Title XIX, Public Safety and Morals
14 chapters · 437 sections in this title.
KRS § 231.010 Place of entertainment defined
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As used in this chapter, "place of entertainment" means a roadhouse, place offering intoxicating or nonintoxicating drinks for sale, tourist camp or place of public entertainment at which people assemble to eat, drink, dance, bathe, or engage in any game or amusement, or any plac…
KRS § 231.020 Permit to operate required
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No place of entertainment shall be operated outside the corporate limits of a city unless its owner or manager has a permit, issued to him by the county judge/executive in the county in which the place of entertainment is located, granting to him the privilege to operate the plac…
KRS § 231.030 What persons not to be granted permits
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No permit shall be issued to a person who is not of good moral character or who will not, in the judgment of the court, obey the laws of the state in the carrying on of the business or who within two (2) years prior to the date of the filing of the application has been convicted …
KRS § 231.040 Application for permit
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Any person who desires a permit to operate a place of entertainment outside the corporate limits of a city shall file an application with the county clerk. The application shall set forth the true name of the owner of the place of entertainment, the exact location of the proposed…
KRS § 231.050 Deposit of applicant -- Disposition of deposit
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At the time the application is filed, the applicant shall deposit twenty dollars ($20) with the county clerk which shall be used by the clerk to defray the cost of the notices required by KRS 231.060 to be published in a newspaper, to pay the clerk's cost for the docketing of the…
KRS § 231.060 County clerk to docket and publish application
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When the application is filed with the county clerk he shall have a notice that the application has been filed, published pursuant to KRS Chapter 424 in the county.
KRS § 231.070 County attorney to investigate applicant
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The county attorney, after an application has been filed, shall investigate the applicant and file with the county judge/executive a written report setting forth the facts revealed by his investigation, recommending the granting or the denial of the permit. The report shall be fi…
KRS § 231.080 Hearing for or against granting of permit
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After the expiration of thirty (30) days from the date on which the application is filed, the county judge/executive shall hear evidence in support of or in opposition to the granting of the permit. Any person desiring to oppose the permit shall have filed in writing allegations …
KRS § 231.090 Appeal from decision denying or granting permit
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(1) From the decision of the county judge/executive refusing to grant the permit, the applicant may appeal to the Circuit Court, where the appeal shall be tried as an action in equity, and the evidence shall be heard in open court. (2) From the decision of the county judge/execut…
KRS § 231.100 County judge/executive to fix hours of operation
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The county judge/executive shall, by an order entered in his order book, fix reasonable hours of operation for places of entertainment throughout the county.
KRS § 231.110 Conduct prohibited on premises
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No person who has been granted a permit shall allow: (1) Drunken, disorderly, or boisterous persons, or persons of lewd or lascivious reputation to congregate in or about the premises; (2) People to congregate there for immoral or unlawful purposes or to permit any man or woman w…
KRS § 231.120 Forfeiture of permit for violation of chapter
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Upon the conviction of the owner or manager of a place of entertainment for a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter: (1) The judgment of the court shall provide for the forfeiture of the permit; (2) A copy of the judgment shall be certified by the court in which the …
KRS § 231.125 Forfeiture for violation of alcoholic beverage control laws
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The conviction of the owner or manager of a place of entertainment for violation of the alcohol beverage control laws may be an additional ground for revocation and forfeiture of the place of entertainment permit by the county judge/executive.
KRS § 231.130 Peace officers to visit
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The sheriff, deputy sheriff and county patrolmen of each county shall visit places of entertainment regularly. Upon their observing any violation of this chapter, by the owner or manager, they shall make arrests without warrants for violations committed within their presence.
KRS § 231.180 Showing "X" or "R" rated movies in certain previews prohibited
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No movie theater, drive-in theater, or other facility requiring a fee for admission shall show a "X" or "R" rated movie in their previews if a "G" or "GP" movie is playing.
KRS § 231.990 Penalties
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(1) Any person who violates KRS 231.020 shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars ($200) or confined in the county jail not more than ninety (90) days, or both. Each day that a place of entertainment is operated without a permit shall be a separate offense. (2) Except as p…