Title XL, Crimes and Punishments

(1) Bail for persons who are not residents of Kentucky who are charged with a violation of KRS 189A.010 shall be five hundred dollars ($500) unless the defendant was involved in a motor vehicle accident in which property damage or physical injury to a person was involved in which…

substance or alcohol abuse testing. (1) The amount of the bail shall be: (a) Sufficient to insure compliance with the conditions of release set by the court; (b) Not oppressive; (c) Commensurate with the nature of the offense charged; (d) Considerate of the past criminal acts and…

Return of deposit when innocent or charges dropped or dismissed. (1) Any person who has been permitted to execute a bail bond in accordance with KRS 431.520(3)(b) shall deposit with the clerk of the court before which the action is pending a sum of money equal to ten percent (10%…

With the approval of the fiscal court of the county in which the prisoner is incarcerated, the jailer may prepare or accept a bail bond pursuant to KRS 30A.060(3). In this case, he shall collect a fee of five dollars ($5) from the defendant. The jailer shall furnish the defendant…

Certification of amounts and publication of annual audit by administrative office of the courts. (1) Each Circuit Court clerk shall, on the first day of each month, send to the Finance and Administration Cabinet, a statement, subscribed and sworn to by him, showing the amount of …

When deposits of money are made by a person other than the defendant utilizing funds other than those of the defendant as bail security pursuant to KRS 431.530 the following terms and conditions shall apply in lieu of the provisions of subsections (3) and (4) of KRS 431.530: (1) …

(1) Any person who has been permitted to execute a bail bond in accordance with KRS 431.520(3)(c) may secure such bond: (a) By a deposit, with the clerk of the court, of cash, or stocks and bonds in which trustees are authorized to invest funds under the laws of this Commonwealth…

felonies, misdemeanors, and violations. The Supreme Court may by rule or order prescribe a uniform schedule of amounts of bail in designated nonviolent Class D felonies, misdemeanors, and violations; (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, when the amount of bai…

If a defendant shall willfully fail to appear or shall willfully fail to comply with the conditions of his release: (1) The court may order a forfeiture of the bail, serving a copy thereof upon the defendant and his surety or sureties at their last known addresses; if the defenda…

Any person who violates any provisions of KRS 431.510 to 431.545 not otherwise punishable by law or statute shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense, and guilty of a Class D felony for each additional offense.

As used in KRS 431.570 to 431.595, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Crime stoppers organization" means a private, nonprofit organization that accepts and disperses donations for rewards to persons who: (a) Report to the organization information concerning criminal acti…

A crime stoppers organization shall: (1) Foster the detection of crime and encourage persons to report information about criminal acts; (2) Encourage news and other media to promote local crime stoppers organizations and to inform the public of the functions of the organization; …

reports confidential. (1) Records of a crime stoppers organization concerning a report of criminal activity shall not be compelled to be produced before a court or other tribunal except on the order of the Circuit Court. (2) Records of a crime stoppers organization relating to re…

(1) A person who accepts a report of criminal activity on behalf of a crime stoppers organization shall be guilty of unlawful disclosure of information if the person intentionally or knowingly divulges to a person not employed by a law enforcement agency the identity of the perso…

organization. (1) In addition to any other penalty authorized by law, after a defendant has been convicted of an offense, excluding offenses committed under KRS Chapters 186 and 189, the judge shall order a defendant to repay all or part of a reward paid by a crime stoppers organ…

clerk's duties. (1) Upon an order to repay a reward or part of a reward under KRS 431.590, the court shall assess this cost against the defendant in the same manner as other costs of prosecution are assessed against a defendant. The court shall order the defendant to: (a) Pay the…

- Funding. (1) Any crime stoppers organization that enters into a written agreement of affiliation, as provided in subsection (2) of this section, with a county in which the organization operates shall be funded in part by a one dollar ($1) fee added to court costs in that county…

Protection of and counseling for child victims. (1) Each investigation of reported or suspected sexual abuse of a child shall be conducted by a specialized multidisciplinary team composed, at a minimum, of law enforcement officers and social workers from the Cabinet for Health an…

(1) The Kentucky Multidisciplinary Commission on Child Sexual Abuse is hereby created. (2) The commission shall be composed of the following members: (a) The commissioner of the Department for Community Based Services or a designee; (b) The commissioner of the Department for Beha…

(1) The Kentucky Multidisciplinary Commission on Child Sexual Abuse shall: (a) Prepare and issue a model protocol for local multidisciplinary teams regarding investigation and prosecution of child sexual abuse and the role of children's advocacy centers on multidisciplinary teams…

For administrative purposes only, the Kentucky Multidisciplinary Commission on Child Sexual Abuse shall be attached to the Office of the Attorney General.

Any person who signs any name to a petition, memorial or remonstrance intended for presentation to the General Assembly, a county judge/executive or the Governor, without authority from the person whose name is signed or where there is no such person, shall be fined not less than…

Witnesses, jurors and officers of courts, for disobeying a summons of court, or neglecting to execute or make due return of a subpoena or order of court or other judicial officer, may be punished for contempt.

No court or judge shall proceed by process of contempt or impose a fine against any person who animadverts upon or examines into the proceedings or conduct of such court or judge, by words spoken or writing published, not in the presence of the court or judge in the courthouse du…

(1) Upon a capias or other original process against a person charged with a contempt, the court awarding it shall direct in what penalty the accused shall give bond, with good surety, for his appearance at the time and place named in the process, which order shall be endorsed on …

A person committed to prison for contempt shall not be admitted to bail.

judicial order. Nothing in KRS 432.230 to 432.270 shall prevent any court or judge from proceeding against any person writing or publishing a libel or slanderous words concerning such court or judge in relation to his judicial conduct in court by indictment, nor prevent any court…

In all trials by jury arising under KRS 432.230 to 432.280, the truth of the matter may be given in evidence.

Any member of the General Assembly or any other executive, judicial, ministerial or legislative officer of this state or of any county or city, including members of boards of education and subdistrict trustees, who takes or agrees to take any bribe to do or omit to do any act in …

prisoners. (1) Any person having custody of a person charged with a public offense shall summon to his aid as many of the able-bodied male citizens of his county between the ages of twenty-one (21) and fifty (50) years as may be necessary for the protection of the person in his c…

Immunity. In any prosecution under KRS 432.510, no witness shall be excused from testifying on the ground that his testimony may incriminate himself. But, no such testimony shall be used against him in any prosecution except for perjury, and he shall be discharged from all liabil…

No person shall, except with the consent of the General Assembly or of the Governor when the General Assembly is not in session, bring or cause to be brought into this state any armed person, not a citizen of this state, to preserve the peace, suppress domestic violence or to ser…

police messages -- Penalty -- Enforcement. (1) It shall be unlawful for any person except a member of a police department or police force or an official with written authorization from the head of a department which regularly maintains a police radio system authorized or licensed…

Whoever willfully sells, trades, barters, gives away or makes, or assists in making any unauthorized disposition of any food commodity donated under any program of the state or federal government, or shall withhold or threaten to withhold from or offer to provide the commodities …

(1) Willful concealment of unpurchased merchandise of any store or other mercantile establishment on the premises of such store shall be prima facie evidence of an intent to deprive the owner of his property without paying the purchase price therefor. (2) All city and county law …

liability. (1) A peace officer, security agent of a mercantile establishment, merchant, or merchant's employee who has probable cause to believe that goods held for sale by the merchant have been unlawfully taken by a person may take the person into custody and detain him or her …

livestock thief. When in any community of the state there have been repeated or aggravated instances of larceny of livestock, the Governor may offer a reward for the apprehension and conviction of any person guilty of larceny of livestock, as defined in KRS 446.010, in such commu…

Any person who picks, pulls, digs, tears up, cuts, breaks, burns or otherwise damages any tree, shrub, flower, vine, bush or turf on the right of way of any state highway or county road or upon any land set aside, dedicated or maintained by this state as a public park or as a ref…

(1) When any paper, waste material, litter, or other refuse is thrown or dropped from a motor vehicle, the operator thereof shall be deemed prima facie to be guilty of criminal littering. (2) It shall be the duty of the Department of Kentucky State Police, county sheriffs and pol…

(1) When any litter as defined in KRS 512.010 is thrown or dropped from a motorboat or vessel as defined in KRS 235.010, the operator thereof shall be deemed prima facie to have violated KRS 512.070. (2) It shall be the duty of officers of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Reso…

(1) Any person who fraudulently and willfully removes, defaces, cuts down, or destroys a cornertree, post, cornerstone, or any monument erected to designate the boundary of this state, or of any county or city, or the boundary of any tract or lot of land, shall be guilty of a Cla…

(1) A person is guilty of theft of milk cases, cabinets, or other dairy equipment by unlawful taking or disposition when he: (a) Receives, takes, stores, buys, sells, disposes of, uses, or otherwise possesses any milk case, milk cabinet, or other dairy equipment without the conse…

As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings stated unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Cave" means any naturally occurring void, cavity, recess, or system of interconnecting passages beneath the surface of the earth containing a black zone includi…

therein. (1) It shall be unlawful for any person, without the express, prior, written permission of the owner, to willfully and knowingly: (a) Break, break off, crack, carve upon, write, burn, or otherwise mark upon, remove, or in any manner destroy, disturb, deface, mar or harm …

It shall be unlawful to store, dump, litter, dispose of or otherwise place any refuse, garbage, dead animals, sewage, toxic substances harmful to cave life or humans, or to store other such similar materials in any quantity in any cave. It shall also be unlawful to burn within a …

(1) It shall be unlawful to remove, kill, harm, or otherwise disturb any naturally occurring organism found within any cave, except for safety or health reasons. Scientific collecting permits may be obtained from the state nongame biologist. (2) It shall also be unlawful to colle…