{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-514.110","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 514.110","heading":"Receiving stolen property -- Penalty.","body":"(1) A person is guilty of receiving stolen property when he or she receives, retains, or\ndisposes of movable property of another knowing that it has been stolen, or having\nreason to believe that it has been stolen, unless the property is received, retained, or\ndisposed of with intent to restore it to the owner.\n(2) The following shall be prima facie evidence that a person knew property was\nstolen:\n(a) A person possessed recently stolen movable property; or\n(b) A secondary metals recycler as defined in KRS 433.900 intentionally failed to\nenter a report of a transaction into the LeadsOnline database or maintain the\ninformation in a register pursuant to KRS 433.920.\n(3) Receiving stolen property is a Class B misdemeanor unless:\n(a) The value of the property is five  hundred dollars ($500) or more but less than\none thousand dollars ($1,000), in which case it is a Class A misdemeanor;\n(b) The value of the property is one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more but less\nthan ten thousand dollars ($10,000), in which case it is a Class D felony;\n(c) A person has three (3) or more convictions under paragraph (a) of this\nsubsection within the last five (5) years, in which case it is a Class D felony.\nThe five (5) year period shall be measured from the dates on which the\noffenses occurred for which the judgments of conviction were entered;\n(d) The value of the property is ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more, in which\ncase it is a Class C felony;\n(e) The property is a firearm, regardless of the value of the firearm, in which case\nit is a Class D felony;\n(f) The property is anhydrous ammonia, regardless of the value of the ammonia,\nin which case it is a Class D felony unless it is proven that the person violated\nthis section with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine in violation of\nKRS 218A.1432, in which case it is a Class B felony for the first offense and\na Class A felony for each subsequent offense; or\n(g) The offense occurs during a declared emergency as defined by KRS 39A.020\narising from a natural or man -made disaster, within the area covered by the\nemergency declaration, and within the area impacted by the disaster, in which\ncase the person shall be charged one (1) level higher than the level otherwise\nspecified in this subsection.\n(4) If any person commits two (2) or more separate offenses of recei ving stolen\nproperty within ninety (90) days, the offenses may be combined and treated as a\nsingle offense, and the value of the property in each offense may be aggregated for\nthe purpose of determining the appropriate charge.","path":["KRS Chapter 514"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=57061","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T21:00:02Z","sha256":"ed44dedc9f48bf2933bd35c1f7f7e28cc7478e5c25cce7fc8f8279e0df6482ca","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-514.100","next":"us-ky/krs-514.120"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}