Title L, Kentucky Penal Code

(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.

(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.

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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 …

(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…

(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 …

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

The following definitions apply in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Public servant" means: (a) Any public officer or employee of the state or of any political subdivision thereof or of any governmental instrumentality within the state; or (b) Any person e…

(1) A person is guilty of bribery of a public servant when: (a) He offers, confers, or agrees to confer any pecuniary benefit upon a public servant with the intent to influence the public servant's vote, opinion, judgment, exercise of discretion, or other action in his official c…

(1) A public servant is guilty of soliciting unlawful compensation when he requests a pecuniary benefit for the performance of an official action knowing that he was required to perform that action without compensation or at a level of compensation lower than that requested. (2) …

(1) A person is guilty of unlawful compensation for assistance in public matters when: (a) While a public servant, he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept compensation for advice or other assistance in preparing a bill, contract, claim or other transaction or proposal as to whic…

(1) A person is guilty of providing a pecuniary benefit for bribery of a public servant when, while not engaging in the bribery directly, he intentionally provides the pecuniary benefit to the person who offers or accepts the bribe. (2) It is a defense under this section if a per…

charges of bribery. (1) If a sheriff responds to an offer to receive a donation of money or goods made available to the sheriff's office, then that action in itself shall not constitute a violation of KRS 521.030. If a sheriff accepts a donation of money or goods in accordance wi…

The following definitions apply in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Public servant" means: (a) Any public officer or employee of the state or of any political subdivision thereof or of any governmental instrumentality within the state; or (b) Any person e…

(1) A public servant is guilty of official misconduct in the first degree when, with intent to obtain or confer a benefit or to injure another person or to deprive another person of a benefit, he knowingly: (a) Commits an act relating to his office which constitutes an unauthoriz…

(1) A public servant is guilty of official misconduct in the second degree when he knowingly: (a) Commits an act relating to his office which constitutes an unauthorized exercise of his official functions; or (b) Refrains from performing a duty imposed upon him by law or clearly …

(1) A public servant is guilty of misuse of confidential information when, in contemplation of official action by himself or by a governmental unit with which he is associated, or in reliance on information to which he has access in his official capacity and which has not been ma…

(1) A public servant who is entrusted with public money or property by reason of holding public office or employment, exercising the functions of a public officer or employee, or participating in performing a governmental function, is guilty of abuse of public trust when: (a) He …

The following definitions apply in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Material false statement" means any false statement, regardless of its admissibility under the rules of evidence which could have affected the outcome of the proceeding. Whether a falsific…

(1) A person is guilty of perjury in the first degree when he or she makes a material false statement, which he or she does not believe: (a) In any official proceeding under an oath required or authorized by law; (b) In a subscribed written instrument for which an oath is require…

(1) A person is guilty of perjury in the second degree when he makes a material false statement which he does not believe in a subscribed written instrument for which an oath is required or authorized by law with the intent to mislead a public servant in the performance of his of…

(1) A person is guilty of false swearing when he makes a false statement which he does not believe under oath required or authorized by law. (2) False swearing is a Class B misdemeanor.

(1) When a person has made inconsistent statements under oath, both having been made within the period of the statute of limitations, the prosecution may proceed by setting forth the inconsistent statements in a single charge alleging in the alternative that one (1) or the other …

In any prosecution for perjury or false swearing, except prosecution based upon inconsistent statements pursuant to KRS 523.050, falsity of a statement may not be established solely through contradiction by the testimony of a single witness.

No prosecution shall be brought under this chapter when the substance of the defendant's false statement is his denial of guilt in a previous criminal trial.

It is not a defense to prosecution under this chapter that: (1) The oath or affirmation was administered or taken in an irregular manner or that the declarant was not competent to make the statement; or (2) The court in which the acts constituting the offense were committed lacke…

No person shall be guilty of an offense under this chapter if he retracted the falsification in the course of the proceeding in which it was made before such false statement substantially affected the proceeding and before it became manifest that its falsity was or would be expos…

(1) A person is guilty of unsworn falsification to authorities when, with an intent to mislead a public servant in the performance of his duty, he: (a) Makes a material false written statement, which he does not believe, in an application for any pecuniary or other benefit or in …

(1) A person is guilty of giving a peace officer false identifying information when he or she gives a false name, address, or date of birth to a peace officer who has asked for the same in the lawful discharge of his or her official duties with the intent to mislead the officer a…

The following definitions apply in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Judge" means, with reference to intimidating a participant in the legal process, any current justice or judge of the Court of Justice, a trial commissioner of the Court of Justice, and any…

(1) A person is guilty of bribing a witness when he offers, confers or agrees to confer any pecuniary benefit upon a witness or a person he believes may be called as a witness in any official proceeding with intent to: (a) Influence the testimony of that person; or (b) Induce tha…

(1) A witness or a person believing he may be called as a witness in any official proceeding is guilty of bribe receiving by a witness when he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any pecuniary benefit upon an agreement or understanding that: (a) His testimony will thereby be in…

(1) A person is guilty of intimidating a participant in the legal process when, by use of harassing communications as described in KRS 525.080, physical force, or a threat directed to a person he or she believes to be a participant in the legal process, he or she: (a) Influences,…

(1) A person is guilty of tampering with a witness when, knowing that a person is or may be called as a witness in an official proceeding, he: (a) Induces or attempts to induce the witness to absent himself or otherwise avoid appearing or testifying at the official proceeding wit…

(1) A person is guilty of retaliating against a participant in the legal process when he or she engages or threatens to engage in conduct causing or intended to cause bodily injury or damage to the tangible property of a participant in the legal process or a person he or she beli…

(1) A person is guilty of bribing a juror when he offers, confers or agrees to confer any pecuniary benefit upon a juror with intent to influence the juror's vote, opinion, decision or other action as a juror. (2) Bribing a juror is a Class D felony.

(1) A person is guilty of bribe receiving by a juror when he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any pecuniary benefit upon an agreement or understanding that his vote, opinion, decision or other action as a juror will thereby be influenced. (2) Bribe receiving by a juror is a …

(1) A person is guilty of jury tampering when, with intent to influence a juror's vote, opinion, decision or other action in a case, he communicates or attempts to communicate, directly or indirectly, with a juror other than as a part of the proceedings in the trial of the case. …

(1) A person is guilty of tampering with physical evidence when, believing that an official proceeding is pending or may be instituted, he: (a) Destroys, mutilates, conceals, removes or alters physical evidence which he believes is about to be produced or used in the official pro…

(1) A person is guilty of simulating legal process when he delivers or causes to be delivered to another a request for the payment of money on behalf of a creditor knowing that in form and substance it simulates any legal process issued by any court of this state. (2) Simulating …