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 |
OFFENSE | KRS SECTION | PENALTY CLASS |
ABUSE OF CORPSE | 525.120 | A misdemeanor or 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 or B misdemeanor |
INCITING TO RIOT | 525.040 | A misdemeanor |
INTERFERENCE WITH A FUNERAL | 525.155 | B 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