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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 438.060: Contaminating watercourse.

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  1. KRS Chapter 438

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section any person who places or causes

to be placed in any stream, dam, pool or pond any substance that renders the water

unfit for use or produces a stench shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10) nor

more than one hundred dollars ($100) and imprisoned for not less than thirty (30)

days nor more than six (6) months.

(2) Any person who places the carcass of any beast in any watercourse or within

twenty-five (25) yards of a watercourse, or casts it into any spring or pond shall be

fined not less than five dollars ($5) nor more than twenty dollars ($20) for the first

offense and for every subsequent offense not less than twenty dollars ($20) nor

more than one hundred dollars ($100).

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