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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 527.205 (2026)

Use of a weapon of mass destruction in the second degree

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(1) A person is guilty of use of a weapon of mass destruction in the second degree when intentionally, without lawful authority, he or she:

(a) Places a weapon of mass destruction at any location in the Commonwealth and, as a result, any person other than the defendant receives physical injury; or

(b) Places a weapon of mass destruction on:

1. The real property or any building of any public or private elementary or secondary school, vocational school, or institution of postsecondary education;

2. A school bus or other vehicle owned, operated, or leased by a school;

3. The real property or any building, public or private, that is the site of an official school-sanctioned function; or

4. The real property or any building owned or leased by a government agency, and no person dies or receives any physical injury.

(2) A weapon of mass destruction is used with lawful authority if it is used with the written permission of an agency of the Commonwealth or of a city, county, charter county, or urban-county government having jurisdiction over the use of destructive devices as defined in KRS 237.030 or the use of explosives.

(3) Use of a weapon of mass destruction in the second degree is a Class B felony. Effective: June 21, 2001 History: Created 2001 Ky. Acts ch. 113, sec. 5, effective June 21, 2001.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2014–2014 · leading case: Biederman v. Commonwealth, 434 S.W.3d 40 (Ky. 2014).
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Biederman v. Commonwealth, 434 S.W.3d 40 (Ky. 2014). “Attempted murder requires a person acting with the kind of culpability otherwise required for murder, under the circumstances as he believes them to be, to take a substantial step in a course of conduct planned to culminate in the death of another.”
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