Title L, Kentucky Penal Code
36 chapters · 519 sections in this title.
KRS § 520.010 Definitions for chapter
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The following definitions apply in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Contraband" means any article or thing which a person confined in a detention facility is prohibited from obtaining or possessing by statute, departmental regulation, or posted institutio…
KRS § 520.015 Attempting to escape from penitentiary
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(1) A person is guilty of attempting to escape from the penitentiary when he or she: (a) Conceals himself or herself within the walls of the penitentiary; (b) Attempts to scale the enclosure surrounding the penitentiary; (c) Flees from whatever bounds he or she may be assigned, w…
KRS § 520.020 Escape in the first degree
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(1) A person is guilty of escape in the first degree when he escapes from custody or a detention facility by the use of force or threat of force against another person. (2) Escape in the first degree is a Class C felony.
KRS § 520.030 Escape in the second degree
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(1) A person is guilty of escape in the second degree when he escapes from a detention facility or, being charged with or convicted of a felony, he escapes from custody. (2) Escape in the second degree is a Class D felony.
KRS § 520.040 Escape in the third degree
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(1) A person is guilty of escape in the third degree when he escapes from custody. (2) Escape in the third degree is a Class B misdemeanor.
KRS § 520.050 Promoting contraband in the first degree
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(1) A person is guilty of promoting contraband in the first degree when: (a) He or she knowingly introduces dangerous contraband into a detention facility or a penitentiary; or (b) Being a person confined in a detention facility or a penitentiary, he or she knowingly makes, obtai…
KRS § 520.060 Promoting contraband in the second degree
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(1) A person is guilty of promoting contraband in the second degree when: (a) He knowingly introduces contraband into a detention facility or a penitentiary; or (b) Being a person confined in a detention facility or a penitentiary, he knowingly makes, obtains, or possesses contra…
KRS § 520.070 Bail jumping in the first degree
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(1) A person is guilty of bail jumping in the first degree when, having been released from custody by court order, with or without bail, upon condition that he will subsequently appear at a specified time and place in connection with a charge of having committed a felony, he inte…
KRS § 520.080 Bail jumping in the second degree
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(1) A person is guilty of bail jumping in the second degree when, having been released from custody by court order, with or without bail, upon condition that he will subsequently appear at a specified time and place in connection with a charge of having committed a misdemeanor, h…
KRS § 520.090 Resisting arrest
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(1) A person is guilty of resisting arrest when he intentionally prevents or attempts to prevent a peace officer, recognized to be acting under color of his official authority, from effecting an arrest of the actor or another by: (a) Using or threatening to use physical force or …
KRS § 520.095 Fleeing or evading police in the first degree
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(1) A person is guilty of fleeing or evading police in the first degree: (a) When, while operating a motor vehicle with intent to elude or flee, the person knowingly or wantonly disobeys a direction to stop his or her motor vehicle, given by a person recognized to be a police off…
KRS § 520.100 Fleeing or evading police in the second degree
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(1) A person is guilty of fleeing or evading police in the second degree when: (a) As a pedestrian, and with intent to elude or flee the person knowingly or wantonly disobeys a direction to stop given by a person recognized to be a peace officer who has an articulable reasonable …
KRS § 520.105 Fleeing or evading police in the third degree
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(1) A person is guilty of fleeing or evading police in the third degree when, as a pedestrian and with intent to elude or flee, the person knowingly or wantonly disobeys a direction to stop given by a person recognized to be a peace officer, and in fleeing or eluding the person c…
KRS § 520.110 Definitions for KRS 520.120 and 520.130
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(1) For the purposes of KRS 520.120 and 520.130, a person renders assistance to another when he: (a) Harbors or conceals such person; or (b) Warns such person of impending discovery or apprehension, except that this does not apply to a warning given in connection with an effort t…
KRS § 520.120 Hindering prosecution or apprehension in the first degree
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(1) A person is guilty of hindering prosecution or apprehension in the first degree when, with the intent to hinder the apprehension, prosecution, conviction or punishment of another whom he knows is being sought in connection with the commission of a capital offense or Class A f…
KRS § 520.130 Hindering prosecution or apprehension in the second degree
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(1) A person is guilty of hindering prosecution or apprehension in the second degree when, with the intent to hinder the apprehension, prosecution, conviction or punishment of another who is being sought in connection with the commission of a criminal offense, he renders assistan…