Kentucky Statutes 528.100 – Forfeiture — Civil penalty — Action in equity
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(1) Any gambling device or gambling record possessed or used in violation of this chapter is forfeited to the state, and shall be disposed of in accordance with KRS
500.090.
(2) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any person who conducts, finances, manages, supervises, directs, or owns a gambling device intended for use in the Commonwealth in violation of this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each device, payable to the county in which the device was operated.
(3) The Attorney General, the Commonwealth’s attorney for any locality, or the county attorney for any locality may cause an action in equity to be brought in the name of the Commonwealth or of the locality, as applicable, to:
(a) Enjoin the operation of a gambling device in violation of this section;
(b) Request an attachment against all such devices and any moneys within those devices pursuant to KRS § 500.090; and
(c) Recover the civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars
($25,000) per device.
Effective: June 29, 2023
History: Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 4, sec. 2, effective June 29, 2023. — Amended
1980 Ky. Acts ch. 267, sec. 10, effective July 15, 1980. — Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch.
406, sec. 249, effective January 1, 1975.
Legislative Research Commission Note (3/19/2015). Under the authority of KRS
7.136(1)(h), the Reviser of Statutes has changed the internal numbering of KRS
528.010 to place definitions in alphabetical order and changed a reference to that statute in this section to correspond. No words were changed in this process.
500.090.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 528.100
- Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Gambling: includes playing or offering for play any game, contest, or competition utilizing a gambling device. See Kentucky Statutes 528.010
- Gambling device: means :
1. See Kentucky Statutes 528.010 - State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(2) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any person who conducts, finances, manages, supervises, directs, or owns a gambling device intended for use in the Commonwealth in violation of this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each device, payable to the county in which the device was operated.
(3) The Attorney General, the Commonwealth’s attorney for any locality, or the county attorney for any locality may cause an action in equity to be brought in the name of the Commonwealth or of the locality, as applicable, to:
(a) Enjoin the operation of a gambling device in violation of this section;
(b) Request an attachment against all such devices and any moneys within those devices pursuant to KRS § 500.090; and
(c) Recover the civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars
($25,000) per device.
Effective: June 29, 2023
History: Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 4, sec. 2, effective June 29, 2023. — Amended
1980 Ky. Acts ch. 267, sec. 10, effective July 15, 1980. — Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch.
406, sec. 249, effective January 1, 1975.
Legislative Research Commission Note (3/19/2015). Under the authority of KRS
7.136(1)(h), the Reviser of Statutes has changed the internal numbering of KRS
528.010 to place definitions in alphabetical order and changed a reference to that statute in this section to correspond. No words were changed in this process.