{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-512.070","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 512.070","heading":"Criminal littering. -- Local governments may classify criminal littering as","body":"civil offenses.\n(1) A person is guilty of criminal littering when he:\n(a) Drops or permits to drop on a highway any destructive or injurious material\nand does not immediately remove it; or\n(b) Knowingly places or throws litter on any public or private property or in any\npublic or private water without permission; or\n(c) Negligently places or throws glass or other dangerous pointed or edged\nsubstances on or adjacent to water t o which the public has access for\nswimming or wading or on or within fifty (50) feet of a public highway; or\n(d) Discharges sewage, minerals, oil products, or litter into any public waters or\nlakes within the state.\n(2) Criminal littering is a Class A misdemeanor.\n(3) Violators may prepay to the Circuit Court clerk if prepayment is so noted on the\ncitation and if the littering offense is not combined with an offense that is not\nprepayable.\n(4) Notwithstanding any language or provision of this section or KRS 65.8808(3) to the\ncontrary, the legislative body of a local government may, by ordinance, choose to\nclassify the offenses proscribed in subsection (1) of this section as civil offenses in\naccordance with KRS 65.8808.","path":["KRS Chapter 512"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=41122","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T21:00:02Z","sha256":"5074c5a6acd1d0d858cc151984d861c62d0826072331c748719876134c07628b","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-512.060","next":"us-ky/krs-512.080"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}