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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) Any person who fraudulently and willfully removes, defaces, cuts down, or destroys a cornertree, post, cornerstone, or any monument erected to designate the boundary of this state, or of any county or city, or the boundary of any tract or lot of land, shall be guilty of a Class D felony and shall cause the marker, at his or her own expense, to be reestablished by a professional land surveyor.
(2) Any person who willfully and knowingly, but without a felonious intent, removes, defaces, cuts down, or destroys a tree, post, stone, or any monument erected to designate the boundaries of this state or of any county or city, or the boundaries of any tract or lot of land, shall cause the marker, at his or her own expense, to be reestablished by a professional land surveyor.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XL. Crimes and Punishments § 433.770.Willfully removing or damaging boundary marker - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-xl-crimes-and-punishments/ky-rev-st-sect-433-770/
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