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Kentucky Revised Statutes Title L. Kentucky Penal Code § 520.100.Fleeing or evading police in the second degree

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) A person is guilty of fleeing or evading police in the second degree when:

(a) As a pedestrian, and with intent to elude or flee the person knowingly or wantonly disobeys a direction to stop given by a person recognized to be a peace officer who has an articulable reasonable suspicion that a crime has been committed by the person fleeing, and in fleeing or eluding the person is the cause of physical injury to any person; or

(b) While operating a motor vehicle with intent to elude or flee, the person knowingly or wantonly disobeys a recognized direction to stop his or her vehicle, given by a person recognized to be a peace officer.

(2) No offense is committed under this section when the conduct involved constitutes a failure to comply with a directive of a traffic control officer.

(3) Fleeing or evading police in the second degree is a Class D felony and the defendant shall not be released on probation, shock probation, conditional discharge, or parole until he or she has served at least fifty percent (50%) of the sentence imposed.

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Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title L. Kentucky Penal Code § 520.100.Fleeing or evading police in the second degree - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-l-kentucky-penal-code/ky-rev-st-sect-520-100/

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