KRS 434.155: Filing illegal lien.

(1) A person is guilty of filing an illegal lien when he files a document or lien that he

knows or should have known was forged, groundless, contained a material

misstatement, or was a false claim. It shall be an affirmative defense that any

material misstatement was not intentional.

(2) Filing an illegal lien is a Class D felony for the first offense, a Class C felony for

any second offense, and a Class B felony for any subsequent offense.