421.550 No cause of action created -- Immunity of jailers or chief administrator
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acting in good faith -- Indemnification -- Defense by Attorney General --
Immunity of attorney for state acting in good faith.
(1)Nothing in KRS 421.500 to 421.575, 15.245, or 196.280 creates a cause of action
for money damages against the state, a county, a municipality, or any of their
agencies, public officials, or employees.
(2)The jailer or chief administrator of a juvenile detention facility, regional jail, or
county jail, or any of their respective designees who acts in good faith in making
available the release information required by KRS 196.280, or in good faith fails or
is unable to provide the release information required by KRS 196.280, shall be
immune from any criminal liability.
(3)The jailer or chief administrator of a juvenile detention facility, regional jail, or
county jail, or any of their respective designees, who acts in good faith in making
available the release information required by KRS 196.280, or in good faith fails or
is unable to provide the release information required by KRS 196.280, and who is
sued for any act or omission in relation to KRS 196.280, and who has a judgment
rendered against him and who personally suffers actual financial loss, unreimbursed
from any source, by the enforcement and satisfaction of the judgment, including any
costs or attorney's fees awarded pursuant thereto, shall be indemnified by the
Commonwealth from funds appropriated to the Finance and Administration Cabinet
for the payment of judgments, to the extent of his actual financial loss. The
indemnification shall not be construed to abrogate or limit any privilege, immunity,
or matter of defense otherwise available to the person claiming indemnification and
shall not constitute a waiver of any privilege, immunity, or matter of defense,
including the sovereign immunity of the Commonwealth.
(4)The Attorney General shall defend the jailer, chief administrator, or designee upon
request, in any suit related to the provision of information under KRS 196.280.
(5)An attorney for the Commonwealth who acts in good faith in his or her ministerial
duties under KRS 421.500 to 421.575 shall be immune from criminal or civil
liability. The immunity shall not be construed to abrogate or limit any privilege,
immunity, or matter of defense otherwise available and shall not constitute a waiver
of any privilege, immunity, or matter of defense, including the sovereign immunity
of the Commonwealth.