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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 436.280 (2026)

Repealed, 1975

✓ current as of May 2026
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Catchline at repeal: Gambling implements to be seized and destroyed. History: Repealed 1974 Ky.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. sec. 1962.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases, 1945–1968 · leading case: Gilley v. Commonwealth, 19 A.L.R. 2d 1224 (Ky. Ct. App. 1950).
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Gilley v. Commonwealth, 19 A.L.R. 2d 1224 (Ky. Ct. App. 1950). · cites it 5× “'Thereafter the Commonwealth, acting through the Attorney General, moved the court under KRS 436.280 to forfeit for the use of the State $3331.”
Gilley v. Commonwealth, 229 S.W.2d 60 (Ky. Ct. App. 1950). · cites it 5× “From the judgment of the court sustaining this motion and forfeiting that sum to the Commonwealth, Gilley appeals. Two grounds are urged for reversal: 1.”
AB Long Music Co. v. Commonwealth, 429 S.W.2d 391 (Ky. Ct. App. 1968). · cites it 2× “Eighteen pinball machines were adjudged to be condemned and forfeited to the Commonwealth of Kentucky pursuant to KRS 436.280. The judgment was based on a jury verdict finding that the machines “were intended to be used for the purpose of gambling.”
Tucker v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Attorney Gen., 187 S.W.2d 291 (Ky. Ct. App. 1945). · cites it 2× “Section 436.280, KRS, allows the Commonwealth, upon conviction of one setting up or keeping gaming contrivances, to forfeit the contrivances for the benefit of the State or to destroy them.”
Three One-Ball Pinball Machines v. Commonwealth, 249 S.W.2d 144 (Ky. Ct. App. 1952). · cites it 2× “KRS 436.280 provides in part: “Any bank, table, contrivance, machine or article used for carrying on a game prohibited by KRS 436.”
Machines v. Commonwealth, 273 S.W.2d 582 (Ky. Ct. App. 1954). · cites it 2× “In a forfeiture proceeding under KRS 436.280, the jury found that 14 “console type” slot machines, which had been seized by the-sheriff of Fayette County, were gambling devices, and judgment was entered that the machines be forfeited and destroyed.”
Miller, Com'r. of Fin. v. Franklin Cnty., 195 S.W.2d 315 (Ky. Ct. App. 1946). · cites it 10× “Section 436.280 of KRS, sec. 1962, Carroll’s Stats.”
Gastineau v. Bradley, 249 S.W.2d 529 (Ky. Ct. App. 1952). “On April 26, 1952, the Commonwealth filed suit in circuit court against Moore as Marshal to enjoin him from returning the machines to the original owners and to require him to deliver them to the Sheriff of Fayette County and the Chief of Police of the City of Lexington in order…”
Sterling Novelty Co. v. Commonwealth, 271 S.W.2d 366 (Ky. Ct. App. 1954). “Several grounds for reversal are argued in appellant’s brief but the decisive question turns on the construction of KRS 436.280, which reads: “Any bank, table, contrivance, machine or article used for carrying on a game prohibited by KRS 436.”
Pace Mfg. Co. v. Milliken, 70 F. Supp. 740 (W.D. Ky. 1947). · cites it 2× “At the time of the seizure the goods were in the original unbroken packages in possession of the Railway Express Agency.”
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