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524.040 Intimidating a participant in the legal process.
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A person is guilty of intimidating a participant in the legal process when, by use of
physical force or a threat directed to a person he believes to be a participant in the
legal process, he or she:
(a) Influences, or attempts to influence, the testimony, vote, decision, or opinion
of that person;
(b) Induces, or attempts to induce, that person to avoid legal process summoning
him or her to testify;
(c) Induces, or attempts to induce, that person to absent himself or herself from an
official proceeding to which he has been legally summoned;
(d) Induces, or attempts to induce, that person to withhold a record, document, or
other object from an official proceeding;
(e) Induces, or attempts to induce, that person to alter, destroy, mutilate, or
conceal an object with intent to impair the object's integrity or availability for
use in an official proceeding; or
(f) Hinders, delays, or prevents the communication to a law enforcement officer
or judge of information relating to the possible commission of an offense or a
violation of conditions of probation, parole or release pending judicial
proceedings.
For purposes of this section:
(a) An official proceeding need not be pending or about to be instituted at the
time of the offense; and
(b) The testimony, record, document, or other object need not be admissible in
evidence or free of a claim of privilege.
Intimidating a participant in the legal process is a Class D felony.
In order for a person to be convicted of a violation of this section, the act against a
participant in the legal process or the immediate family of a participant in the legal
process shall be related to the performance of a duty or role played by the
participant in the legal process.
Effective: July 15, 2002
History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 251, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended
1986 Ky. Acts ch. 212, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1986. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch.
406, sec. 203, effective January 1, 1975.
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