(1) Any person who violates any of the provisions of subsection (3) of KRS § 280.250 or any of the provisions of KRS § 280.260 shall, for the first offense, forfeit twenty-five dollars ($25) to the person aggrieved, and shall, for every subsequent offense, forfeit one hundred dollars ($100) to the person aggrieved, but the person aggrieved shall not recover the forfeiture after a prosecution has been instituted under subsection (2) of this section. The forfeiture may be recovered by the person aggrieved by ordinary action in any court having jurisdiction to render judgment for the sum claimed to be forfeited, and the judgment may be enforced by execution against the property or against the person, at the election of the plaintiff.
(2) Any person who violates any of the provisions of subsection (3) of KRS § 280.250 or any of the provisions of KRS § 280.260 shall be liable to a fine of fifty dollars ($50) for the first offense and one hundred dollars ($100) for each subsequent offense, but no conviction shall be had under this subsection in any case where the person aggrieved has sued for and recovered the forfeiture prescribed in subsection (1) of this section.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 280.990

  • Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.

(3) Any person who violates any of the provisions of KRS § 280.270 shall be fined twenty dollars ($20) for each day that the violation continues.
(4) Any person who violates any of the provisions of KRS § 280.280 shall be fined not less than five dollars ($5) nor more than ten dollars ($10) for each day that the violation continues.
Effective: July 13, 1984
History: Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 113, sec. 7, effective July 13, 1984. — Amended
1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 266, effective January 2, 1978. — Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. IV, sec. 20(1). — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch.
208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 850, 852, 1342a-3, 1809a,
1814, 1815, 1816, 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821a-2, 4356za-17, 4356za-23.