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2011 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 431 GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
431.120 Person first suing entitled to certain fines and forfeitures.


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431.120 Person first suing entitled to certain fines and forfeitures. The person who first, in good faith, brings an action for and recovers judgment shall be entitled to the penalty incurred by the defendant in all cases where a part or all of the fine or forfeiture is given by law to the person suing. No action or judgment to screen the offender from a penalty, or to prevent an action for the penalty in good faith by another person, shall be available against a prosecution carried on in good faith and without collusion with the defendant. Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1359.

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