# KRS § 237.095: 237.095 Persons barred by federal law from purchase of firearms -- Duty to notify courts and law enforcement agencies of purchase or attempt to purchase -- Protocol for providing notice -- Duty to notify petitioner -- Immunity from liability > Kentucky · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIX_C237_S237.095 ## Section - **Citation:** KRS § 237.095 - **Heading:** 237.095 Persons barred by federal law from purchase of firearms -- Duty to notify courts and law enforcement agencies of purchase or attempt to purchase -- Protocol for providing notice -- Duty to notify petitioner -- Immunity from liability - **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** KY Code / Title XIX / Chapter 237 / Section 237.095 ## Text 237.095 Persons barred by federal law from purchase of firearms -- Duty to notify courts and law enforcement agencies of purchase or attempt to purchase -- Protocol for providing notice -- Duty to notify petitioner -- Immunity from liability. (1) Upon receiving notice that a person barred from purchasing a firearm under 18 U.S.C. sec. 922(g)(8) has purchased or attempted to purchase a firearm, any agency with the responsibility of entering domestic violence records into the Law Information Network of Kentucky shall notify: (a) The court in the jurisdiction where the domestic violence order was issued under KRS 403.750; and (b) The law enforcement agencies, as designated by the Department of Kentucky State Police, that have jurisdiction in the county where the domestic violence order was issued and in the county of the victim's residence if different from the county where the domestic violence order was issued. (2) The Department of Kentucky State Police shall develop a protocol for providing notice to the required court and law enforcement agencies under subsection (1) of this section. Within the protocol, the Department of Kentucky State Police shall designate which local law enforcement agencies are to receive notice in each county. A minimum of one (1) law enforcement agency shall be designated in each county. (3) When a designated law enforcement agency for the county where the domestic violence order was issued or where the victim resides receives notice under subsection (1)(b) of this section, that agency shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that the petitioner who obtained the domestic violence order is notified that the respondent has purchased or attempted to purchase a firearm. (4) Any person carrying out responsibilities under this section shall be immune from civil liability for good faith conduct in carrying out those responsibilities. (5) This section shall apply only to domestic violence orders issued, or reissued, on or after July 14, 2000, through July 15, 2002. ## Nearby sections - [KRS § 237.020 237.020 Right of Kentucky residents, out-of-state residents, and residents of other countries to buy firearms](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIX_C237_S237.020.md) - [KRS § 237.025 237.025 Requirements for local gun buy-back programs](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIX_C237_S237.025.md) - [KRS § 237.030 237.030 Definitions for KRS 237.040 and 237.050](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIX_C237_S237.030.md) - [KRS § 237.040 237.040 Criminal possession of destructive device or booby trap device](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIX_C237_S237.040.md) - [KRS § 237.050 237.050 Exemptions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIX_C237_S237.050.md) - [KRS § 237.060 237.060 Definitions for KRS 237.060 to 237.090 and certain other sections](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIX_C237_S237.060.md) - [KRS § 237.070 237.070 Prohibition against sale or transfer of firearm to convicted felon](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIX_C237_S237.070.md) - [KRS § 237.075 237.075 Chief law enforcement officer's certification for transfer or making of a firearm -- Immunity from liability -- Appeal of denial of certification request](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIX_C237_S237.075.md) - [KRS § 237.080 237.080 Prohibition against manufacture, sale, delivery, transfer, or importation of armor-piercing ammunition -- Exceptions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIX_C237_S237.080.md) - [KRS § 237.090 237.090 Disposition of forfeited firearm or ammunition](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIX_C237_S237.090.md) - [KRS § 237.095 237.095 Persons barred by federal law from purchase of firearms -- Duty to notify courts and law enforcement agencies of purchase or attempt to purchase -- Protocol for providing notice -- Duty to notify petitioner -- Immunity from liability](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIX_C237_S237.095.md) - [KRS § 237.100 237.100 Notification of purchase of firearm or attempt to purchase firearm -- Immunity](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIX_C237_S237.100.md) - [KRS § 237.102 237.102 Suspension, revocation, limitation, or impairment of concealed deadly weapon license permitted only in accordance with KRS 237.110 and 237.138 to 237.142](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIX_C237_S237.102.md) - [KRS § 237.104 237.104 Rights to acquire, carry, and use deadly weapons not to be impaired -- Seizure of deadly weapons prohibited -- Application of section](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIX_C237_S237.104.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXIX_C237_S237.095. 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