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280.990 Penalties.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Any person who violates any of the provisions of subsection (3) of KRS
280.250 or any of the provisions of KRS 280.260 shall, for the first offense,
forfeit twenty-five dollars ($25) to the person aggrieved, and shall, for every
subsequent offense, forfeit one hundred dollars ($100) to the person
aggrieved, but the person aggrieved shall not recover the forfeiture after a
prosecution has been instituted under subsection (2) of this section. The
forfeiture may be recovered by the person aggrieved by ordinary action in any
court having jurisdiction to render judgment for the sum claimed to be forfeited,
and the judgment may be enforced by execution against the property or
against the person, at the election of the plaintiff.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of subsection (3) of KRS
280.250 or any of the provisions of KRS 280.260 shall be liable to a fine of fifty
dollars ($50) for the first offense and one hundred dollars ($100) for each
subsequent offense, but no conviction shall be had under this subsection in
any case where the person aggrieved has sued for and recovered the forfeiture
prescribed in subsection (1) of this section.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of KRS 280.270 shall be fined
twenty dollars ($20) for each day that the violation continues.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of KRS 280.280 shall be fined
not less than five dollars ($5) nor more than ten dollars ($10) for each day that
the violation continues.
Effective:July 13, 1984
History: Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 113, sec. 7, effective July 13, 1984. -Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 266, effective January 2,
1978. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. IV, sec. 20(1). -- Recodified 1942
Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 850,
852, 1342a-3, 1809a, 1814, 1815, 1816, 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821a-2,
4356za-17, 4356za-23.
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