GroundRules
← Search the law
Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 211.990: Penalties.

Read at publisher ↗
Where this section sits in the code
  1. KRS Chapter 211

(1) Any owner or occupant who fails to comply with an order made under the

provisions of KRS 211.210 shall be guilty of a violation, and each day's continuance

of the nuisance, source of filth, or cause of sickness, after the owner or occupant has

been notified to remove it, shall be a separate offense.

(2) Except as otherwise provided by law, anyone who fails to comply with the

provisions of the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter or who fails

to comply with an order of the cabinet issued pu rsuant thereto shall be guilty of a

violation. Each day of such violation or noncompliance shall constitute a separate

offense.

(3) Any person who violates any provision of KRS 211.182 shall, upon first offense, be

guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Each sub sequent violation of any provision of

KRS 211.182 shall constitute a Class D felony.

(4) Any person who violates any provision of KRS 211.842 to 211.852 or any

regulation adopted hereunder or any order issued by the Cabinet for Health and

Family Services t o comply with any provision of KRS 211.842 to 211.852 or the

regulations adopted thereunder shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Each day

of violation or noncompliance shall constitute a separate offense.

(5) A person who performs or offers to perform lead-hazard detection or lead -hazard

abatement services in target housing or child -occupied facilities who is not certified

as required by KRS 211.9063 or 211.9069 shall be guilty of a Class A

misdemeanor.

(6) Any person who performs lead -hazard detection or lead-hazard abatement services

in target housing or child -occupied facilities, who willfully violates the standards

for performing lead-hazard detection or lead -hazard abatement procedures included

in the administrative regulations promulgated pursuant to KRS 211.9075 shall be

guilty of a Class D felony.

(7) The penalties provided in subsections (5) and (6) of this section are cumulative and

are in addition to any other penalties, claims, damages, or remedies available at law

or in equity.

(8) Any person who violates any provisions of KRS 211.760 shall be fined not less than

ten dollars ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). Each day of violation or

noncompliance shall constitute a separate offense.

Collected 2026-09-05T20:52:15Z. Source file · JSON

Browse this collection