{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-509.070","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 509.070","heading":"Custodial interference.","body":"(1) A person is guilty of custodial interference when, knowing that he has no legal right\nto do so, he takes, entices or keeps from lawful custody any mentally disabled or\nother person entrusted by authority of law to the custody of another person or to an\ninstitution.\n(2) It is a defense to custodial interference that the person taken from lawful custody\nwas returned by the defendant voluntarily and before arrest or the issuance of a\nwarrant for arrest.\n(3) Custodial interference is a Class D felony unless the  person taken from lawful\ncustody is returned voluntarily by the defendant.","path":["KRS Chapter 509"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=19754","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T21:00:01Z","sha256":"707e93c5814c45814e9289d69bef1748599eea17d23965fab8f4117c919de419","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-509.060","next":"us-ky/krs-509.080"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}