(1) (a) The Department of Revenue shall prepare detailed maps identifying every parcel of real property within each county of the state. Each county shall furnish to the department adequate facilities in the county courthouse in which to work.
(b) The Department of Revenue shall prescribe methods and specifications for the mapping of property. Pursuant to KRS § 42.655, the Department of Revenue shall prescribe methods and specifications which are compatible with use by the Commonwealth Office of Technology’s geographic information clearinghouse, shall whenever possible use nonlicensed data, and shall whenever possible consolidate its mapping efforts into multiagency projects to minimize redundancy and lower overall costs.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 132.670

  • County: means any county, consolidated local government, urban-county government, unified local government, or charter county government. See Kentucky Statutes 132.010
  • Department: means the Department of Revenue. See Kentucky Statutes 132.010
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(c) Personnel authorized to assist in making property identification maps under this section may be given the same authority as a deputy property valuation administrator. Locally employed mapping project personnel shall be compensated in the same manner as deputies or assistants in the property valuation administrator’s office.
(2) The Department of Revenue shall conduct a biennial review of the quality of maps and ownership records in each county. If, in the first review conducted under these provisions, the maps and records in any county fail to meet the minimum standards established by the department, the department shall assume responsibility for remapping, revision, and updating under the provisions of subsection (1) of this section. Minimum maintenance standards to be followed by each property valuation administrator shall be established by the department.
Effective: July 14, 2022
History: Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 229, sec. 8, effective July 14, 2022. — Amended
2005 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 217, effective June 20, 2005. — Repealed and reenacted
1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. V, sec. 330, effective July 13, 1990. — Amended 1988
Ky. Acts ch. 418, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1988. — Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 388, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1982. — Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 261, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980. — Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 308, sec. 29. — Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 364, sec. 1. — Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 186, Art. I, sec. 15, effective June 16, 1960. — Amended 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 5, sec. 1. — Created 1949 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 5, sec. 3.