Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 216.302 (2026)

Causing a suicide -- Assisting in a suicide

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(1) A person commits a Class C felony when the person knowingly by force or duress causes another person to commit or to attempt to commit suicide. (2) A person commits a Class D felony when the person, with the purpose of assisting another person to commit or to attempt to commit suicide, knowingly and intentionally either: (a) Provides the physical means by which another person commits or attempts to commit suicide; or (b) Participates in a physical act by which another person commits or attempts to commit suicide. Effective: July 15, 1994 History: Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 269, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1994.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1997–2007 · leading case: Washington v. Glucksberg, 521 U.S. 702 (1997).

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Washington v. Glucksberg, 521 U.S. 702 (1997). · cites it 2× “§ 21-3406 (1995); Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 216.302 (Michie 1994); La.”

Lofthouse v. Commonwealth, 13 S.W.3d 236 (Ky. 2000). · cites it 2× “[1] I would note that KRS 216.302 criminalizes the act of "provid[ing] the physical means by which another person commits or attempts to commit suicide.”

In Re Extradition of Exoo, 522 F. Supp. 2d 766 (S.D.W. Va 2007). “Ky.Rev.Stat. Ann. § 216.302 — (2) A person commits a Class D felony when the person, with the purpose of assisting another person to commit or attempt to commit suicide, knowingly and intentionally .”

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