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2019 Kentucky Revised Statutes
Chapter 383 - Landlord and tenant
383.200 Definitions of forcible entry and detainer.

Universal Citation: KY Rev Stat § 383.200 (2019)
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383.200 Definitions of forcible entry and detainer. (1) (2) (3) The words "possession," "entry," "detainer," in KRS 383.200 to 383.285, refer to lands and tenants. A forcible entry is: (a) An entry without the consent of the person having the actual possession; (b) As to landlord, an entry upon the possession of his tenant at will or by sufferance, whether with or without the tenant's consent. A forcible detainer is: (a) The refusal of a tenant to give possession to his landlord after the expiration of his term; or of a tenant at will or by sufferance to give possession to the landlord after the determination of his will; (b) The refusal of a tenant of a person who has made a forcible entry to give possession, on demand, to the person upon whose possession the forcible entry was made; (c) The refusal of a person who has made a forcible entry upon the possession of one who acquired it by a forcible entry to give possession, on demand, to him upon whose possession the first forcible entry was made; (d) The refusal of a person who has made a forcible entry upon the possession of a tenant for a term to deliver possession to the landlord, upon demand, after the term expires; and, if the term expires whilst a writ of forcible entry sued out by the tenant is pending, the landlord may, at his cost and for his benefit, prosecute it in the name of the tenant. Effective: July 1, 1953 History: Transferred 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1, effective July 1, 1953, from C.C. sec. 452.
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