{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-524.020","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 524.020","heading":"Bribing a witness.","body":"(1) A person is guilty of bribing a witness when he offers, confers or agrees to confer\nany pecuniary benefit upon a witness or a person he believes may be called as a\nwitness in any official proceeding with intent to:\n(a) Influence the testimony of that person; or\n(b) Induce that person to avoid legal process summoning him to testify; or\n(c) Induce that person to absent himself from an official proceeding to which he\nhas been legally summoned.\n(2) Bribing a witness is a Class D felony.","path":["KRS Chapter 524"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=19904","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T21:00:03Z","sha256":"b8cea16ec7e75ca742588fb278f93387232eef8918418370f143827ed599b4b9","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-524.010","next":"us-ky/krs-524.030"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}