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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 517.020: Deceptive business practices.

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  1. KRS Chapter 517

(1) A person is guilty of deceptive business practices when, in the course of engaging in

a business, occupation or profession, he knowingly:

(a) Uses or possesses for use a false weight or measure or any other device for

falsely determining or recording any quality or quantity; or

(b) Sells, offers or exposes for sale, or delivers less than the represented quantity

of any commodity or service; or

(c) Takes or attempts to take more than the represented quantity of any

commodity, thing or service when as a bu yer, agency or receiver he furnishes

the weight, measure, or weighing or measuring device by means of which the

amount of the commodity, thing or service is determined; or

(d) Sells, offers or exposes for sale adulterated commodities; or

(e) Sells, offers or exposes for sale mislabeled commodities.

(2) Deceptive business practices is a Class A misdemeanor.

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