527.200 Use of a weapon of mass destruction in the first degree.
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(1)A person is guilty of use of a weapon of mass destruction in the first degree when
he or she intentionally, without lawful authority, places a weapon of mass
destruction at any location in the Commonwealth and, as a result, any person other
than the defendant is killed or receives serious 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 first degree is a Class A felony unless a
person other than the defendant is killed as a result, in which case it is a capital
offense.