{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-434.310","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 434.310","heading":"Spreading false rumors regarding solvency of financial institutions.","body":"Any person who willfully and maliciously makes, circulates or transmits to others any\nfalse statement, rumor or suggestion, written, printed or by word of mouth, which is\ndirectly or by inference derogatory to the financial condition or affects the solvenc y of\nany bank or trust company doing business in the state, any foreign or domestic insurance\ncompany or any savings and loan association doing business in this state, or who\ncounsels, aids, procures, or induces another to start, transmit or circulate any such\nstatement or rumor shall be fined not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than\none thousand dollars ($1,000), or imprisoned for not less than twenty (20) nor more than\none hundred (100) days, or both.","path":["KRS Chapter 434"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=18866","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:49Z","sha256":"77b885fc769561bca94b2a5f510d13b5845f67b5218425cc74ea71639277e589","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-434.300","next":"us-ky/krs-434.320"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}