KRS 512.090: Unlawful acts relating to acquiring metals.

(1) A person is guilty of unlawful acts relating to acquiring metals when the person

intentionally and without permission cuts, mutilates, defaces, or otherwise injures

any personal or real property of another, including any fixtures or improvements,

for the purpose of obtaining any restricted metal, nonferrous metal, or ferrous metal

as defined in KRS 433.900, in any amount.

(2) Unlawful acts relating to acquiring metals is:

(a) A Class B misdemeanor with a fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars

($250) or imprisonment in the county jail for less than ninety (90) days, or

both, if the direct injury to the property, the amount of loss in value to the

property, the amount of repairs necessary to return the property to its condition

before the act, or the property loss, including fixtures or improvements, is less

than three thousand dollars ($3,000); or

(b) A Class D felony with a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000)

and not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or double his or her gain

from commission of the offense, whichever is the greater, or imprisonment for

not less than one (1) year but not more than five (5) years, or both, if the direct

injury to the property, the amount of loss in value to the property, the amount

of repairs necessary to return the property to its condition before the act, or the

property loss, including fixtures or improvements, is three thousand dollars

($3,000) or more.