<br><br>27A.090 Criminal records check performed for Justice and Public Safety Cabinet -- Fee -- <br>Request conditions. <br>(1) In any instance that the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet is required by statute to conduct a <br>criminal records or background check, the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet may contract <br>with the Administrative Office of the Courts to perform that service. <br>(2) (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, the Administrative Office of <br>the Courts shall set a reasonable fee for a criminal records check conducted by the <br>office in an amount no greater than the actual cost of conducting that criminal records <br>check. <br>(b) When another statute sets the dollar amount of the fee charged for a criminal records <br>check conducted by the Administrative Office of the Courts, the office shall charge <br>that fee. <br>(3) The Administrative Office of the Courts shall be required to accept a criminal records <br>check request only when the request is made: <br>(a) By letter, electronic mail, or facsimile transmission; or <br>(b) In person. <br>(4) The Administrative Office of the Courts may establish an escrow account for a person who <br>frequently requests that the office conduct criminal records checks. <br>Effective: June 26, 2007 <br>History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 111, effective June 26, 2007. -- Created 2000 Ky. <br>Acts ch. 283, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2000. <br>Legislative Research Commission Note (6/26/2007). 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, relating to the <br>creation and organization of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, instructs the Reviser of <br>Statutes to correct statutory references to agencies and officers whose names have been <br>changed in that Act. Such a correction has been made in this section. <br><br>