# KRS § 439.330: 439.330 Duties of board > Kentucky · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.330 ## Section - **Citation:** KRS § 439.330 - **Heading:** 439.330 Duties of board - **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** KY Code / Title XL / Chapter 439 / Section 439.330 ## Text 439.330 Duties of board. (1) The board shall: (a) Study the case histories of persons eligible for parole, and deliberate on that record; (b) Conduct reviews and hearings on the desirability of granting parole; (c) Impose upon the parolee or conditional releasee such conditions as it sees fit; (d) Order the granting of parole upon a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the membership of the full board, or pursuant to KRS 439.320(5); (e) Issue warrants for persons charged with violations of parole and postincarceration supervision and conduct hearings on such charges, subject to the provisions of KRS 439.341, 532.043, and 532.400; (f) Determine the period of supervision for parolees, which period may be subject to extension or reduction after recommendation of the cabinet is received and considered; and (g) Grant final discharge to parolees. (2) The board shall adopt an official seal of which the courts shall take judicial notice. (3) The orders of the board shall not be reviewable except as to compliance with the terms of KRS 439.250 to 439.560. (4) The board shall keep a record of its acts, an electronic record of its meetings, a written record of the votes of individual members, and the reasons for denying parole to inmates. These records shall be public records in accordance with KRS 61.870 to 61.884. The board shall notify each institution of its decisions relating to the persons who are or have been confined in that institution, and shall submit to the Governor a report with statistical and other data of its work at the close of each fiscal year. ## Nearby sections - [KRS § 439.177 439.177 Parole privileges for certain misdemeanants -- Duties of sentencing judge](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.177.md) - [KRS § 439.179 439.179 Release of misdemeanants -- Purposes for which permitted -- Earnings of prisoner, records, and disposition -- Authority of District Judge and jailer](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.179.md) - [KRS § 439.250 439.250 Definitions for KRS 439.250 to 439.560](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.250.md) - [KRS § 439.265 439.265 Shock probation in felony conviction -- Procedure -- Exclusions -- Comprehensive sex offender presentence evaluation -- Exercise of authority](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.265.md) - [KRS § 439.267 439.267 Shock probation in misdemeanor convictions -- Procedure -- Exercise of authority -- Availability for sexual offenders](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.267.md) - [KRS § 439.268 439.268 Probation program credits](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.268.md) - [KRS § 439.310 439.310 Administration of probation and parole laws](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.310.md) - [KRS § 439.315 439.315 Payment of fee by released person -- Amount -- Waiver of payment -- Applicable to persons released by county containing a city of the first class or urban-county government](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.315.md) - [KRS § 439.320 439.320 Parole board -- Members' qualifications, terms, compensation -- Chairperson -- Administrative regulations -- Quorum](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.320.md) - [KRS § 439.330 439.330 Duties of board](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.330.md) - [KRS § 439.331 439.331 Risk and needs assessment of criminal risk factors of parole-eligible inmates](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.331.md) - [KRS § 439.335 439.335 Scientific means of personality analysis to be used to establish level, intensity, terms, and conditions of supervision](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.335.md) - [KRS § 439.340 439.340 Parole of prisoners confined in adult penal or correctional institutions, halfway houses, and reentry centers -- Notice of prisoner's parole to be given to certain law enforcement officers, and to victims or their next of kin](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.340.md) - [KRS § 439.341 439.341 Probable cause revocation hearings of probation, parole, and postincarceration supervision violators](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.341.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXL_C439_S439.330. 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