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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 509.070: Custodial interference.

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  1. KRS Chapter 509

(1) A person is guilty of custodial interference when, knowing that he has no legal right

to do so, he takes, entices or keeps from lawful custody any mentally disabled or

other person entrusted by authority of law to the custody of another person or to an

institution.

(2) It is a defense to custodial interference that the person taken from lawful custody

was returned by the defendant voluntarily and before arrest or the issuance of a

warrant for arrest.

(3) Custodial interference is a Class D felony unless the person taken from lawful

custody is returned voluntarily by the defendant.

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