{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-508.080","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 508.080","heading":"Terroristic threatening in the third degree.","body":"(1) Except as provided in KRS 508.075 or 508.078, a person is guilty of terroristic\nthreatening in the third degree when:\n(a) He threatens to commit any crime likely to result in death or serious physical\ninjury to another person or likely to result in substan tial property damage to\nanother person; or\n(b) He intentionally makes false statements for the purpose of causing evacuation\nof a building, place of assembly, or facility of public transportation.\n(2) Terroristic threatening in the third degree is a Class A misdemeanor.","path":["KRS Chapter 508"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=19738","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T21:00:01Z","sha256":"a7c95152ecd9c7bd802b7f57c2f878966be76df803dfa83d5838d273a0be0f1b","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-508.078","next":"us-ky/krs-508.090"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}