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512.090 Unlawful acts relating to acquiring metals.
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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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