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2018 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 416 - EMINENT DOMAIN
.540 Definitions for KRS 416.540 to 416.670.

Universal Citation: KY Rev Stat § 416.540 (2018)
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416.540 Definitions for KRS 416.540 to 416.670. As used in KRS 416.540 to 416.670: (1) "Condemn" means to take private property for a public use under the right of eminent domain; (2) "Condemnor" shall mean and include any person, corporation or entity, including the Commonwealth of Kentucky, its agencies and departments, county, municipality and taxing district authorized and empowered by law to exercise the right of eminent domain; (3) "Condemnee" means the owner of the property interest being taken; (4) "Court" means the Circuit Court; (5) "Eminent domain" means the right of the Commonwealth to take for public use and shall include the right of private persons, corporations, or business entities to do so under authority of law; (6) "Government lien" means any lien established by or in favor of the Commonwealth or a local government under KRS Chapter 65, 82, 91, 91A, or 134; (7) "Local government" means any city, county, urban-county government, consolidated local government, unified local government, or charter county; and (8) "Property" means real or personal property, or both, of any nature or kind that is subject to condemnation. Effective: July 15, 2016 History: Amended 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 127, sec. 9, effective July 15, 2016. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 73, sec. 2, effective July 12, 2006. -- Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 140, sec. 2.
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