Whenever the fiscal court of any county deems it to be in the best interest of the county to acquire the fee simple title to any real property within such county for any administrative or governmental purpose in addition to those now provided for by law and the fiscal court is unable to contract with the owner of the land, required for such purpose, for its purchase or to acquire the same by gift, the land may be condemned under the procedure set forth in the Eminent Domain Act of Kentucky, and said fiscal court may appropriate funds to pay for said real property.
History: Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 140, sec. 23. — Created 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 94, sec. 1.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 67.085

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Owner: when applied to any animal, means any person having a property interest in such animal. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
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