{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-246.220","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 246.220","heading":"Interference with officers prohibited.","body":"(1) No person shall in any way hinder, refuse, or defeat entrance or inspection by an\nagent or employee of the department who is performing the duties of his or her\noffice for the purpose of combating the European corn borer under subsection (1) of\nKRS 246.210.\n(2) No person shall interfere in any way with the department or any of its agents or\nemployees in the inspection of premises and livestock, or in the testing of livestock\non any premises when the object of the inspection or testing is to determine the\nexistence of, or to combat in any way, communicable disease in livestock. No\nperson shall interfere in any way with the department or any of its agents or\nemployees in the removal from any premises of livestock found to be infected with\na communicable disease.\n(3) No person shall hinder the efforts of the state entomologist or his or her agents in\ncombating Japanese beetles under KRS 246.210.\n(4) No person shall hinder the entomologist in the performance of any of his or her\nduties.\n(5) No person shall interf ere in any way with inspectors or assistants while they are\ndischarging their duties under KRS 250.021 to 250.111.\n(6) No person shall hinder, prevent, or attempt to prevent any person from discharging\nhis or her duties under KRS 250.491 to 250.631.\n(7) No person shall in any way impersonate, hinder, or obstruct the department or its\ninspectors in the performance of their official duties under KRS 261.220.","path":["KRS Chapter 246"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=57232","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:56Z","sha256":"3a9d81f48caaf3b70182a046155aff5f24c7a1c6bead30db714bdf7c20641bfe","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-246.210","next":"us-ky/krs-246.230"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}