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KRS 527.205

Use of a weapon of mass destruction in the second degree

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Biederman v. Commonwealth (2014)

Most recently applied in Biederman v. Commonwealth (June 2014)

Effective: June 21, 2001 History: Created 2001 Ky

(1) A person is guilty of use of a weapon of mass destruction in the second degree when intentionally, without lawful authority, he or she:

(a) Places a weapon of mass destruction at any location in the Commonwealth and, as a result, any person other than the defendant receives physical injury; or (b) Places a weapon of mass destruction on:

1. The real property or any building of any public or private elementary or secondary school, vocational school, or institution of postsecondary education;

2. A school bus or other vehicle owned, operated, or leased by a school;

3. The real property or any building, public or private, that is the site of an official school-sanctioned function; or 4. The real property or any building owned or leased by a government agency, and no person dies or receives any physical injury.

(2) A weapon of mass destruction is used with lawful authority if it is used with the written permission of an agency of the Commonwealth or of a city, county, charter county, or urban-county government having jurisdiction over the use of destructive devices as defined in KRS 237.030 or the use of explosives.

(3) Use of a weapon of mass destruction in the second degree is a Class B felony.

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