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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 35.481: Assaulting or willfully disobeying superior commissioned officer.

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  1. KRS Chapter 35

Any person subject to this code who:

(1) Strikes the person's superior commissioned officer or draws or lifts up any weapon

or offers any violence against the superior commissioned officer while he or she is

in the execution of his or her office; or

(2) Willfully disobeys a lawful command of the person's superior commissioned

officer;

shall be punished, if the offense is committed in time of war, by confinement of not more

than ten (10) years or such other punishment as a court -martial may direct, and if th e

offense is committed at any other time, by such punishment as a court-martial may direct.

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