For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter and the State Plumbing Code, officers, agents, and inspectors of the department shall have the power and authority to enter upon premises at all reasonable times for the purpose of making inspections, to interrogate all persons and to require the production of plumbing installation permits and other evidence. Officers, agents, and inspectors of the department are empowered to issue a stop order to any owner, agent, or occupant of real property whenever the plumbing thereon is found by the officer, agent or inspector of the department to be in violation of this chapter or the State Plumbing Code.
Effective: July 15, 2010

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 318.170

  • Code: means the Kentucky State Plumbing Code. See Kentucky Statutes 318.010
  • Department: means Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction. See Kentucky Statutes 318.010
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Owner: when applied to any animal, means any person having a property interest in such animal. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Plumbing: means the art of installing in buildings the pipes for distributing the water supply, the fixtures for using water and drainage pipes for removing waste water and sewage, together with fittings, appurtenances, and appliances of various kinds, all within or adjacent to the building. See Kentucky Statutes 318.010
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1690, effective July 15, 2010. — Created
1960 Ky. Acts ch. 222, sec. 23, effective June 16, 1960.

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