{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-438.220","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 438.220","heading":"Transmission of false or fraudulent communications over telegraph or","body":"telephone lines -- Delay of messages.\nAny person who knowingly transmits on or through any telegraph or telephone line in the\nstate, any false communication or intelligence with intention to injure any other person or\nto speculate on any article of merchandise, commerce or trade, or with intent that another\nmay do so; or any agent, officer or manager of a telegraph or telephone line who, from\ncorrupt or improper motives or willful neg ligence, withholds the transmission or delivery\nof messages or intelligence, for which the customary charges have been paid or tendered,\nshall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).","path":["KRS Chapter 438"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=19094","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:52Z","sha256":"e94b208d76adbbdd19577dac9ca5215d0e9251aa7f387b84416e6883ea19975e","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-438.210","next":"us-ky/krs-438.230"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}