§ 416.010 Institution of condemnation action by railroad
§ 416.090 Railroad right-of-way cannot be condemned
§ 416.100 Condemnation by county judge/executive for road purposes
§ 416.110 Condemnation by fiscal court for road purposes
§ 416.130 Dam and electric companies may make surveys and condemn property
§ 416.140 Companies transmitting or selling electricity, gas, or gasoline may acquire rights for lines and appliances along roads and streams
§ 416.150 Condemnation by telephone companies
§ 416.210 Right of burial association or corporation to condemn land for cemetery — Governmental approval needed — Procedure
§ 416.220 Owner of real estate providing public sleeping accommodations and meals — Condemnation for water supply — Furnishing of water to owner of property condemned
§ 416.230 Condemnation for oil or gas pipelines and related facilities — Petition
§ 416.330 Limitation on right of ingress and egress for pipeline
§ 416.340 Water associations may condemn property
§ 416.350 Right of condemnation by owner to gain ingress or egress to public road
§ 416.360 Acquisition of real property necessary to locate or relocate public utility facilities by public agency with power of eminent domain for public improvement projects
§ 416.540 Definitions for KRS 416.540 to 416.670
§ 416.550 Right to condemn
§ 416.560 Initiation of condemnation proceedings — Costs — Right of entry — Damages
§ 416.570 Filing of petition
§ 416.580 Commissioners — Appointment — Report — Compensation — Vacancy — Majority required — Eminent domain proceedings
§ 416.590 Issuing summons
§ 416.600 Filing answer
§ 416.610 Trial by court on pleadings — Interlocutory judgment
§ 416.620 Trial of exceptions to interlocutory judgment — Questions as to compensation to be tried by jury — Appeals
§ 416.630 Money paid into court
§ 416.640 Conflicting claimants to condemned land
§ 416.650 Proceedings governed by Rules of Civil Procedure
§ 416.660 Standards for determining compensation — Changes in value — Taking date
§ 416.670 Limitations on condemnation powers — Rights of current landowner
§ 416.675 Public use required — No condemnation for indirect benefit — Exemption
§ 416.680 Short title
§ 416.990 Penalties
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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 416 - Eminent Domain

  • Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • 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.
  • Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • City: includes town. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Company: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, person, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • 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
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • real estate: includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interest therein, other than a chattel interest. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Sworn: includes "affirmed" in all cases in which an affirmation may be substituted for an oath. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.