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21A.300 Prohibition against solicitation of professional employment from victim or relative of victim of accident or disaster.

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Page 1 of 1 21A.300 Prohibition against solicitation of professional employment from victim or relative of victim of accident or disaster. (1) Notwithstanding KRS 21A.160, for a period of thirty (30) days following the filing of a criminal or civil action, or claim for damages, or a traffic citation, injury, <br>accident, or disaster, an attorney or an attorney referral service shall be subject to <br>the following prohibition. An attorney or an attorney referral service shall not <br>directly solicit, or knowingly permit another person to directly solicit on his or its <br>behalf, a victim of the accident or disaster, or a relative of the victim, for the <br>purpose of obtaining professional employment relating to a criminal or civil action, <br>or claim for damages, arising out of the traffic citation, injury, accident, or disaster. (2) Notwithstanding KRS 21A.160, an attorney shall not knowingly accept a referral from an attorney referral service when that referral has resulted from the attorney <br>referral service violating the prohibition established in subsection (1) of this section. Effective: July 15, 1996 <br>History: Created 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 192, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996.