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Filing illegal lien

KRS 434.155
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434.155. Filing illegal lien (1) A person is guilty of filing an illegal lien when he files a document or lien that he knows or should have known was forged, groundless, contained a material misstatement, or was a false claim. It shall be an affirmative defense that any material misstatement was not intentional. (2) Filing an illegal lien is a Class D felony for the first offense, a Class C felony for any second offense, and a Class B felony for any subsequent offense. Effective: July 15, 1998 History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 606, sec. 54, effective July 15, 1998.
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=18848Fetched: 10/20/2026

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