{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-434.155","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 434.155","heading":"Filing illegal lien.","body":"(1) A person is guilty of filing an illegal lien when he files a document or lien that he\nknows or should have known was forged, groundless, contained a material\nmisstatement, or was a false claim. It shall be an affirmative defense that any\nmaterial misstatement was not intentional.\n(2) Filing an illegal lien is a Class D felony for the first offense, a Class C felony for\nany second offense, and a Class B felony for any subsequent offense.","path":["KRS Chapter 434"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=18848","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:49Z","sha256":"61d5a8674da362ef3e9c1a505e38a204641fd35ccc80c79f4d93ac48826a2c2e","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-434.150","next":"us-ky/krs-434.160"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}