Kentucky Revised Statutes
Includes enactments through the 2024 Regular Session
Chapter titles, centered headings, section catchlines, and explanatory notes are for informational purposes only and do not constitute any part of the law. For general laws governing construction of statutes, see KRS Chapter 446.
The KRS database was last updated on 04/28/2025
.010 Repealed, 1998.
.015 Definitions for chapter.
.020 Petition for election.
.021 Restriction on frequency of request to increase quota retail licenses -- Publication of notice of request -- Contents of request -- Burden on requestor to show that increase is necessary.
.022 Local option election for limited sales of alcoholic beverages by the drink at qualifying state park.
.030 Date of local option election.
.040 Advertisement of election.
.050 Form of proposition.
.060 General election laws apply to elections -- Cost.
.070 Committee favoring or opposing local option proposition to certify challengers -- Challengers entitled to same privileges and subject to same duties and penalties as challengers in other elections -- Enforceability in Circuit Court and Court of Appeals.
.080 Repealed, 2013.
.090 Regular precinct officers to serve as local option precinct officers -- Precinct election officers to be appointed under KRS 117.045 in years without scheduled elections or when local option election held before March 20.
.100 Repealed, 2013.
.110 Certification of results.
.120 Recounts and contests -- Creation of recanvass procedures for local option elections -- Recanvass reports.
.122 Local option election for sale of alcoholic beverages in precinct where a marina is located -- Petition language.
.123 Local option election for limited sale of alcoholic beverages in precinct containing golf course -- Petition language.
.1232 Renumbered as KRS 243.038.
.1238 Limited sale precinct election for sale of alcoholic beverages at horse racetrack.
.1239 Local option election for sale of alcoholic beverages by a microbrewery in the territory where the microbrewery is located or proposed.
.124 Limited sale precinct election for sale of wine at an existing or proposed small farm winery located in a dry territory.
.1241 Limited sale precinct election for sale of alcoholic beverages on Sunday at licensed small farm winery in wet territory.
.1242 Local option election for limited sale of alcoholic beverages at qualified historic sites -- Petition language.
.1243 Local option precinct election for limited sale of alcoholic beverages at qualified distillery -- Petition language.
.1244 Local option for limited sale of alcoholic beverages purchased in conjunction with a meal -- Separate local option elections to be held for restaurants seating fifty persons and those seating one hundred persons.
.125 Separate vote to determine wet, moist, or dry status in cities -- Right of city precincts to vote for separate dry status -- Dual status as both wet and moist.
.126 Effect on local option status of a county if urban-county government adopted.
.127 Repealed, 2017.
.129 Repealed, 2017.
.1292 Licenses issued to limited sales precincts prior to July 14, 2022 -- Regulatory license fee.
.1293 Repealed, 1980.
.1294 Repealed, 2022.
.1295 Renumbered as KRS 243.083.
.1296 Repealed, 2022.
.1297 Repealed, 2015.
.1298 Repealed, 2022.
.130 Repealed, 2013.
.140 Repealed, 2013.
.150 Repealed, 2013.
.160 Repealed, 2013.
.170 Repealed, 2013.
.180 Repealed, 2013.
.185 Repealed, 2013.
.190 Effective date of establishment of dry territory -- Effect of annexation.
.195 Vote for prohibition in precinct of a city with population of 12,000 or more to be applied precinct-wide -- Exemptions.
.200 Discontinuance of dry status in a territory -- Effective date.
.210 Repealed, 1948.
.220 Invalidity of certain licenses previously issued in wet territory that has become dry or moist -- Recovery of money paid for unexpired period of license -- Issuance of retail alcoholic beverage license in any dry territory prohibited.
.230 Traffic in alcoholic beverages in dry territory prohibited -- Unauthorized traffic in alcoholic beverages in moist territory prohibited -- Unlawful possession prohibited -- Exception for private residence or event.
.240 Sale or gift of articles not classed as alcoholic beverages restricted.
.250 Distributing, soliciting or receiving contracts or orders in dry territory prohibited, when -- Same prohibition on contracts or orders to any moist territory unless sale of alcoholic beverages specifically authorized under limited local option election -- Immunity for licensed common carriers -- Absolute defense.
.260 Transportation and delivery in dry or moist territory prohibited -- Exception for any moist territory where sale of alcoholic beverages specifically authorized under limited local option election -- Immunity for common carriers -- Absolute defense -- Exception for private residence or event.
.270 C.O.D. shipments of alcoholic beverages in dry territory prohibited -- Same prohibition on C.O.D. shipments to any moist territory unless sale of alcoholic beverages specifically authorized under limited local option election -- Immunity for common carriers -- Absolute defense.
.280 Receiving alcoholic beverages from carrier in dry territory prohibited -- Exception for receiving or accepting alcoholic beverages to be sold in lawful territory within or without state -- Same prohibition on receiving alcoholic beverages in any moist territory unless sale of alcoholic beverages specifically authorized under limited local option election.
.290 Shipments across county and out of dry or moist territory not affected.
.300 Manufacture of small quantities not prohibited in dry territory.
.310 Renting of property, or hiring vehicle for transportation is nuisance -- Forfeiture.
.320 Action for forfeiture.
.330 Sale of forfeited property and disposition of proceeds.
.340 Action to enjoin nuisance.
.350 Court may enjoin nuisance.
.360 Illegal transportation of liquor -- Seizure of property.
.370 Search and seizure.
.380 Illegal beverages -- No property rights in -- Exception -- Destruction.
.390 Repealed, 1992.
.400 Repealed, 2017.
.410 Bond for good behavior upon conviction.
.420 Witness may not refuse to answer.
.430 Allegations of indictment.
.990 Penalties.