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Kentucky Revised Statutes · § 509.020 — Unlawful imprisonment in the first degree

509.020. Unlawful imprisonment in the first degree

(1) A person is guilty of unlawful imprisonment in the first degree when he knowingly and unlawfully restrains another person under circumstances which expose that person to a risk of serious physical injury.

(2) Unlawful imprisonment in the first degree is a Class D felony.

Source notes

Effective: January 1, 1975

History and annotations

Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 74, effective January 1, 1975.

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