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Stalking

KRS 508.130 — a course of conduct that seriously alarms or harasses and causes substantial mental distress

  • Stalking is intentionally engaging in a course of conduct directed at someone that seriously alarms, annoys, intimidates or harasses, serves no legitimate purpose, and causes substantial mental distress.
  • A course of conduct is a pattern of two or more acts showing a continuity of purpose, including following, monitoring or threatening, and using phones, social media, cameras or other devices.
  • Constitutionally protected activity is not part of a course of conduct.
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Stalking is a Class D felony, and a Class C felony with a listed circumstance, such as a protective order in place, a deadly weapon, or placing the victim in reasonable fear of physical injury or death.

A guilty verdict or plea for stalking works as an application for an interpersonal protective order, unless the victim asks otherwise. The convicting court may issue it without further proof, for up to ten years, renewable in increments of up to ten years.

  • KRS 508.155
Sources for this section (2)
  1. KRS 508.130 — Stalking
  2. KRS 508.155 — Interpersonal protective order to be issued upon violation of KRS 508.130

Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Kentucky attorney.

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