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280.990 Penalties.
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(2)
(3)
(4)
Any person who violates any of the provisions of subsection (3) of KRS 280.250 or
any of the provisions of KRS 280.260 shall, for the first offense, forfeit twenty-five
dollars ($25) to the person aggrieved, and shall, for every subsequent offense,
forfeit one hundred dollars ($100) to the person aggrieved, but the person aggrieved
shall not recover the forfeiture after a prosecution has been instituted under
subsection (2) of this section. The forfeiture may be recovered by the person
aggrieved by ordinary action in any court having jurisdiction to render judgment for
the sum claimed to be forfeited, and the judgment may be enforced by execution
against the property or against the person, at the election of the plaintiff.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of subsection (3) of KRS 280.250 or
any of the provisions of KRS 280.260 shall be liable to a fine of fifty dollars ($50)
for the first offense and one hundred dollars ($100) for each subsequent offense, but
no conviction shall be had under this subsection in any case where the person
aggrieved has sued for and recovered the forfeiture prescribed in subsection (1) of
this section.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of KRS 280.270 shall be fined
twenty dollars ($20) for each day that the violation continues.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of KRS 280.280 shall be fined not
less than five dollars ($5) nor more than ten dollars ($10) for each day that the
violation continues.
Effective: July 13, 1984
History: Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 113, sec. 7, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended
1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 266, effective January 2, 1978. -Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. IV, sec. 20(1). -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch.
208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 850, 852, 1342a-3, 1809a,
1814, 1815, 1816, 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821a-2, 4356za-17, 4356za-23.
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