KRS 437.410: Definitions.

As used in KRS 437.410 to 437.429, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Animal" means any warm or cold blooded animal used in food or fiber production,

agriculture, research, testing, or education, including poultry, fish, and insects;

(2) "Animal f acility" means any vehicle, building, structure, or premises, where an

animal or animal records are kept, handled, housed, exhibited, bred, or offered for

sale;

(3) "Consent" means assent in fact, whether express or apparent;

(4) "Deprive" means to withhol d an animal or other property from the owner

permanently or for so extended a period of time that a major portion of the value or

enjoyment of the animal or property is lost to the owner, to restore the animal or

other property only upon payment of reward or other compensation, or to dispose of

an animal or other property in a manner that makes recovery of the animal or

property by the owner unlikely;

(5) "Effective consent" means consent by a person legally authorized to act for the

owner. Consent is not e ffective if induced by force, threat, false pretenses, or fraud,

if given by a person the actor knows is not legally authorized to act for the owner, if

given by a person who by reason of youth, mental disease or defect, or intoxication

is known by the act or to be unable to make reasonable decisions, or if given solely

to detect the commission of an offense;

(6) "Owner" means a person who has title to the property, possession of the property,

whether lawful or not, or a greater right to possession of the property than the actor;

(7) "Person" means any individual, corporation, association, nonprofit corporation,

joint stock company, firm, trust, partnership, two (2) or more persons having a joint

or common interest, or other legal entity;

(8) "Possession" means actual care, custody, control, or management.