Kentucky Revised Statutes (Last Updated: May 10, 2014) |
TITLE XXXII. OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY |
CHAPTER 381. TITLE TO PROPERTY AND RESTRICTIONS ON USE, OWNERSHIP, AND ALIENATION |
010. Commonwealth vested with ultimate property to lands. |
020. Titles allodial and subject to escheat -- Right of eminent domain. |
030. Death of disseizor -- Effect. |
040. Estates may commence in future. |
050. Estate created by conveyance to husband and wife -- Will not to defeat right to the entirety by survivorship. |
060. Fee simple created, when -- Possession vests in grantee. |
070. Estates tail converted into estates in fee -- Limitation on. |
080. Construction of "without heirs," "without children" or "issue" in deed or will. |
090. Construction of "estate for life, remainder to heirs." |
100. Contingent remainder. |
110. Alienation or union of estate does not affect remainder. |
120. Joint tenants -- Partition -- Death of one. |
130. Exceptions to KRS 381.120. |
135. Court-appointed commissioners to determine division of land jointly held and allotment of dower or curtesy -- Survey requirement. |
136. Life tenants and their descendants -- Partition. |
140. Posthumous child may take estate in remainder. |
150. Conveyance of greater estate than grantor owns -- Effect. |
160. Purchaser evicted by heir of grantor may recover to extent of estate inherited. |
170. Consideration paid by other than grantee -- Effect. |
180. Estates in trust subject to debts of beneficiary -- Spendthrift trusts excepted -- Other exceptions. |
190. Sale of realty by trustee by virtue of pledge or deed of trust. |
200. Deeds construed to include buildings and appurtenances -- Solar easements. |
210. Reversion may be sold -- Rights and duties of purchaser. |
215. Repealed, 2010. [Repealed] |
216. Repealed, 2010. [Repealed] |
217. Repealed, 2010. [Repealed] |
218. Abolition of fee simple determinable and possibility of reverter. |
219. Termination after thirty years of rights of entry created after July 1, 1960. |
220. Repealed, 1960. [Repealed] |
221. Termination and preservation of forfeiture restrictions created before July 1, 1960. |
222. Exceptions to KRS 381.219 and 381.221. |
223. Application of KRS 381.218, 381.219, 381.221, 381.222, and 381.223. |
224. Rule against perpetuities abrogated. |
225. Permissible period of power of alienation under trust -- Future interest. |
230. Possession unnecessary in action for trespass. |
231. Definitions. |
232. Liability for certain injuries. |
240. Title to land in adverse possession not to be certified. |
250. Certification prohibited when more than one patent. |
260. Grants-in-aid of charity valid. |
270. Gift to charity not defeated for want of trustee. |
280. Forfeiture of right to property for killing or victimizing decedent -- Exemptions -- Escheat to elder and vulnerable victims trust fund. |
290. Rights of alien intending to be naturalized. |
300. Realty of nonresident alien liable to escheat after eight years unless he becomes citizen. |
310. Spouses and children of citizens -- Property rights. |
320. Alien's right as to personalty -- As to realty if resident. |
330. Nonresident alien -- Rights as to real property inherited. |
340. Nonresident alien -- Distribution of property on death of. |
350. Waste by tenant for life or years -- Forfeiture -- Damages. |
360. Remainderman or reversioner may bring action for waste. |
370. Action by heir for waste done in ancestor's lifetime. |
380. Waste by seller before delivery of possession. |
390. Waste by joint tenant. |
400. Damages when waste wantonly committed. |
410. Action against representative of tenant -- Revivor. |
420. Waste committed while action pending -- Receiver -- Injunction. |
430. Possession of minerals and other interests in land -- Effect on possession of surface. |
440. Excavations in a city of the first class and consolidated local government -- Protection of adjacent property. |
445. Repealed, 1966. [Repealed] |
450. Tenants may remove improvements from city lots, when. |
460. Occupant in good faith to be paid for improvements. |
470. Proceedings to ascertain value of improvements. |
480. Oath of jurors. |
490. Inquest -- Proceedings -- Duty of court. |
500. Assessment of damages. |
510. Inquest may be quashed and new writ awarded. |
520. Witnesses -- How summoned. |
530. Copies of inquest -- Fees of sheriff. |
540. Trial on return of inquest -- Rents. |
550. Lien of occupant. |
560. Judgment for lien satisfied if all land taken. |
570. Growing crop. |
580. Repealed, 1976. [Repealed] |
590. Repealed, 1976. [Repealed] |
600. Repealed, 1976. [Repealed] |
610. Repealed, 1976. [Repealed] |
620. Repealed, 1976. [Repealed] |
630. Repealed, 1976. [Repealed] |
635. Right of condemnation of underground passageway to mine. |
636. Findings required by commissioners in condemnation of underground passageway -- Basis of compensation -- Immediate possession. |
640. Joint owners of private passway to share costs. |
650. Enforcement of payment of joint expenses. |
660. Condemnation for underground water pipes. |
670. Owner's consent required for certain routes. |
680. Person condemning land may enter it, when. |
690. Protection of burial grounds by cities. |
695. Repealed, 1978. [Repealed] |
697. Cemeteries maintained by legal owners. |
700. Care of burial grounds by owners. |
710. Evidence of dedication or use of land as burying ground. |
715. Burial rights in cemetery lots -- Abandonment -- Resale by cemetery. |
720. Abandoned cemetery in certain cities, proceedings to vest title in city. |
730. Notice of suit. |
740. Assertion of claim to compensation for value of interest in cemetery or lot. |
750. Judgment -- Removal of bodies and monuments. |
755. Removal of grave or cemetery on application of landowner or county -- Procedure -- Expenses. |
760. Cost of proceeding -- Burden of proof. |
765. Disinterment, removal, and reinterment of graves by Commonwealth, political subdivision or electric power company; Removal by licensed funeral director. |
767. Contracts exempt from KRS 381.765. |
770. Abatement of nuisance -- Exceptions -- Enforcement ordinance -- Lien -- Personal liability of property owner. |
775. Voluntary agreement with property owner for demolition or removal or dilapidated building. |
780. Removal of open toilets in city of first or second class -- City's lien on property for cost of removal. |
Horizontal Property Law |
805. Short title. |
810. Definitions for KRS 381.805 to 381.910. |
815. Establishment of a condominium property regime. |
820. Conveyance of units -- Recordation. |
825. Joint or common ownership. |
827. Requirements for subdividing units. |
830. Ownership of unit -- Use of general common elements. |
835. Recording -- Requirements of master deed or lease -- Record of floor plans. |
837. Master deed exceptions. |
840. Individual deeds -- Contents. |
845. Repealed, 1974. [Repealed] |
850. Waiver of regime -- Effect of encumbrances. |
855. Subsequent reestablishment of regime. |
860. Administration of building. |
865. Repealed, 2012. [Repealed] |
870. Maintenance -- Pro rata contribution -- Adjustments. |
875. Exemptions. |
880. Repealed, 1966. [Repealed] |
883. Lien for unpaid assessments -- Foreclosure -- Suit. |
885. Insurance. |
890. Destruction -- Reconstruction. |
895. Repealed, 1974 [Repealed] |
897. Individual and common liabilities for injuries or damages. |
900. Tax assessments -- Individual liability -- Forfeiture or sale. |
905. Interpretation of KRS 381.805 to 381.910. |
910. Planning and zoning. |
KENTUCKY CONDOMINIUM ACT |
9101. Short title for KRS 381.9101 to 381.9207. |
9103. Application and construction of KRS 381.9101 to 381.9207. |
9105. Definitions for KRS 381.9101 to 381.9207. |
9107. Variation by agreement. |
9109. Separate assessments, titles, and taxation. |
9111. Applicability of local ordinances, regulations, building codes, or other real estate use law. |
9113. Eminent domain. |
9115. Supplemental general principles of law applicable to KRS 381.9101 to 381.9207. |
9117. Construction against implicit repeal of KRS 381.9101 to 381.9207. |
9119. Purposes and policies of KRS 381.9101 to 381.9207 -- Kentucky Condominium Act to be liberally construed. |
9121. Severability of invalid provision or application. |
9123. Obligation of good faith. |
Creation, Alteration, and Termination of Condominiums |
9125. Creation of condominium. |
9127. Unit boundaries. |
9129. Construction and validity of declaration and bylaws. |
9131. Description of units. |
9133. Contents of declaration. |
9135. Leasehold condominiums. |
9137. Allocation of common element interests, votes, and common expense liabilities. |
9139. Limited common elements. |
9141. Plats and plans. |
9143. Exercise of development rights. |
9145. Alteration of units. |
9147. Relocation of boundaries between adjoining units. |
9149. Subdivision of units. |
9151. Easement for encroachments. |
9153. Easement rights. |
9155. Amendment of declaration. |
9157. Termination of condominium. |
9159. Rights of secured lenders. |
9161. Master associations. |
9163. Merger or consolidation of condominiums. |
Management of Condominium |
9165. Organization of unit owners' association. |
9167. Powers of unit owners' association -- Emergency assessments. |
9169. Executive board members and officers. |
9170. Discharge of board member's duties -- Standards for monetary damages and injunctive relief. |
9171. Transfer of special declarant rights. |
9173. Bylaws. |
9175. Upkeep of condominium -- Expenses and income in connection with real estate subject to development rights. |
9177. Meetings of the association. |
9179. Quorums. |
9181. Voting -- Proxies. |
9183. Tort and contract liability. |
9185. Conveyance or encumbrance of common elements. |
9187. Insurance. |
9189. Surplus funds. |
9191. Assessments for common expenses. |
9193. Lien for assessments. |
9195. Other liens affecting the condominium. |
9197. Association records -- Financial report. |
9199. Association as trustee. |
Protection of Condominium Purchasers |
9201. Applicability of KRS 381.9201, 381.9205, and 381.9207 -- Modification or waiver by agreement -- Certificate not required in certain cases. |
9203. Documentation to be furnished by seller of unit -- Certificate. |
9205. Release of liens. |
9207. Declarant's obligation to complete and restore. |
Mineral Deeds |
930. Purposes of KRS 381.935 to 381.945. |
935. Definitions. |
940. Rules of construction for mineral deeds relating to coal extraction. |
945. Written agreement in deed directing how surface to be reclaimed. |
Penalties |
990. Penalties. |