EDITOR'S NOTE:
This section 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 525.120 D felony
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
First degree 525.125 D felony
Second degree 525.130 A misdemeanor
DESECRATION OF VENERATED OBJECTS
First degree 525.105 D felony
Second degree 525.110 A misdemeanor
DISORDERLY CONDUCT 525.060 B misdemeanor
DISRUPTING MEETINGS OR PROCESSIONS 525.150 B misdemeanor
EAVESDROPPING AND RELATED OFFENSES
Divulging illegally obtained information 526.060 A misdemeanor
Eavesdropping 526.020 D felony
Installing eavesdropping device 526.030 D felony
Possessing eavesdropping device 526.040 A misdemeanor
Tampering with private communications 526.050 A misdemeanor
FAILURE TO DISPERSE 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 525.080 B misdemeanor
HARASSMENT 525.070 Violation
INCITING TO RIOT 525.040 A misdemeanor
LOITERING 525.090 Violation
OBSTRUCTING HIGHWAY OR PUBLIC PASSAGE 525.140 B misdemeanor
PUBLIC INTOXICATION 525.100 B misdemeanor
RIOT
First degree 525.020 D felony
Second degree 525.030 A misdemeanor
UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY 525.050 B misdemeanor
Penalty, see Ch. 139