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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 244.180: Contraband defined.

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  1. KRS Chapter 244

The following property, even though found and seized in dry territory, is contraband:

(1) Any apparatus commonly used or intended to be used in the manufacture of

alcoholic beverages and not registered in the office of a collector of internal

revenue for the United States. The burden of proof that the apparatus is

properly registered shall be on the defendant.

(2) Any material, equipment, implements, devices, firearms, and other property

used or intended for use directly and immediately in connection with the

unlawful traffic in alcoholic beverages.

(3) Any alcoholic beverages in the possession of anyone not entitled by law to

possess them.

(4) Any alcoholic beverages in a container of a size prohibited by law or prohibited

to the particular party in whose possession they are found.

(5) Any vehicle, watercraft, or aircraft in which any person is illegally possessing or

transporting alcoholic beverages. "Illegally possessing" means and includes the

holding of any alcoholic beverages unless lawfully acquired and intended for

lawful uses.

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