Charges and penalties
How offenses are graded, jail ranges, fines, and repeat offense steps.
36 sections
- Clearing a RecordKRS 431.078 — a misdemeanor record expunged on petition, five years after the sentence
- Felony or MisdemeanorKRS 532.060 — the classes, from a violation to a Class A felony
- TheftKRS 514.030 — a Class B misdemeanor under $500, rising with value, and any firearm a Class D felony
- Receiving Stolen PropertyKRS 514.110 — the same value steps as theft, and any firearm a Class D felony
- Identity TheftKRS 514.160 — using another's identifying information to pass as that person, a Class D felony
- A Dismissed CaseKRS 431.076 — an acquittal or a dismissal with prejudice is expunged automatically after 30 days
- Getting Out on BailKRS 431.066 — release on own recognizance for low risk, and $100 a day credit toward bail in jail
- Driving Without a LicenseKRS 186.620 — no driving while a license is denied, suspended or revoked, or never applied foralso here
- Careless and Reckless DrivingKRS 189.290 — driving in a careful manner, with regard for the safety of othersalso here
- DUI PenaltiesKRS 189A.010 — 0.08, or under the influence; 0.02 under twenty-one; jail and fines rising over ten yearsalso here
- Resisting ArrestKRS 520.090 — force, threats or a risk of injury to keep an officer from an arrest, a Class A misdemeanoralso here
- Fleeing the PoliceKRS 520.100 — driving on after a recognized officer's direction to stop is a Class D felonyalso here
- Guns on School GroundsKRS 527.070 — a Class D felony, with an exception for a gun that stays in an adult's vehiclealso here
- Who Cannot Have a GunKRS 527.040 — a felony conviction bars a firearm, and a handgun makes it a Class C felonyalso here
- Minors and HandgunsKRS 527.100 — a handgun under eighteen only at a range, a course, a hunt or the listed exceptionsalso here
- AssaultKRS 508.030 — physical injury is fourth degree assault, a Class A misdemeanor, rising with weapons and harmalso here
- Wanton EndangermentKRS 508.060 — conduct creating a substantial danger of death or serious injury, and firing a gun makes it Class Calso here
- Terroristic ThreateningKRS 508.080 — a threat of a crime likely to cause death, serious injury or major damagealso here
- StrangulationKRS 508.170 — impeding breathing by pressure on the throat or blocking the nose and mouthalso here
- StalkingKRS 508.130 — a course of conduct that seriously alarms or harasses and causes substantial mental distressalso here
- A Tracking DeviceKRS 508.152 — placing or using a tracker on someone's car without consentalso here
- HarassmentKRS 525.070 — physical contact, threats, following or repeated acts meant to harass or alarmalso here
- Disorderly ConductKRS 525.060 — fighting, unreasonable noise, or refusing to disperse in a public placealso here
- TrespassKRS 511.080 — knowingly entering or remaining unlawfully, from a violation to a Class A misdemeanoralso here
- Criminal MischiefKRS 512.020 — damaging property, a Class D felony at $500 or morealso here
- RobberyKRS 515.020 — force or threatened force in a theft; armed, a Class B felonyalso here
- Intimidating a WitnessKRS 524.040 — force, threats or harassing messages to sway a participant in a case, a Class D felonyalso here
- Breaking a Protective OrderKRS 403.763 — a Class A misdemeanor, and a felony on a third violation with force or threatsalso here
- Drug PossessionKRS 218A.1415 — first degree possession is a Class D felony capped at three yearsalso here
- MarijuanaKRS 218A.1422 — possession is a Class B misdemeanor with no more than 45 days in jailalso here
- Drug ParaphernaliaKRS 218A.500 — a Class A misdemeanor, and no charge for a needle declared before a searchalso here
- Public IntoxicationKRS 222.202 — drunk in public to the point of danger or annoyance, and drinking in a public placealso here
- Underage DrinkingKRS 244.085 — a person under twenty one may not buy, possess for personal use, or try to buy alcoholalso here
- A Fake IDKRS 244.085 — using false identification to get alcohol is a violation, then a misdemeanoralso here
- Buying Alcohol for a MinorKRS 530.070 — giving or buying alcohol for a minor is a Class A misdemeanoralso here
- VoyeurismKRS 531.090 — viewing or recording intimate parts without consent where privacy is expectedalso here
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