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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 434.220 (2026)

Repealed, effective January 1, 1975

✓ current as of May 2026
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Catchline at repeal: Disposal or conversion of property without consent of owner. History: Repealed 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 336, effective January 1, 1975. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 1358a, 1358b.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases, 1949–1968 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Shilladay, 224 S.W.2d 685 (Ky. Ct. App. 1949).
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Commonwealth v. Shilladay, 224 S.W.2d 685 (Ky. Ct. App. 1949). · cites it 2× “The indictment, brought under KRS 434.220, accuses the appellee and five other public accountants with having “unlawfully, fraudulently and feloniously converted to their own use” certain audit work sheets of the value of more than $20, the property of -Mrs.”
Clark v. Commonwealth, 386 S.W.2d 458 (Ky. Ct. App. 1965). · cites it 2× “220) and one count of conversion (KRS 434.220). There are numerous grounds advanced as reasons for reversal, but we need consider only three of them: (1) whether the proof warranted submitting to the jury the question of appellant’s guilt of grand larceny, or conversion, or…”
Runyon v. Commonwealth, 393 S.W.2d 877 (Ky. Ct. App. 1965). “See also subsections 1 and 2 of KRS 434.220. Both falsifying a claim against a political subdivision and embezzlement are statutory offenses.”
Underwood v. Commonwealth, 390 S.W.2d 635 (Ky. Ct. App. 1965). “Although we have catalogued appellants’ challenge of the instructions as one, they have advanced three assaults upon the instructions, which we condense to two, as follows: First, it is insisted that there was a fatal variance between the indictment and proof, so that the proof…”
Dublin v. Commonwealth, 372 S.W.2d 416 (Ky. Ct. App. 1963). “040 was designed to cover a special situation in the handling of motor vehicles which should be treated as larceny.”
Bowman v. Commonwealth, 438 S.W.2d 488 (Ky. Ct. App. 1968). · cites it 3× “Appellant was convicted of conversion, denounced by KRS 434.220, and his punishment fixed at two years in the penitentiary.”
Robinson v. Commonwealth, 226 S.W.2d 29 (Ky. Ct. App. 1950). “It seems to us the conviction of the appellant, Earl Robinson, should be set aside for insufficient evidence of a criminal intent, an essential element of the offense with which he is charged, namely, converting to his own use property of another person without his consent, KRS…”
Pfunder v. Commonwealth, 251 S.W.2d 843 (Ky. Ct. App. 1952). “Pfunder as an officer of a corporation and as an agent of an individual to have fraudulently and feloniously converted to his own use $5,000 which belonged to Davenport Mines, Incorporated, and John J.”
Strahan v. Commonwealth, 290 S.W.2d 40 (Ky. Ct. App. 1956). “1 Appellant was indicted under subsection (2) of KRS 434.220. She was convicted and fined $100.”
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