Kentucky Revised Statutes, Chapter 437 — Offenses Against Public Peace -- Conspiracies

Title XL — Crimes and Punishments

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Title XL Crimes and Punishments

Chapter 437 Offenses Against Public Peace -- Conspiracies

437.010 Repealed, 1968.

[Repealed]

437.011 Repealed, 1975.

[Repealed]

437.012 Repealed, 1975.

[Repealed]

437.013 Repealed, 1975.

[Repealed]

437.014 Repealed, 1975.

[Repealed]

437.015 Repealed, 1975.

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437.016 Repealed, 1975.

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437.017 Repealed, 1975.

[Repealed]

437.018 Repealed, 1975.

[Repealed]

437.020 Repealed, 1975.

[Repealed]

437.030 Challenge to duel -- Accepting and delivering challenge.

Any person who, in this state, challenges another to fight with any deadly weapon, in or out of this state, and any person who accepts the challenge, shall be fined five hundred dollars ($500) and imprisoned for not less than six (6) nor more than twelve (12) months. Any person who knowingly carries or delivers such a challenge in this state, or consents in this state to be a second to either party shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100) and imprisoned for thirty (30) days.

Effective: October 1, 1942

History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1269.

437.040 Repealed, 1975.

[Repealed]

437.050 Repealed, 1975.

[Repealed]

437.060 Use of reptiles in religious services.

Any person who displays, handles or uses any kind of reptile in connection with any religious service or gathering shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).

Effective: October 1, 1942

History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1267a-1.

437.070 Repealed, 1975.

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437.080 Repealed, 1975.

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437.090 Repealed, 1975.

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437.095 Repealed, 1980.

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437.100 Repealed, 1975.

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437.110 Repealed, 1975.

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437.120 Repealed, 1975.

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437.130 Repealed, 1975.

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437.140 Witness in prosecution of criminal conspirators not to claim exemption.

In any prosecution for criminal conspiracy it shall be no exemption for a witness that his testimony may incriminate himself. No testimony given by the witness shall be used against him in any prosecution except for perjury, and he shall be discharged from all liability for a violation of any criminal conspiracy law necessarily disclosed in his testimony.

History: Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 319. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1241a-7.

437.150 Repealed, 1975.

[Repealed]

Protection of Animal Facilities Protection of Animal Facilities

437.410 Definitions.

As used in KRS 437.410 to 437.429, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Animal" means any warm or cold blooded animal used in food or fiber production, agriculture, research, testing, or education, including poultry, fish, and insects;

(2) "Animal facility" means any vehicle, building, structure, or premises, where an animal or animal records are kept, handled, housed, exhibited, bred, or offered for sale;

(3) "Consent" means assent in fact, whether express or apparent;

(4) "Deprive" means to withhold an animal or other property from the owner permanently or for so extended a period of time that a major portion of the value or enjoyment of the animal or property is lost to the owner, to restore the animal or other property only upon payment of reward or other compensation, or to dispose of an animal or other property in a manner that makes recovery of the animal or property by the owner unlikely;

(5) "Effective consent" means consent by a person legally authorized to act for the owner. Consent is not effective if induced by force, threat, false pretenses, or fraud, if given by a person the actor knows is not legally authorized to act for the owner, if given by a person who by reason of youth, mental disease or defect, or intoxication is known by the actor to be unable to make reasonable decisions, or if given solely to detect the commission of an offense;

(6) "Owner" means a person who has title to the property, possession of the property, whether lawful or not, or a greater right to possession of the property than the actor;

(7) "Person" means any individual, corporation, association, nonprofit corporation, joint stock company, firm, trust, partnership, two (2) or more persons having a joint or common interest, or other legal entity;

(8) "Possession" means actual care, custody, control, or management.

Effective: July 13, 1990

History: Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 61, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990.

437.415 Findings of the General Assembly.

The General Assembly finds that the caring, rearing, feeding, breeding, and sale of animals and animal products, and the use of animals in research, testing, and education, represents vital segments of the economy of the state, that producers and others involved in the production and sale of animals and animal products and the use of animals in research and education have a vested interest in protecting the health and welfare of animals and the physical and intellectual property rights which they have in animals, and that there has been an increasing number of illegal acts committed against farm animal and research facilities. The General Assembly further finds that these illegal acts threaten the production of agricultural products, and jeopardize crucial scientific, biomedical, or agricultural research, and finally, the General Assembly finds that these illegal acts threaten the public safety by exposing communities to contagious diseases and damage research.

Effective: July 13, 1990

History: Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 61, sec. 2, effective July 13, 1990.

437.420 Offenses.

(1) A person commits an offense if, without the effective consent of the owner, the person acquires or otherwise exercises control over an animal facility, an animal from an animal facility, or other property from an animal facility, with the intent to deprive the owner of the facility, animal, or property and to disrupt or damage the enterprise conducted at the animal facility.

(2) A person commits an offense if, without the effective consent of the owner and with the intent to disrupt or damage the enterprise conducted at the animal facility, the person damages or destroys an animal facility or any animal or property in or on an animal facility.

(3) A person commits an offense if, without the effective consent of the owner and with the intent to disrupt or damage the enterprise conducted at the animal facility, the person enters an animal facility, not then open to the public, with the intent to commit an act prohibited by this section, remains concealed, with the intent to commit an act prohibited by this section, in an animal facility, or enters an animal facility and commits or attempts to commit an act prohibited by this section.

(4) A person commits an offense if, without the effective consent of the owner and with the intent to disrupt or damage the enterprise conducted at the animal facility, the person enters or remains on an animal facility, and the person had notice that the entry was forbidden, or received notice to depart but failed to do so. For purposes of this subsection "notice" shall mean oral or written communication by the owner or someone with apparent authority to act for the owner, fencing or other enclosure obviously designed to exclude intruders or to contain animals, or a sign or signs posted on the property or at the entrance to the building, reasonably likely to come to the attention of intruders, indicating that entry is forbidden.

Effective: July 13, 1990

History: Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 61, sec. 3, effective July 13, 1990.

437.429 Penalties.

(1) Any person who violates any provision of KRS 437.410 to 437.420 shall be subject to a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or imprisoned for not less than six (6) months but not more than one (1) year, or both, for each violation.

(2) Any persons convicted of violating any provision of KRS 437.410 to 437.420 shall be ordered jointly and severally to make restitution to the animal facility in the full amount of the reasonable cost of replacing materials, data, equipment or animals, and records that may have been damaged or cannot be returned, and the reasonable cost of repeating any experimentation that may have been interrupted or invalidated as a result of the violation.

(3) Nothing in KRS 437.410 to 437.420 shall be construed to affect any other rights of a person who has been damaged by reason of a violation of KRS 437.410 to 437.420.

Effective: July 13, 1990

History: Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 61, sec. 4, effective July 13, 1990.