{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-272.990","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 272.990","heading":"Penalties.","body":"(1) Any corporation, association or company using the word \"cooperative\" as part of its\nname in violation of KRS 272.044 shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor\nmore than one thousand dollars ($1,000), and may be enjoined from doing business\nunder that name by any corporation, or stockholder thereof, organized under KRS\n272.020 to 272.044.\n(2) Any individual or any corporation whose officers or employees knowingly induce\nor attempt to induce any member to break his marketing contract with an\nassociation or who maliciously and knowingly spreads false reports about the\nfinances or management of any association shall be fined not less than one hundred\ndollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each offense, and\nshall be liable to th e association aggrieved in a civil suit in the penal sum of five\nhundred dollars ($500) for each offense.\n(3) Any person conducting a warehouse in this state who persuades or permits any\nmember of any association to breach his marketing contract with the a ssociation by\nreceiving his products for sale, auction or display contrary to the terms of any\nmarketing contract of which the offender has notice shall be liable to the association\naggrieved in a civil suit in the penal sum of five hundred dollars ($500) for each\noffense, and shall also pay the association a reasonable attorney's fee and all the\ncosts of the action against him. The association may obtain an injunction against\nsuch warehouseman to prevent further breaches and a multiplicity of actions.","path":["KRS Chapter 272"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=36666","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:53:21Z","sha256":"cda4a2773741ec1a7bfdbb7685672ad144a0c1622d2a08184f9327d60957ef62","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-272.510","next":"us-ky/krs-272.991"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}