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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 432.550: Bringing armed person into state to preserve peace or suppress violence.

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  1. KRS Chapter 432

No person shall, except with the consent of the General Assembly or of the Governor

when the General Assembly is not in session, bring or cause to be brought into this state

any armed person, not a citizen of this state, to preserve the peace, suppress dom estic

violence or to serve as a deputy of any officer or as a member of a posse comitatus, nor

shall any officer knowingly summon any such person or any other person who has come

into the state for that purpose to aid in suppressing violence. Any person who violates this

section shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than five

thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisoned for not less than six (6) nor more than twelve

(12) months, or both.

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