524.055 Retaliating against a participant in the legal process. (1) A person is guilty of retaliating against a participant in the legal process when he or she engages or threatens to engage in conduct causing or intended to cause bodily injury or damage to the tangible property of a participant in the legal process or a person he or she believes may be called as a participant in the legal process in any official proceeding or because the person has participated in a legal proceeding: (a) Attending an official proceeding, or giving or producing any testimony, record, docume nt, or other object produced at that proceeding; (b) Giving information to a law enforcement officer relating to the possible commission of an offense or a violation of conditions of probation, parole, or release pending judicial proceedings; (c) Vote, dec ision, or opinion; or (d) Performance of his or her duty. (2) Retaliating against a participant in the legal process is a Class D felony. (3) In order for a person to be convicted of a violation of this section, the act against a participant in the legal p rocess or the immediate family of a participant in the legal process shall be related to the performance n to be convicted of a violation of this section, the act against a participant in the legal p rocess or the immediate family of a participant in the legal process shall be related to the performance of a duty or role played by the participant in the legal process. Effective: July 15, 2002 History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 251, sec. 3, effective Ju ly 15, 2002. -- Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 212, sec. 7, effective July 15, 1986.
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