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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 527 OFFENSES RELATING TO FIREARMS AND WEAPONS
527.200 Use of a weapon of mass destruction in the first degree.

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Page 1 of 1 527.200 Use of a weapon of mass destruction in the first degree. (1) A person is guilty of use of a weapon of mass destruction in the first degree when he or she intentionally, without lawful authority, places a weapon of mass <br>destruction at any location in the Commonwealth and, as a result, any person other <br>than the defendant is killed or receives serious physical injury. (2) A weapon of mass destruction is used with lawful authority if it is used with the written permission of an agency of the Commonwealth or of a city, county, charter <br>county, or urban-county government having jurisdiction over the use of destructive <br>devices as defined in KRS 237.030 or the use of explosives. (3) Use of a weapon of mass destruction in the first degree is a Class A felony unless a person other than the defendant is killed as a result, in which case it is a capital <br>offense. Effective: June 21, 2001 <br>History: Created 2001 Ky. Acts ch. 113, sec. 4, effective June 21, 2001.

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