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512.090 Unlawful acts relating to acquiring metals.
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(2)
A person is guilty of unlawful acts relating to acquiring metals when the person
intentionally and without permission cuts, mutilates, defaces, or otherwise injures
any personal or real property of another, including any fixtures or improvements,
for the purpose of obtaining any restricted metal, nonferrous metal, or ferrous metal
as defined in KRS 433.900, in any amount.
Unlawful acts relating to acquiring metals is:
(a) A Class B misdemeanor with a fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars
($250) or imprisonment in the county jail for less than ninety (90) days, or
both, if the direct injury to the property, the amount of loss in value to the
property, the amount of repairs necessary to return the property to its condition
before the act, or the property loss, including fixtures or improvements, is less
than three thousand dollars ($3,000); or
(b) A Class D felony with a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000)
and not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or double his or her gain
from commission of the offense, whichever is the greater, or imprisonment for
not less than one (1) year but not more than five (5) years, or both, if the direct
injury to the property, the amount of loss in value to the property, the amount
of repairs necessary to return the property to its condition before the act, or the
property loss, including fixtures or improvements, is three thousand dollars
($3,000) or more.
Effective: July 12, 2012
History: Created 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 91, sec. 5, effective July 12, 2012.
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