CHAPTER 136: STATUTORY OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER

Editor’s note:

   This chapter contains references to those sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes which prohibit the most common offenses against public order. These citations are intended only as convenient references for enforcement officers in citing offenders under state law. It is not the intention of the municipality to incorporate such statutory provisions in this code of ordinances, and such provisions are specifically not incorporated by reference.

Offense	KRS Section	Penalty Class
Abuse of corpse	KRS 525.120	D felony
Cruelty to animals
First degree	KRS 525.125	D felony
Second degree	KRS 525.130	A misdemeanor
Desecration of venerated objects
First degree	KRS 525.105	C felony
Second degree	KRS 525.110	A misdemeanor
Disorderly conduct; second degree	KRS 525.060	B misdemeanor
Disrupting meetings or processions	KRS 525.150	B misdemeanor
Eavesdropping and related offenses
Divulging illegally obtained information	KRS 526.060	A misdemeanor
Eavesdropping	KRS 526.020	D felony
Installing eavesdropping device	KRS 526.030	D felony
Possessing eavesdropping device	KRS 526.040	A misdemeanor
Tampering with private communications	KRS 526.050	A misdemeanor
Failure to disperse	KRS 525.160	B misdemeanor
Firearms and weapons
(Editor's note: KRS 65.870 prohibits any city from regulating the transfer, ownership, possession, carrying, or transportation of firearms, ammunition, or components of firearms or combinations thereof.)
Harassing communications	KRS 525.080	B misdemeanor
Harassment	KRS 525.070	Violation; B misdemeanor
Inciting to riot	KRS 525.040	A misdemeanor
Loitering	KRS 525.090	Violation
Obstructing highway or public passage	KRS 525.140	B misdemeanor
Public intoxication	KRS 525.100	B misdemeanor
Riot
First degree	KRS 525.020	D felony
Second degree	KRS 525.030	A misdemeanor
Unlawful assembly	KRS 525.050	B misdemeanor

Penalty, see Ch. 140