Possession of anhydrous ammonia in unapproved container prohibited -- Exceptions -- Affirmative defense
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case Beaty v. Commonwealth (2003)
Most recently applied in 459 F. App'x 516 - Ricky Fulcher v. Logan County Circuit Court (January 2012)
Effective: July 14, 2000 History: Created 2000 Ky
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly possess anhydrous ammonia in any container other than an approved container.
(2) The provisions of this section shall not apply to trained chemists working in properly equipped research laboratories in education, government, or corporate settings.
(3) It shall be an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the anhydrous ammonia is possessed for the sole purpose of agricultural use.
Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.