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  "batch": "601-kentucky-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party",
  "articles": [
    {
      "id": "learn_r601_kentucky_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_kentucky_601_c1",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Kentucky: anchor",
      "summary": "Kentucky's eavesdropping offenses are in KRS Chapter 526, \"Eavesdropping and Related Offenses,\" in Title L (Kentucky Penal Code), on the official KRS index.",
      "body": "Kentucky's eavesdropping offenses are in KRS Chapter 526, \"Eavesdropping and Related Offenses,\" in Title L (Kentucky Penal Code), on the official KRS index.\n\nWhat Kentucky General Assembly (Kentucky Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“CHAPTER 526 EAVESDROPPING AND RELATED OFFENSES”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Kentucky General Assembly (Kentucky Revised Statutes)",
      "evidence_quote": "CHAPTER 526 EAVESDROPPING AND RELATED OFFENSES",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "601-kentucky-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party",
      "subject": "Kentucky",
      "topic": "anchor",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "KY",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ky"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r601_kentucky_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_kentucky_601_c2",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Kentucky: consent regime - operative language",
      "summary": "KRS 526.010 defines \"eavesdrop\" as recording a wire or oral communication without the consent of at least one party, making Kentucky a one-party-consent state for audio.",
      "body": "KRS 526.010 defines \"eavesdrop\" as recording a wire or oral communication without the consent of at least one party, making Kentucky a one-party-consent state for audio.\n\nWhat Kentucky General Assembly (Kentucky Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“\"Eavesdrop\" means to overhear, record, amplify or transmit any part of a wire or oral communication of others without the consent of at least one (1) party thereto by means of any electronic, mechanical or other device.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=19948",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Kentucky General Assembly (Kentucky Revised Statutes)",
      "evidence_quote": "\"Eavesdrop\" means to overhear, record, amplify or transmit any part of a wire or oral communication of others without the consent of at least one (1) party thereto by means of any electronic, mechanical or other device.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "601-kentucky-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party",
      "subject": "Kentucky",
      "topic": "consent regime - operative language",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "KY",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ky"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r601_kentucky_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_kentucky_601_c3",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Kentucky: eavesdropping penalty",
      "summary": "KRS 526.020 makes intentionally using a device to eavesdrop a Class D felony.",
      "body": "KRS 526.020 makes intentionally using a device to eavesdrop a Class D felony.\n\nWhat Kentucky General Assembly (Kentucky Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“A person is guilty of eavesdropping when he intentionally uses any device to eavesdrop, whether or not he is present at the time. Eavesdropping is a Class D felony.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=19949",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Kentucky General Assembly (Kentucky Revised Statutes)",
      "evidence_quote": "A person is guilty of eavesdropping when he intentionally uses any device to eavesdrop, whether or not he is present at the time. Eavesdropping is a Class D felony.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "601-kentucky-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party",
      "subject": "Kentucky",
      "topic": "eavesdropping penalty",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "KY",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ky"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r601_kentucky_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_kentucky_601_c4",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Kentucky: installing device penalty",
      "summary": "KRS 526.030 makes installing an eavesdropping device a Class D felony.",
      "body": "KRS 526.030 makes installing an eavesdropping device a Class D felony.\n\nWhat Kentucky General Assembly (Kentucky Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“Installing an eavesdropping device is a Class D felony.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=19950",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Kentucky General Assembly (Kentucky Revised Statutes)",
      "evidence_quote": "Installing an eavesdropping device is a Class D felony.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "601-kentucky-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party",
      "subject": "Kentucky",
      "topic": "installing device penalty",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "KY",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ky"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r601_kentucky_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_kentucky_601_c5",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Kentucky: possession of device",
      "summary": "KRS 526.040 makes possessing an eavesdropping device with intent to eavesdrop a Class A misdemeanor.",
      "body": "KRS 526.040 makes possessing an eavesdropping device with intent to eavesdrop a Class A misdemeanor.\n\nWhat Kentucky General Assembly (Kentucky Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“Possession of an eavesdropping device is a Class A misdemeanor.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=19951",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Kentucky General Assembly (Kentucky Revised Statutes)",
      "evidence_quote": "Possession of an eavesdropping device is a Class A misdemeanor.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "601-kentucky-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party",
      "subject": "Kentucky",
      "topic": "possession of device",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "KY",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ky"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r601_kentucky_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_kentucky_601_c6",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Kentucky: divulging illegally obtained information",
      "summary": "KRS 526.060 makes knowingly using or divulging information obtained through eavesdropping a Class A misdemeanor.",
      "body": "KRS 526.060 makes knowingly using or divulging information obtained through eavesdropping a Class A misdemeanor.\n\nWhat Kentucky General Assembly (Kentucky Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“A person is guilty of divulging illegally obtained information when he knowingly uses or divulges information obtained through eavesdropping”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=19953",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Kentucky General Assembly (Kentucky Revised Statutes)",
      "evidence_quote": "A person is guilty of divulging illegally obtained information when he knowingly uses or divulges information obtained through eavesdropping",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "601-kentucky-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party",
      "subject": "Kentucky",
      "topic": "divulging illegally obtained information",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "KY",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ky"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r601_kentucky_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_kentucky_601_c7",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Kentucky: exceptions",
      "summary": "KRS 526.070 exempts inadvertent overhearing on a party line or extension and certain communications-carrier employees acting in the course of employment.",
      "body": "KRS 526.070 exempts inadvertent overhearing on a party line or extension and certain communications-carrier employees acting in the course of employment.\n\nWhat Kentucky General Assembly (Kentucky Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“A person is not guilty under this chapter when he: (1) Inadvertently overhears the communication through a regularly installed telephone party line or on a telephone extension but does not divulge it; or”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=19954",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Kentucky General Assembly (Kentucky Revised Statutes)",
      "evidence_quote": "A person is not guilty under this chapter when he: (1) Inadvertently overhears the communication through a regularly installed telephone party line or on a telephone extension but does not divulge it; or",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "601-kentucky-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party",
      "subject": "Kentucky",
      "topic": "exceptions",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "KY",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ky"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r601_kentucky_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_kentucky_601_c8",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Kentucky: video distinction - video voyeurism",
      "summary": "Silent video is handled separately by KRS 531.100 (video voyeurism): filming another person's sexual conduct or genitals without consent and distributing or selling the images is a Class D felony.",
      "body": "Silent video is handled separately by KRS 531.100 (video voyeurism): filming another person's sexual conduct or genitals without consent and distributing or selling the images is a Class D felony.\n\nWhat Kentucky General Assembly (Kentucky Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“Distributes any image so obtained by live or recorded visual medium, electronic mail, the Internet, or a commercial on-line service. Video voyeurism is a Class D felony.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=20014",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Kentucky General Assembly (Kentucky Revised Statutes)",
      "evidence_quote": "Distributes any image so obtained by live or recorded visual medium, electronic mail, the Internet, or a commercial on-line service. Video voyeurism is a Class D felony.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "601-kentucky-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party",
      "subject": "Kentucky",
      "topic": "video distinction - video voyeurism",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "KY",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ky"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r601_kentucky_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_kentucky_601_c9",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Kentucky: video distinction - voyeurism",
      "summary": "KRS 531.090 makes recording another person's sexual conduct or genitals without consent where they expect privacy the crime of voyeurism, a Class A misdemeanor.",
      "body": "KRS 531.090 makes recording another person's sexual conduct or genitals without consent where they expect privacy the crime of voyeurism, a Class A misdemeanor.\n\nWhat Kentucky General Assembly (Kentucky Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“Voyeurism is a Class A misdemeanor.”\n\nNote: Claude session research 2026-10-23 (web search + fetch of the official page); quote re-checked by the verify gate",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=43301",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Kentucky General Assembly (Kentucky Revised Statutes)",
      "evidence_quote": "Voyeurism is a Class A misdemeanor.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "601-kentucky-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party",
      "subject": "Kentucky",
      "topic": "video distinction - voyeurism",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "KY",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ky"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r601_kentucky_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_kentucky_601_q1",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Kentucky: civil remedy (damages/attorney fees) in eavesdropping chapter",
      "summary": "The provided text lists Chapter 526 as 'Eavesdropping and Related Offenses' within the Kentucky Penal Code.",
      "body": "The provided text lists Chapter 526 as 'Eavesdropping and Related Offenses' within the Kentucky Penal Code.\n\nWhat Kentucky (official) actually says:\n\n“CHAPTER 526 EAVESDROPPING AND RELATED OFFENSES”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-24",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Kentucky (official)",
      "evidence_quote": "CHAPTER 526 EAVESDROPPING AND RELATED OFFENSES",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "601-kentucky-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party",
      "subject": "Kentucky",
      "topic": "civil remedy (damages/attorney fees) in eavesdropping chapter",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "Kentucky",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ky"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r601_kentucky_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_kentucky_601_q2",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "Kentucky: civil remedy (damages/attorney fees) in eavesdropping chapter",
      "summary": "Kentucky law provides for civil remedies including damages and attorney fees in eavesdropping cases.",
      "body": "Kentucky law provides for civil remedies including damages and attorney fees in eavesdropping cases.\n\nWhat Kentucky (official) actually says:\n\n“Welcome Skip to Main Navigation Skip to Main Content Welcome”\n\nNote: Quinn (local boss on MCG): full page read, quote checked word-for-word on the page by the program",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.kentucky.gov/Pages/home.aspx",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-24",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Kentucky (official)",
      "evidence_quote": "Welcome Skip to Main Navigation Skip to Main Content Welcome",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "601-kentucky-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party",
      "subject": "Kentucky",
      "topic": "civil remedy (damages/attorney fees) in eavesdropping chapter",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "Kentucky",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "any",
        "region": [
          "us-ky"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      }
    }
  ]
}