(1) (a) Any person who engages in any business or sells or offers to sell or has on hand for the purpose of sale any article or exercises any privilege for which a license is required or imposed by KRS § 137.115 before procuring the license and paying the tax shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200) for each offense, unless otherwise specifically provided;
(b) Any county clerk who violates any of the provisions of KRS § 137.115, or any administrative regulation promulgated by the Department of Revenue thereunder, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each offense; and

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(c) Any person who makes a false statement in securing a license under KRS
137.115 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
(2) (a) Any person who violates any provision of KRS § 137.120 to KRS § 137.160 shall be subject to the uniform civil penalties imposed pursuant to KRS § 131.180; and
(b) Any person who violates any of the provisions of KRS § 137.120 to KRS § 137.160 may be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisoned for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months, or both.
(3) Any person who violates any of the provisions of KRS § 137.170 or 137.180 shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisoned in the county jail not more than thirty (30) days, or both so fined and imprisoned. If the offender is a corporation, the principal officer or the officer or employee directly responsible for the violation, or both, shall be punished as provided in this subsection.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 345, effective June 20, 2005. — Amended
1994 Ky. Acts ch. 13, sec. 2, effective June 30, 1994. – Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch.
403, sec. 9, effective July 14, 1992. — Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 496, sec. 13, effective August 1, 1986. — Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 134. — Amended
1962 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 10; and ch. 198, sec. 2. — Amended 1952 Ky. Acts ch.
195, sec. 1. — Amended 1950 Ky. Acts ch. 68, secs. 9 and 12. — Amended 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 110, sec. 10. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October
1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 4202a-35, 4223b-11, 4223c-9, 4224a-4, 4224a-9,
4224c-7.