The Kentucky Attorney General's Office has upheld the Jeffersontown Police Department's denial of an open records request for a motor vehicle accident report, finding the department did not violate the Kentucky Open Records Act when it withheld the collision report.

According to a decision issued May 28, 2026, attorney Jacob Levy requested the report on behalf of a client who claimed to be a third victim in a motor vehicle accident, stating the client had been taken from the scene in an ambulance and their vehicle was damaged. The client was not listed in the original police report. Levy requested a copy of the run number, the police report itself, body and dash camera footage from all officers involved, and photos from the scene.

The Jeffersontown Police Department denied the request under KRS 189.635(6), a state statute that makes accident reports confidential and exempt from public disclosure, according to the decision. The statute provides limited exceptions for certain authorized individuals, including the parties to the accident and their attorneys.

Levy appealed, arguing his client should be considered a party to the accident and therefore entitled to the report. The department disputed this assertion, providing a statement from an officer who was at the scene stating that either the driver or a person at the scene had advised that Levy's client "wasn't involved in the accident, but the accident occurred near her."

In its decision, the Attorney General's Office noted it cannot resolve factual disputes between a requester and a public agency, such as whether someone was actually a party to an accident. The office stated it "cannot find that the Department violated the Act when it did not produce the accident report because the Office cannot find that the Appellant's client is a person authorized to obtain that report."

Under Kentucky law, accident reports are available only to parties to the accident, parents or guardians of minors involved, insurers, attorneys representing involved parties, and news-gathering organizations, among other limited categories. A party aggrieved by the decision may appeal it in circuit court within 30 days.