Kentucky's use of force laws are codified in KRS Chapter 503. The following statutes govern the justifiable use of physical and deadly physical force.
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Kentucky's use of force laws are codified in KRS Chapter 503. The following statutes govern the justifiable use of physical and deadly physical force.
Conduct that would otherwise constitute an offense is justifiable when it is required or authorized by a provision of law imposing a public duty or by a judicial decree. This justification applies when:
A person is presumed to have held a reasonable fear of imminent peril of death or great bodily harm when using defensive force intended or likely to cause death or great bodily harm if:
The presumption does not apply if:
A person who is not engaged in unlawful activity and who is attacked in any place where they have a right to be has:
A person who unlawfully and by force enters or attempts to enter a person's dwelling, residence, or occupied vehicle is presumed to be doing so with the intent to commit an unlawful act involving force or violence.
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