{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-413.241","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 413.241","heading":"Legislative finding -- Limitation on liability of licensed sellers or servers of","body":"intoxicating beverages -- Liability of intoxicated person.\n(1) The General Assembly finds and declares that the consumption of intoxicating\nbeverages, rather than the s erving, furnishing, or sale of such beverages, is the\nproximate cause of any injury, including death and property damage, inflicted by an\nintoxicated person upon himself or another person.\n(2) Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, no person holdin g a permit under\nKRS Chapters 241 to 244, nor any agent, servant, or employee of the person, who\nsells or serves intoxicating beverages to a person over the age for the lawful\npurchase thereof, shall be liable to that person or to any other person or to the estate,\nsuccessors, or survivors of either for any injury suffered off the premises including\nbut not limited to wrongful death and property damage, because of the intoxication\nof the person to whom the intoxicating beverages were sold or served, unless a\nreasonable person under the same or similar circumstances should know that the\nperson served is already intoxicated at the time of serving.\n(3) The intoxicated person shall be primarily liable with respect to injuries suffered by\nthird persons.\n(4) The limitation of liability provided by this section shall not apply to any person who\ncauses or contributes to the consumption of alcoholic beverages by force or by\nfalsely representing that a beverage contains no alcohol.\n(5) This section shall not apply to civil actions filed prior to July 15, 1988.","path":["KRS Chapter 413"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=42540","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:36Z","sha256":"ef9715c56ad8b9ef3bad67615269604f73a5628acb74cfd594fec853c08d9b24","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-413.240","next":"us-ky/krs-413.242"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}