36 chapters · 519 sections in this title.
KRS § 506.010 Criminal attempt
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(1) A person is guilty of criminal attempt to commit a crime when, acting with the kind of culpability otherwise required for commission of the crime, he or she: (a) Intentionally engages in conduct which would constitute the crime if the attendant circumstances were as he or she…
KRS § 506.020 Criminal attempt -- Defense of renunciation
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(1) In any prosecution for criminal attempt to commit a crime, it is a defense that, under circumstances manifesting a voluntary and complete renunciation of his criminal purpose, the defendant abandoned his effort to commit the crime and, if mere abandonment was insufficient to …
KRS § 506.030 Criminal solicitation
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(1) A person is guilty of criminal solicitation when, with the intent of promoting or facilitating the commission of a crime, he commands or encourages another person to engage in specific conduct which would constitute that crime or an attempt to commit that crime or which would…
KRS § 506.040 Criminal conspiracy
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(1) A person having the intention of promoting or facilitating the commission of a crime is guilty of criminal conspiracy when he: (a) Agrees with one (1) or more persons that at least one (1) of them will engage in conduct constituting that crime or an attempt or solicitation to…
KRS § 506.050 Conspiracy -- General provisions
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(1) No person may be convicted of conspiracy to commit a crime unless an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy is alleged and proved to have been committed by one (1) of the conspirators. (2) A person who conspires to commit more than one (1) crime, all of which are the obje…
KRS § 506.060 Criminal solicitation or conspiracy -- Defense of renunciation
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(1) In any prosecution for criminal solicitation or criminal conspiracy in which the crime solicited or the crime contemplated by the conspiracy was not in fact committed, it is a defense that, under circumstances manifesting a voluntary and complete renunciation of his criminal …
KRS § 506.070 Incapacity of solicitee or co-conspirator
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(1) It is no defense to a prosecution for criminal solicitation that the person solicited could not be guilty of the crime solicited because of: (a) Criminal irresponsibility or other legal incapacity or exemption; or (b) Unawareness of the criminal nature of the conduct solicite…
KRS § 506.080 Criminal facilitation
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(1) A person is guilty of criminal facilitation when, acting with knowledge that another person is committing or intends to commit a crime, he engages in conduct which knowingly provides such person with means or opportunity for the commission of the crime and which in fact aids …
KRS § 506.090 Criminal facilitation -- No defense
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In any prosecution for criminal facilitation, it is no defense that: (1) The person facilitated could not be guilty of the crime facilitated because of criminal irresponsibility or other legal incapacity or exemption, unawareness of the criminal nature of the conduct facilitated,…
KRS § 506.100 Criminal facilitation -- Exemptions
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A person is not guilty of criminal facilitation when: (1) The crime facilitated is so defined that his conduct is inevitably incident to its commission; or (2) Prior to the commission of the crime facilitated he makes a substantial effort to prevent the commission of that crime.…
KRS § 506.110 Multiple convictions
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(1) A person may not be convicted on the basis of the same course of conduct of both the actual commission of a crime and: (a) A criminal attempt to commit that crime; or (b) A criminal solicitation of that crime; or (c) A criminal facilitation of that crime; or (d) A conspiracy …
KRS § 506.120 Engaging in organized crime
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(1) A person, with the purpose to establish or maintain a criminal syndicate or to facilitate any of its activities, shall not do any of the following: (a) Organize or participate in organizing a criminal syndicate or any of its activities; (b) Provide material aid to a criminal …
KRS § 506.135 Definitions for chapter
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As used in this chapter: (1) "Criminal gang" means any alliance, network, conspiracy, or group that: (a) Consists of three (3) or more persons who have any of the following in common: 1. Name; 2. Identifying hand signal or sign; 3. Colors; 4. Symbols; 5. Geographical location; or…
KRS § 506.140 Criminal gang recruitment
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(1) (a) Any person who is age eighteen (18) or older is guilty of criminal gang recruitment in the first degree if he or she: 1. Solicits or entices any person under the age of fifteen (15) to join a criminal gang; and 2. Requires as a condition of membership the commission of a …
KRS § 506.150 Criminal gang activity or recruitment -- Actions not constituting defenses
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(1) To establish the existence of a "criminal gang" as defined in KRS 506.135, competent evidence that is probative of the existence of or membership in a criminal gang shall be admissible, including two (2) or more of the following: (a) Self-proclamation, either at the time of a…
KRS § 506.160 Minimum service of sentence required if convicted defendant was member of criminal gang acting for the purpose of benefitting, promoting, or furthering the interest of criminal gang
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of criminal gang acting for the purpose of benefitting, promoting, or furthering the interest of criminal gang. (1) If a defendant is alleged by the prosecuting attorney to have been a member of a criminal gang as defined in KRS 506.135, at the time of the commission of the offen…
KRS § 506.170 Enhancement of penalty and minimum service of sentence for conviction of criminal gang-related felonies resulting in risk of physical injury, serious physical injury, or death -- Application to juveniles and persistent felony offenders
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of criminal gang-related felonies resulting in risk of physical injury, serious physical injury, or death -- Application to juveniles and persistent felony offenders. (1) Other provisions of law notwithstanding, a person shall be penalized one (1) class more severely than provide…
KRS § 506.180 Cause of action by victim of criminal gang incident against defendant for damages
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damages. (1) If a person alleges that he or she was a victim of a criminal act by: (a) An organization, which at the time the incident or incidents were alleged to take place was a criminal gang as defined in KRS 506.135; or (b) A person, who at time the incident or incidents wer…
KRS § 506.190 Criminal gang-related property subject to forfeiture under same criteria and process as set out in KRS 218A.405 to 218A.460
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and process as set out in KRS 218A.405 to 218A.460. All property used in connection with or acquired by a criminal gang as defined in KRS 506.135 or any of its members in committing, attempting to commit, or facilitating the commission of a criminal offense shall be subject to fo…