{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-528.100","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 528.100","heading":"Forfeiture -- Civil penalty -- Action in equity.","body":"(1) Any gambling device or gambling record possessed or used in violation of this\nchapter is forfeited to the state, and shall be disposed of in accordance with KRS\n500.090.\n(2) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any person who conducts,\nfinances, manages, supervises, directs, or owns a gambling device intended for use\nin the Commonwealth in violation of this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty\nnot to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each device, payable to the\ncounty in which the device was operated.\n(3) The Attorney General, the Commonwealth's attorney for any locality, or the county\nattorney for any locality may cause an action in equity to be brought in the name of\nthe Commonwealth or of the locality, as applicable, to:\n(a) Enjoin the operation of a gambling device in violation of this section;\n(b) Request an attachment against all such devices and any moneys within those\ndevices pursuant to KRS 500.090; and\n(c) Recover the civil penalty not to exceed twenty -five thousa nd dollars\n($25,000) per device.","path":["KRS Chapter 528"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=53603","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T21:00:04Z","sha256":"208d7fad893131a04aabec14b6852c34d8c8d87262f61cdde5be64d5f502ef28","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-528.090","next":"us-ky/krs-528.110"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}