An authority shall have the right to acquire by condemnation any real property which it may deem necessary for its purposes under KRS § 80.320 to KRS § 80.610 after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the real property described therein is necessary for such purposes. Proceedings for such condemnation shall be in accordance with the Eminent Domain Act of Kentucky and shall be conducted in the name of the authority by the attorney designated by the authority, and the judgment of the court shall vest title in fee simple to the property condemned in the authority.
Effective: July 13, 1984

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 80.540

  • Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • authority: means any housing authority created pursuant to this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 80.010
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Real property: includes all lands, including improvements and fixtures thereon, and property of any nature appurtenant thereto, or used in connection therewith, and every estate, interest and right, legal or equitable, therein, including terms for years and liens by way of judgment, mortgage, or otherwise and the indebtedness secured by such liens. See Kentucky Statutes 80.010
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

History: Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 361, sec. 34, effective July 13, 1984. — Amended
1976 Ky. Acts ch. 140, sec. 28. –Amended 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 160, sec. 1, effective
June 19, 1958. — Created 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 70, sec. 24.

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