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512.070 Criminal littering. -- Local governments may classify criminal littering as
civil offenses.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
A person is guilty of criminal littering when he:
(a) Drops or permits to drop on a highway any destructive or injurious material
and does not immediately remove it; or
(b) Knowingly places or throws litter on any public or private property or in any
public or private water without permission; or
(c) Negligently places or throws glass or other dangerous pointed or edged
substances on or adjacent to water to which the public has access for
swimming or wading or on or within fifty (50) feet of a public highway; or
(d) Discharges sewage, minerals, oil products, or litter into any public waters or
lakes within the state.
Criminal littering is a Class A misdemeanor.
Violators may prepay to the Circuit Court clerk if prepayment is so noted on the
citation and if the littering offense is not combined with an offense that is not
prepayable.
Notwithstanding any language or provision of this section or KRS 65.8808(3) to the
contrary, the legislative body of a local government may, by ordinance, choose to
classify the offenses proscribed in subsection (1) of this section as civil offenses in
accordance with KRS 65.8808.
Effective: January 1, 2013
History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 63, sec. 9, effective January 1, 2013. -- Amended
2002 Ky. Acts ch. 342, sec. 10, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts
ch. 145, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 111,
effective January 1, 1975.
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