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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 525.140: Obstructing a highway or other public passage.

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  1. KRS Chapter 525

(1) A person is guilty of obstructing a highway or other public passage when having no

legal privilege to do so he, alone or with other persons, intentionally or wantonly

renders any highway or public passage impassable without unreasonable

inconvenience or hazard.

(2) No person shall be convicted under this section solely because of a gathering of

persons to hear him speak or otherwise communicate or solely because of being a

member of such a gathering.

(3) An order to disperse issued by a peace officer or o ther public servant engaged in

executing or enforcing the law and addressed to a person whose speech or other

lawful behavior attracts an obstructing audience shall not be deemed lawful if the

obstruction can be readily remedied by police control of the si ze or location of the

gathering.

(4) Obstructing a highway or other public passage is a Class B misdemeanor.

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