{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-503.100","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 503.100","heading":"Prevention of a suicide or crime.","body":"(1) The use of physical force by a defendant upon another person is justifiable when the\ndefendant believes that such force is immediately necessary to prevent such other\nperson from:\n(a) Committing suicide or inflicting serious physical injury upon himself; or\n(b) Committing a crime involving or threatening serious physical injury to person,\nsubstantial damage to or loss of property, or any other violent conduct.\n(2) The use of deadly physical force by a defendant upon another person is justifiable\nunder subsection (1)(b) only when the defendant believes that the person whom he\nseeks to prevent from committing a crime is likely to endanger human life.\n(3) The limitations imposed on the justifiable use of force in self -protection by KRS\n503.050 and 503.060, for the protection of others by KRS 503.070, for the\nprotection of property by KRS 503.080, and for the effectuation of an arrest or the\nprevention of an escape by KRS 503.090 apply notwithstanding the criminality of\nthe conduct against which such force is used.","path":["KRS Chapter 503"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=19676","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T21:00:00Z","sha256":"224dc393abff6f91913f95e3df374f950ab051608c013768ae6b77502afe108e","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-503.090","next":"us-ky/krs-503.110"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}