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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 509.050: Exemption.

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  1. KRS Chapter 509

A person may not be convicted of unlawful imprisonment in the first degree, unlawful

imprisonment in the second degree, or kidnapping when his criminal purpose is the

commission of an offense defined outside this chapter and his interference with the

victim's liberty occurs immediately with and incidental to the commission of that offense,

unless the interference exceeds that which is ordinarily incident to commission of the

offense which is the objective of his criminal purpose. The exemption provided by t his

section is not applicable to a charge of kidnapping that arises from an interference with

another's liberty that occurs incidental to the commission of a criminal escape.

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