{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-35.600","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 35.600","heading":"Misbehavior before the enemy.","body":"Any person subject to this code shall be punished as a court -martial may direct who,\nbefore or in the presence of the enemy or any hostile force:\n(1) Runs away;\n(2) Shamefully abandons, surrenders, or delivers up any command, unit, place, or\nmilitary property which it is his or her duty to defend;\n(3) Through disobedience, neglect, or intentional misconduct endangers the safety of\nany such command, unit, place, or military property;\n(4) Casts away his or her arms or ammunition;\n(5) Is guilty of cowardly conduct;\n(6) Quits his or her place of duty to plunder or pillage;\n(7) Causes false alarms in any command, unit, or place under control of the Armed\nForces of the United States or the state military forces;\n(8) Willfully fails to do his or her utmost to encou nter, engage, capture, or destroy any\nenemy troops, combatants, vessels, aircraft, or any other thing, which it is his or her\nduty so to encounter, engage, capture, or destroy; or\n(9) Does not afford all practicable relief and assistance to any troops, com batants,\nvessels, or aircraft of the Armed Forces belonging to the United States or their\nallies, to the state, or to any other state, when engaged in battle.","path":["KRS Chapter 35"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=41984","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:48:53Z","sha256":"06bfc6dfa1b5dba9767f5e86c59a6e90e408b5460ce96b441fb88297859df059","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-35.595","next":"us-ky/krs-35.605"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}