§ 383.010 Recovery of rent — Interest — Persons entitled to and liable for
§ 383.020 Property subject to distress or attachment for rent — Damages for illegal distraint, attachment, or wrongful removal
§ 383.030 Attachment for rent — Procedure
§ 383.070 Lien for rent — Priority of
§ 383.080 Rights of other lienholders on property of tenant as against landlord
§ 383.085 Assistance animals — Reasonable accommodations in dwellings — Limitation of liability — Penalty for misrepresentation of an assistance animal
§ 383.090 Recovery of rent in absence of written contract
§ 383.100 Attornment — When void — When unnecessary
§ 383.110 Landlord’s lien for money or supplies furnished — Enforcement of lien
§ 383.120 Contract for portion of crop for rent — Rights of landlord — Purchasers of crops
§ 383.130 Tenancy under contract to labor forfeited by breach
§ 383.160 Holding over beyond term — Tenancy created by — Rights of parties
§ 383.170 Buildings destroyed without fault of tenant — Replacement of, and rent on
§ 383.180 Conveyance of greater estate than owned, and assignment of tenancy — Effect
§ 383.190 Death of tenant for life — Effect on lease of tenant for year
§ 383.195 Termination of tenancy at will or by sufferance
§ 383.200 Definitions of forcible entry and detainer
§ 383.205 Time when tenancy created immaterial
§ 383.210 Issual and form of warrant — Jury not summoned unless demanded
§ 383.215 Execution of warrant
§ 383.220 Return of warrant — Jury — Oath
§ 383.230 Witnesses, subpoenas and coercion of attendance
§ 383.235 Verdict — Procedure in case of disagreement
§ 383.240 Form of judgment
§ 383.245 Proceedings upon failure to file appeal — Form and issual of warrant of restitution
§ 383.250 Preservation of papers, records and proceedings — Transcript
§ 383.255 Time for filing appeal — Deposit of money with clerk — Return of papers or transcript to circuit court
§ 383.260 Recovery of damages and expenses
§ 383.270 Proceedings on judgments of circuit court
§ 383.275 Restraint of waste
§ 383.280 Actions for trespass, waste, rent or profits not barred
§ 383.285 Limitation of action
§ 383.300 Protections for person with rental or lease agreement who is protected by domestic violence order or interpersonal protective order
§ 383.302 Prohibited inclusion in rental or lease agreement of authority to terminate on the basis of tenant’s request for assistance in emergencies
§ 383.500 Local governments authorized to adopt provisions of the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act in their entirety and without amendment
§ 383.505 Purposes — Policies
§ 383.510 Principles of law and equity
§ 383.515 Construction
§ 383.520 Administration of remedies — Enforcement
§ 383.525 Settlement of disputed claim or right
§ 383.535 Exclusions from application
§ 383.540 Jurisdiction — Service of process
§ 383.545 Definitions
§ 383.550 “Good faith” obligation
§ 383.555 Unconscionability
§ 383.560 Notice
§ 383.565 Terms and conditions of rental agreement
§ 383.570 Prohibited provisions
§ 383.575 Separation of rents and obligations
§ 383.580 Security deposits
§ 383.585 Disclosure
§ 383.590 Possession of premises
§ 383.595 Landlord’s maintenance obligations and agreements
§ 383.600 Limitation of liability
§ 383.605 Tenant’s maintenance obligations
§ 383.610 Rules and regulations
§ 383.615 Access
§ 383.620 Tenant’s use and occupancy
§ 383.625 Noncompliance by landlord
§ 383.630 Landlord’s failure to deliver possession
§ 383.635 Remedies for noncompliance that affects health and safety
§ 383.640 Wrongful failure to supply essential services
§ 383.645 Landlord’s noncompliance as defense to action for possession or rent
§ 383.650 Fire or casualty damage
§ 383.655 Tenant’s remedies for unlawful ouster, exclusion or diminution of service
§ 383.660 Tenant’s noncompliance with rental agreement — Failure to pay rent
§ 383.665 Tenant’s failure to maintain
§ 383.670 Remedies for absence, nonuse and abandonment
§ 383.675 Waiver of landlord’s right to terminate
§ 383.680 Landlord’s lien or security interest — Distraint for rent
§ 383.685 Remedy after termination
§ 383.690 Recovery of possession limited
§ 383.695 Periodic tenancy — Holdover remedies
§ 383.700 Remedies for abuse of access
§ 383.705 Retaliatory conduct
§ 383.715 Title of law
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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 383 - Rental of Property -- Forcible Entry and Detainer -- Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act

  • Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Animal: includes every warm-blooded living creature except a human being. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Business trust: includes , except when utilized in KRS Chapter 386, a "statutory trust" as organized under KRS Chapter 386A. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Certified mail: means any method of governmental, commercial, or electronic delivery that allows a document or package to have proof of:
    (a) Sending the document or package. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • City: includes town. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Corporation: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Domestic: when applied to a corporation, partnership, business trust, or limited liability company, means all those incorporated or formed by authority of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • 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.
  • Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Livestock: means cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, alpacas, llamas, buffaloes, or any other animals of the bovine, ovine, porcine, caprine, equine, or camelid species. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Month: means calendar month. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Owner: when applied to any animal, means any person having a property interest in such animal. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
  • Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010