(3) For the purposes of this section, law enforcement officials include the Attorney <br>General, elected sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, city police officers, county police officers, <br>state police officers, probation and parole officers, state and federal prosecutors, and <br>investigators employed by any of these officers. <br>(4) A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a <br>first offense and a Class D felony for each subsequent offense. <br>Effective: July 12, 2006 <br>History: Created 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 182, sec. 14, effective July 12, 2006. <br><br>