Title L, Kentucky Penal Code

(1) In any prosecution under KRS 508.010, 508.020 or 508.030 in which intentionally causing physical injury or serious physical injury is an element of the offense, the defendant may establish in mitigation that he acted under the influence of extreme emotional disturbance, as de…

(1) A person is guilty of menacing when he intentionally places another person in reasonable apprehension of imminent physical injury. (2) Menacing is a Class B misdemeanor.

(1) A person is guilty of wanton endangerment in the first degree when, under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life, he or she wantonly engages in conduct which creates a substantial danger of death or serious physical injury to another person.…

(1) A person is guilty of wanton endangerment in the second degree when he wantonly engages in conduct which creates a substantial danger of physical injury to another person. (2) Wanton endangerment in the second degree is a Class A misdemeanor.

(1) A person is guilty of terroristic threatening in the first degree when he or she: (a) Intentionally makes false statements that he or she or another person has placed a weapon of mass destruction on: 1. The real property or any building of any public or private elementary or …

(1) A person is guilty of terroristic threatening in the second degree when, other than as provided in KRS 508.075, he or she intentionally: (a) With respect to any scheduled, publicly advertised event open to the public, any place of worship, any school function, any workplace, …

(1) Except as provided in KRS 508.075 or 508.078, a person is guilty of terroristic threatening in the third degree when: (a) He threatens to commit any crime likely to result in death or serious physical injury to another person or likely to result in substantial property damage…

As used in KRS 508.100 to 508.120, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Abuse or neglect" means: (a) The infliction of: 1. Physical pain or injury, including ingestion or inhalation of a controlled substance; or 2. Mental injury; or (b) The deprivation of services by a per…

(1) A person is guilty of criminal abuse or neglect in the first degree when he or she intentionally abuses or neglects another person or permits another person of whom he or she has actual custody to be abused or neglected and thereby: (a) Causes serious physical injury; (b) Pla…

(1) A person is guilty of criminal abuse or neglect in the second degree when he or she wantonly abuses or neglects another person or permits another person of whom he or she has actual custody to be abused or neglected and thereby: (a) Causes serious physical injury; or (b) Plac…

(1) A person is guilty of criminal abuse or neglect in the third degree when he or she recklessly abuses or neglects another person or permits another person of whom he or she has actual custody to be abused or neglected and thereby: (a) Causes serious physical injury; or (b) Pla…

(1) As used in this section, "female genital mutilation" means a procedure that involves the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or any procedure harmful to the female genitalia, including but not limited to: (a) A clitoridectomy; (b) The partial or total re…

(1) As used in this section, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) 1. "Course of conduct" means a pattern of conduct composed of two (2) or more acts, evidencing a continuity of purpose. 2. One (1) or more of these acts may include: a. Those by which a person, directly or in…

(1) As used in this section: (a) "Motor vehicle" has the same meaning as "vehicle" in KRS 186.010(8)(a); (b) "Protective order" has the same meaning as in KRS 508.130; and (c) "Tracking device" means an electronic or mechanical device that is designed or intended to allow a perso…

A verdict of guilty or a plea of guilty to KRS 508.130 shall operate as an application for an interpersonal protective order issued under KRS Chapter 456, unless the victim requests otherwise. Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS Chapter 456: (1) An interpersonal protective orde…

(1) A person is guilty of disarming a peace officer when he intentionally: (a) Removes a firearm or other deadly weapon from the person of a peace officer when the peace officer is acting within the scope of his official duties; or (b) Deprives a peace officer of the officer's us…

(1) A person is guilty of strangulation in the first degree when the person, without consent, intentionally impedes the normal breathing or circulation of the blood of another person by: (a) Applying pressure on the throat or neck of the other person; or (b) Blocking the nose or …

(1) A person is guilty of strangulation in the second degree when the person, without consent, wantonly impedes the normal breathing or circulation of the blood of another person by: (a) Applying pressure on the throat or neck of the other person; or (b) Blocking the nose or mout…

As used in KRS 508.180 to 508.186, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Hazing" means a direct action which substantially endangers the physical health of a minor or student for the purpose of recruitment, initiation into, affiliation with, or enhancing or maintaining memb…

(1) A person is guilty of hazing in the first degree when he or she intentionally or wantonly engages in an act of hazing that results in serious physical injury or death to a minor or student. (2) It shall be a defense under this section that the act was part of reasonable and c…

(1) A person is guilty of hazing in the second degree when he or she recklessly engages in an act of hazing. (2) It shall be a defense under this section that the act was part of reasonable and customary: (a) Interscholastic or intercollegiate athletic practices, competitions, or…

Nothing in KRS 508.180 to 508.186 shall be construed to create or imply a new cause of action against any educational institution.

The following definitions apply in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Relative" means a parent, ancestor, brother, sister, uncle or aunt. (2) "Restrain" means to restrict another person's movements in such a manner as to cause a substantial interference with…

(1) A person is guilty of unlawful imprisonment in the first degree when he knowingly and unlawfully restrains another person under circumstances which expose that person to a risk of serious physical injury. (2) Unlawful imprisonment in the first degree is a Class D felony.

(1) A person is guilty of unlawful imprisonment in the second degree when he knowingly and unlawfully restrains another person. (2) Unlawful imprisonment in the second degree is a Class A misdemeanor.

(1) A person is guilty of kidnapping when he unlawfully restrains another person and when his intent is: (a) To hold him for ransom or reward; or (b) To accomplish or to advance the commission of a felony; or (c) To inflict bodily injury or to terrorize the victim or another; or …

A person may not be convicted of unlawful imprisonment in the first degree, unlawful imprisonment in the second degree, or kidnapping when his criminal purpose is the commission of an offense defined outside this chapter and his interference with the victim's liberty occurs immed…

In any prosecution for unlawful imprisonment or kidnapping it is a defense that the defendant was a relative of the victim and his sole purpose was to assume custody of the victim.

(1) A person is guilty of custodial interference when, knowing that he has no legal right to do so, he takes, entices or keeps from lawful custody any mentally disabled or other person entrusted by authority of law to the custody of another person or to an institution. (2) It is …

(1) A person is guilty of criminal coercion when with intent to compel another person to engage in or refrain from conduct, he unlawfully threatens to: (a) Commit any crime; or (b) Accuse anyone of a crime; or (c) Expose any secret tending to subject any person to hatred, contemp…

The following definitions apply in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Adult intermediary" means a person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older and communicates with another for the purpose of procuring or promoting the use of a minor in violation of KRS…

as Class D felony. Unless a higher penalty is otherwise prescribed and notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, a person who commits a third or subsequent misdemeanor offense under this chapter, except for violations of KRS 510.150, may be convicted of a Cla…

(1) Whether or not specifically stated, it is an element of every offense defined in this chapter that the sexual act was committed without consent of the victim. (2) Lack of consent results from: (a) Forcible compulsion; (b) Incapacity to consent; or (c) If the offense charged i…

In any prosecution under this chapter in which the victim's lack of consent is based solely on his incapacity to consent because he was less than sixteen (16) years old, an individual with an intellectual disability, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless, the defendant m…

A person who engages in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual intercourse with another person to whom the person is married, or subjects another person to whom the person is married to sexual contact, does not commit an offense under this chapter regardless of the person's age sol…

conspiracy, facilitation, or solicitation to commit any degree of these crimes triggers application for interpersonal protective order. The entering of a judgment of conviction for any degree of rape, sodomy, or sexual abuse under this chapter, or for a criminal attempt, conspira…

(1) A person is guilty of rape in the first degree when: (a) He engages in sexual intercourse with another person by forcible compulsion; or (b) He engages in sexual intercourse with another person who is incapable of consent because he: 1. Is physically helpless; or 2. Is less t…

(1) A person is guilty of rape in the second degree when: (a) Being eighteen (18) years old or more, he or she engages in sexual intercourse with another person less than fourteen (14) years old; or (b) He or she engages in sexual intercourse with another person who is mentally i…

(1) A person is guilty of rape in the third degree when: (a) Being twenty-one (21) years old or more, he or she engages in sexual intercourse with another person less than sixteen (16) years old; (b) Being at least ten (10) years older than a person who is sixteen (16) or sevente…

(1) A person is guilty of sodomy in the first degree when: (a) He engages in deviate sexual intercourse with another person by forcible compulsion; or (b) He engages in deviate sexual intercourse with another person who is incapable of consent because he: 1. Is physically helples…

(1) A person is guilty of sodomy in the second degree when: (a) Being eighteen (18) years old or more, he or she engages in deviate sexual intercourse with another person less than fourteen (14) years old; or (b) He or she engages in deviate sexual intercourse with another person…

(1) A person is guilty of sodomy in the third degree when: (a) Being twenty-one (21) years old or more, he or she engages in deviate sexual intercourse with another person less than sixteen (16) years old; (b) Being at least ten (10) years older than a person who is sixteen (16) …

(1) A person is guilty of sodomy in the fourth degree when he engages in deviate sexual intercourse with another person of the same sex. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 510.020, consent of the other person shall not be a defense under this section, nor shall lack of con…

(1) A person is guilty of sexual abuse in the first degree when: (a) He or she subjects another person to sexual contact by forcible compulsion; or (b) He or she subjects another person to sexual contact who is incapable of consent because he or she: 1. Is physically helpless; 2.…

(1) A person is guilty of sexual abuse in the second degree when: (a) He or she is at least eighteen (18) years old but less than twenty-one (21) years old and subjects another person who is less than sixteen (16) years old to sexual contact; (b) Being a jailer, or an employee, c…

(1) A person is guilty of sexual abuse in the third degree when he or she subjects another person to sexual contact without the latter's consent. (2) In any prosecution under this section, it is a defense that: (a) The other person's lack of consent was due solely to incapacity t…