352.500 Rights of adjoining owners.
(1)
(2)
Each owner, tenant or occupant of land on which a mine is opened and worked, or
his superintendent, shall permit any person interested in or having title to any land
adjoining the mined property to have ingress and egress with surveyors and
assistants to explore and survey the mine at his own expense once a month for the
purpose of ascertaining whether or not KRS 352.490 has been violated.
If the right granted in subsection (1) is refused, complaint may be made before the
District Court of the county in which the mine is located, and the court shall issue a
summons to the owner, tenant, occupant or superintendent to answer the complaint.
On the return of the summons executed, and proof that the complainant has right of
entry and has been refused without sufficient cause, the court shall designate an
early and convenient time for the entry to be made, and issue an order commanding
the sheriff of the county to attend and prevent obstructions and impediments to the
entry, exploration and survey. The cost of summons and the fee of the sheriff shall
be paid by the person whose refusal occasioned the complaint, unless the court
dismisses the complaint, in which case the party making the complaint shall pay the
cost and sheriff's fee. Either party may appeal as in other actions.
History: Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 281. -- Amended 1972
Ky. Acts ch. 303, sec. 45. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective
October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2739-52,
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