KRS 508.080

Terroristic threatening in the third degree

Applied in 29 court decisions — leading case Macy v. Hopkins County School Board of Education (2007)

Most recently applied in 165 F. Supp. 3d 563 - Woodcock v. City of Bowling Green (February 2016)

Effective: June 21, 2001 History: Amended 2001 Ky

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(1) Except as provided in KRS 508.075 or 508.078, a person is guilty of terroristic threatening in the third degree when:

(a) He threatens to commit any crime likely to result in death or serious physical injury to another person or likely to result in substantial property damage to another person; or (b) He intentionally makes false statements for the purpose of causing evacuation of a building, place of assembly, or facility of public transportation.

(2) Terroristic threatening in the third degree is a Class A misdemeanor.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.