{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-189.993","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 189.993","heading":"Penalties.","body":"(1) Any  person who  violates KRS  189.045 shall be fined not less than one\nhundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).\n(2) Any  person convicted of violating any of the provisions of KRS  189.095 shall\nbe fined sixty dollars ($60) and costs of prosecution.\n(3) Any person who violates any provision of KRS  189.205 shall be fined not less\nthan twenty dollars ($20) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).\n(4) Any person who violates any provision of KRS  189.375 shall be fined not less\nthan twenty dollars ($20) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).\n(5) Any person who violates KRS  189.505 shall be fined not less than sixty dollars\n($60) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200) or be imprisoned for not more\nthan thirty (30) days, or both.\n(6) Any person found violating any provision of KRS  189.820 or 189.830 is guilty\nof a misdemeanor  and shall be fined not less than twenty dollars ($20) nor\nmore than thirty-five dollars ($35).\n(7) Any  person who  violates KRS  189.920 shall be fined not less than one\nhundred  dollars ($100) nor more  than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or\nimprisoned in the county jail for not more than thirty (30) days, or both. In the\ncase of a private vehicle not authorized to use emergency lights under KRS\n189.920, all lighting and other equipment used in violation of KRS  189.910 to\n189.950 shall be confiscated and forfeited to the county in which the offense\noccurred.\n(8) Any person who violates KRS  189.930 shall be fined not less than sixty dollars\n($60) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or be imprisoned in the county\njail for not more than thirty (30) days, or both.\n(9) Any person who violates KRS  189.940 shall be fined not less than sixty dollars\n($60) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or be imprisoned in the\ncounty jail for not more than six (6) months, or both. In the case of a private\nvehicle, except as outlined in subsection (11) of this section, all lighting and\nother equipment used in violation of KRS  189.910 to 189.950 shall be\nconfiscated and forfeited to the county in which the offense occurred.\n(10) If a member  of a regular or volunteer fire department, ambulance service, or\nrescue squad violates any provisions of subsection (6) of KRS  189.940, he\nshall, in addition to any other penalty provided under KRS  189.990 or this\nsection, be immediately dismissed from his membership or employment with\nthe  fire department, ambulance  service, or rescue squad  and  shall be\ndisqualified from being employed by or being a member  of any fire department,\nambulance service, or rescue squad in the Commonwealth  for a period of three\n(3) years. Upon conviction of a second offense he shall be permanently barred\nfrom employment or membership in any fire department, ambulance service,\nrescue squad, police department, or sheriff's office in the Commonwealth,  nor\nshall he be permitted to operate any public safety vehicle as defined in KRS\n189.910.\n(11)(a) Any  person who violates KRS  189.950(3) shall be fined one hundred\ndollars ($100) for the first offense, two hundred dollars ($200) for the\nsecond offense, and one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each subsequent\noffense.\n(b) Except as provided in paragraph (a) of this subsection, any person who\nviolates KRS  189.950 shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars\n($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or be imprisoned in\nthe county jail for not more than thirty (30) days, or both. In the case of a\nprivately owned vehicle, all lighting and other equipment used or installed\nin violation of KRS  189.910 to 189.950 shall be confiscated and forfeited\nto the county in which the offense occurred.\n(12) Any  person who violates any provision of this chapter for which no penalty is\notherwise provided shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than twenty dollars\n($20) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense, except that\nno penalty shall be assessed for a violation of KRS 189.580(1)(b) or (6)(b).\n(13) No  producer or processor of natural resources shall allow the transporting of\nnatural resources over the highways of the Commonwealth  in excess of the\nweight limits without possessing a resource recovery road hauling permit.\nViolation for hauling in excess of prescribed limits without possession of a\npermit or transporting natural resources over prescribed limits of the resource\nrecovery road hauling permit shall be not less than five hundred dollars ($500)\nnor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation and shall be\ndeposited in the resource recovery road fund.","path":["KRS Chapter 189"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=46292","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:44Z","sha256":"94f584a635658418b02acac9220ef292d0e7c021f19268f029cb6e4c052728d3","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-189.992","next":"us-ky/krs-189.994"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}