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Code · Kentucky · Chapter 365 — Trade practices

365.990 Penalties.

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(1)Any person who violates any of the provisions of KRS 365.015 shall be fined not
less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100), or
imprisoned for not less than ten
(10)days nor more than thirty
(30)days, or both,
and each day that the violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
(2)Any person who violates any of the provisions of KRS 365.020 to 365.050 shall, for
each offense, be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one
thousand dollars ($1,000), or imprisoned for not more than six
(6)months, or both.
Any person who, as agent of any person or as director, officer, or agent of any
corporation assists or aids in a violation of any of such provisions by the person or
corporation for which he is director, officer, or agent, shall be responsible therefor
equally with such person or corporation, and, in a prosecution brought by the local
Commonwealth's attorney against him under this subsection, it shall be sufficient to
allege and prove the unlawful intent of the person or corporation for whom he acts.
(3)Any person who violates any of the provisions of KRS 365.100 shall be fined not
less than two hundred dollars ($200) for each offense.
(4)Any person who violates any of the provisions of KRS 365.110 shall be fined not
less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than fifty dollars ($50) for each offense.
(5)Any agent or employee of a corporation or any other person who violates any of the
provisions of subsection
(2)of KRS 365.220 shall be fined not less than one
hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each
offense, and each day's continuance of the violation shall constitute a separate
offense.
(6)A conviction of a corporation of violating any of the provisions of KRS 365.210 or
365.220 shall operate to forfeit its charter or right to do business in this state.
Proceedings may be instituted by the Commonwealth's attorney in any district in
this state to forfeit the charter or right to do business in this state of any corporation
violating any of the provisions of KRS 365.210 or 365.220, and to subject the
corporation charged, if found guilty, to the penalty imposed in subsection
(7)of this
section.
(7)Any company that violates any of the provisions of KRS 365.230 shall be fined not
less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000),
and if it is a corporation it shall, upon conviction, forfeit its charter.
(8)Any person or entity that transacts a transient business as defined in KRS 365.650
without first having obtained a permit in accordance with the provisions of KRS
365.660, 365.665, 365.680 or 365.685 or who knowingly advertises, offers for sale,
or sells any goods, wares, or merchandise in violation of the provisions of KRS
365.650 to 365.695, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined
not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or shall be imprisoned in the county jail
for not more than six
(6)months, or both.
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