Kentucky · Kentucky Revised Statutes — Penal Code (Ch. 500–534)
KRS (Penal Code) § 510.037: Conviction for rape, sodomy, or sexual abuse or for criminal attempt, conspiracy, facilitation, or solicitation to commit any degree of these crimes triggers application for interpersonal protective order
What this law says, in plain English
A conviction for rape, sodomy, sexual abuse, or related crimes automatically triggers an application for a protective order unless the victim opts out. The conviction alone suffices to issue the order for up to ten years, renewable in ten-year increments.
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