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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 227 FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
227.270 Jurisdiction of state fire marshal -- Rights of entry for inspections and investigations.
Download pdfoffice by law or regulation and all laws, ordinances, regulations and orders designed
to protect the public from fire loss. (2) The state fire marshal or his employee or appointee may, without delay or advance notice and at all reasonable hours of the day or night, enter in or upon any property
to make an inspection or investigation for the purpose of preventing fire loss or
determining the origin of any fire, but this subsection shall apply to the interior of
private, occupied dwellings only when a fire has occurred therein or when the
officer has reason to believe that unsafe fire conditions exist in the building. (3) No person shall obstruct, hinder or delay such an officer in the performance of his duty. Effective: June 17, 1978
History: Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 305, sec. 8, effective June 17, 1978. -- Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 201, sec. 8.
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