Commercial Use of Booking Photographs Prohibited
KY Mugshot Removal-Fee Ban
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Bars publishers and websites from using booking or inmate photographs obtained from public agencies for a commercial purpose when removal requires paying a fee. A person who asked for removal can sue for an injunction, fees, and escalating daily damages.
- Where
- Kentucky
- Citation
- KRS 61.8746 (created 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 101)
- Status
- In force
- In force since
- 2016-07-15
- Enforced by
- Persons depicted, via civil action in Circuit Court
- People can sue
- Yes
- Penalties
- Injunction, costs, and attorney's fees; at the court's discretion, at least $100 per day for the first 30 days, $250 per day for the next 30 days, and $500 per day thereafter, each day a separate violation.
- Applies to
- Any person who publishes or posts booking photographs or inmate photographs obtained from a Kentucky public agency and charges a fee to remove them
Practices it requires
- Do not publish or post agency-sourced booking or inmate photographs for a commercial purpose when removal requires payment of a fee or other consideration.KRS 61.8746(1)
Other duties
- A person who requested removal may sue for injunctive relief, costs, attorney's fees, and escalating per-day damages.KRS 61.8746(2)-(3)
Sources
Checked against these sources on 2026-09-25 by research agent (Claude), primary sources.
Research reference, not legal advice.