KRS 438.170: Emergency party line use.

Any person who willfully refuses to yield or surrender the use of a party line to another

person for the purpose of permitting such other person to report a fire or summon police,

medical or other aid in case of emergency, shall be fined not less than twen ty dollars

($20) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisoned in the county jail for a

period not exceeding ninety (90) days, or both.