509.070 Custodial interference.
(1) A person is guilty of custodial interference when, knowing that he has no legal right
to do so, he takes, entices or keeps from lawful custody any mentally disabled or <br>other person entrusted by authority of law to the custody of another person or to an <br>institution.
(2) It is a defense to custodial interference that the person taken from lawful custody
was returned by the defendant voluntarily and before arrest or the issuance of a <br>warrant for arrest.
(3) Custodial interference is a Class D felony unless the person taken from lawful
custody is returned voluntarily by the defendant.
Effective: July 13, 1984 <br>History: Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 79, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended
1982 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 134, effective July 1, 1982. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 406, sec. 79, effective January 1, 1975.
Note:
1980 Ky. Acts ch. 396, sec. 146 would have amended this section effective
July 1, 1982. However, 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 396 was repealed by 1982 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 141, sec. 146, also effective July 1, 1982.
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