KRS 512.040
Repealed, 2024
Redline — August 1, 2020 → current.View current text →
Current — October 1, 2022
As of August 1, 2020
(1) A person is guilty of criminal mischief in the third degree when: Having no right to do so or any reasonable ground to believe that he has such right, he intentionally or wantonly defaces, destroys or damages any property; or
(1) A person is guilty of criminal mischief in the third degree when: Having no right to do so or any reasonable ground to believe that he or she has such right, he or she intentionally or wantonly defaces, destroys, or damages any property causing pecuniary loss of less than five hundred dollars ($500);
(2) He tampers with property so as knowingly to endanger the person or property of another.
(2) He or she tampers with property so as knowingly to endanger the person or property of another; or
(3) Criminal mischief in the third degree is a Class B misdemeanor.
(3) He or she as a tenant, and having no right to do so or any reasonable grounds to believe that he or she has such right, intentionally or wantonly defaces, destroys, or damages residential rental property causing pecuniary loss of less than five hundred dollars ($500).
(4) Criminal mischief in the third degree is a Class B misdemeanor, unless the offense occurs during a declared emergency as defined by KRS 39A.020 arising from a natural or man-made disaster, within the area covered by the emergency declaration, and within the area impacted by the disaster, in which case it 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.