KRS 511.085: Domestic violence shelter trespass.

(1) As used in this section, "domestic violence shelter" means a residential facility

providing protective shelter services for domestic violence victims.

(2) A person is guilty of domestic violence shelter trespass when:

(a) The person enters the buildings or premises of a domestic violence shelter that

the person knows or should know is a domestic violence shelter or which is

clearly marked on the building or premises as being a domestic violence

shelter; and

(b) At the time of the entering, the person is the subject of an order of protection

as defined in KRS 403.720 and 456.010.

(3) It shall be a defense to a prosecution under this section that the person entered the

shelter with the permission of the operator of the shelter after disclosing to the

operator that the person is the subject of an order of protection or a foreign

protective order. Authority to enter under this subsection may not be granted by a

person taking shelter at the facility.

(4) A person shall not be convicted of a violation of this section and a violation of KRS

511.060, 511.070, or 511.080 arising from the same act of trespass.

(5) Domestic violence shelter trespass is a Class A misdemeanor.