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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 211.990 (2026)

Penalties

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(1) Any owner or occupant who fails to comply with an order made under the provisions of KRS 211.210 shall be guilty of a violation, and each day's continuance of the nuisance, source of filth, or cause of sickness, after the owner or occupant has been notified to remove it, shall be a separate offense.

(2) Except as otherwise provided by law, anyone who fails to comply with the provisions of the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter or who fails to comply with an order of the cabinet issued pursuant thereto shall be guilty of a violation. Each day of such violation or noncompliance shall constitute a separate offense.

(3) Any person who violates any provision of KRS 211.182 shall, upon first offense, be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Each subsequent violation of any provision of KRS 211.182 shall constitute a Class D felony.

(4) Any person who violates any provision of KRS 211.842 to 211.852 or any regulation adopted hereunder or any order issued by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to comply with any provision of KRS 211.842 to 211.852 or the regulations adopted thereunder shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Each day of violation or noncompliance shall constitute a separate offense.

(5) A person who performs or offers to perform lead-hazard detection or lead-hazard abatement services in target housing or child-occupied facilities who is not certified as required by KRS 211.9063 or 211.9069 shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(6) Any person who performs lead-hazard detection or lead-hazard abatement services in target housing or child-occupied facilities, who willfully violates the standards for performing lead-hazard detection or lead-hazard abatement procedures included in the administrative regulations promulgated pursuant to KRS 211.9075 shall be guilty of a Class D felony.

(7) The penalties provided in subsections (5) and (6) of this section are cumulative and are in addition to any other penalties, claims, damages, or remedies available at law or in equity.

(8) Any person who violates any provisions of KRS 211.760 shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). Each day of violation or noncompliance shall constitute a separate offense. Effective: June 20, 2005 History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 393, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 262, sec. 33, effective July 14, 2000; and ch. 343, sec. 12, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 343, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 168, sec. 9, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 385, sec. 2, effective July 14, 1992; and ch. 463, sec. 22, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 451, sec. 13, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 6, effective June 17, 1978; and ch. 279, sec. 7, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 47, sec.

7. -- Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 157, sec. 23.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1967–2006 · leading case: Posey v. Commonwealth, 185 S.W.3d 170 (Ky. 2006).
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Posey v. Commonwealth, 185 S.W.3d 170 (Ky. 2006). · cites it 2× “100, treatment of cancer by non-physicians, second offense KRS 211.990(3), computer hacking, KRS 434.”
Harrison's Sanitarium, Inc. v. Commonwealth, Dep't of Health, 417 S.W.2d 137 (Ky. Ct. App. 1967). “KRS 211.990(2). 3 . As a matter of fact, the decided case law on the subject, state and federal, gives the appearance of an impenetrable jungle.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 211.990(2) — 1 case
Harrison's Sanitarium, Inc. v. Commonwealth, Dep't of Health, 417 S.W.2d 137 (Ky. Ct. App. 1967). “KRS 211.990(2). 3 . As a matter of fact, the decided case law on the subject, state and federal, gives the appearance of an impenetrable jungle.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 211.990(3) — 1 case
Posey v. Commonwealth, 185 S.W.3d 170 (Ky. 2006). “100, treatment of cancer by non-physicians, second offense KRS 211.990(3), computer hacking, KRS 434.”
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