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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 520.050: Promoting contraband in the first degree.

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  1. KRS Chapter 520

(1) A person is guilty of promoting contraband in the first degree when:

(a) He or she knowingly introduces dangerous contraband into a detention facility

or a penitentiary; or

(b) Being a person confined in a detention facility or a penitentiary, he or she

knowingly makes, obtains, or possesses dangerous contraband.

(2) Promoting contraband in the first degree is a Class D felony, unless the dangerous

contraband is fentanyl, carfentanil, or a fentanyl derivative, in which case it is a

Class C felony.

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