Title XXI, Agriculture and Animals
16 chapters · 847 sections in this title.
KRS § 256.010 Definitions
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(1) "Lawful fence" means: (a) A strong and sound fence, four (4) feet high, so close that cattle cannot creep through, made of rails, or plank, or wire and plank, or iron, or hedge, or stone or brick; or (b) A ditch three (3) feet deep and three (3) feet broad, with a hedge two (…
KRS § 256.020 Agreement for division fence -- Effect
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(1) Persons owning adjoining lands may agree to erect division fences between them and keep them in repair. (2) If the agreement is reduced to writing, signed by the parties to it and acknowledged or proven, as deeds are required to be, it may be entered of record in the office o…
KRS § 256.030 Adjoining owners to maintain fence -- Liability for trespassing livestock
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livestock. (1) When a division fence exists by agreement, acquiescence or compulsion, under this section or KRS 256.042, each party shall keep a lawful fence on his portion of the line. If one party fails to do so, the person failing shall be liable for all the damages to trees, …
KRS § 256.042 Action to require construction or replacement of a farm boundary line fence -- Apportionment of cost -- Enforcement of lien
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fence -- Apportionment of cost -- Enforcement of lien. (1) The District Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all actions arising under this section or KRS 256.030. (2) The owner of a parcel of real estate used for agricultural purposes may file an action in the District C…
KRS § 256.045 Short title
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KRS 256.030 and 256.042 shall be cited as the Kentucky Boundary Line Fence Act.
KRS § 256.060 Repealed, 1988
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250.060 Repealed, 1988. Catchline at repeal: Notice required prior to removal of fence.
KRS § 256.080 Liability when livestock enter through lawful fence -- Lien on livestock
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livestock. If any livestock enter into any land over or through a lawful fence, the owner or manager of the livestock shall for the first trespass be liable to the owner or occupant of that land for damages to his or her trees, grass, grain, crops, livestock or land as he or she …
KRS § 256.090 Liability when livestock break owner's fence and enter uninclosed land
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land. If the owner or bailee of livestock has a lawful fence, and his or her livestock break through or over the fence and upon the premises of another which are not enclosed by a lawful fence, he or she shall not be responsible for the first trespass, but shall be liable for all…
KRS § 256.100 Railroad treated as other landowners, in respect to fences
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A railroad shall be on equal terms and obligations with other landowners owning adjoining lands in this state.
KRS § 256.110 Railroad and adjoining owner to maintain fence
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Except as otherwise provided in KRS 256.130, 256.160 and 256.170, every railroad shall construct and maintain a good lawful fence on one-half (1/2) of the distance of the division line between its right-of-way and the adjoining lands, and every owner of lands adjoining the right-…
KRS § 256.120 Railroad or adjoining owner may require other to erect portion of fence
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(1) When a railroad or the owner of lands adjoining the railroad right-of-way constructs a good lawful fence on the division line between the right-of-way and the lands adjoining the right-of-way for one-half (1/2) the length of the line, and the other party has not constructed t…
KRS § 256.130 Railroad to erect entire fence if given right-of-way
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When the owner of any lands, or any immediate or remote grantor or vendor of the owner, has given to a railroad, after February 25, 1893, a right-of-way through the lands free of charge, the entire fencing on the division lines between such lands and the right- of-way of the rail…
KRS § 256.140 Owner who erected entire fence may remove half
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Any landowner who has already erected a lawful fence along the whole distance of the division line between his land and the right-of-way of a railroad may, in the absence of any agreement to the contrary, move one-half (1/2) of the fence, after giving three (3) months' notice to …
KRS § 256.150 Railroad to erect cattle guards
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All railroads shall erect and maintain cattle guards at all terminal points of fences constructed along their lines, except at points where the lines are not required to be fenced on both sides, and at public crossings. Where there is a private passway across the railroad, the la…
KRS § 256.160 Exemptions from KRS 256.100 to 256.170
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KRS 256.100 to 256.170 shall not: (1) Apply in any case where any railroad has furnished the material to construct a fence or condemned its right-of-way, and paid the owner or his vendor damages, in the estimation of which the cost of fencing was taken into consideration; (2) App…
KRS § 256.170 Parallel railroads need not have fence between them
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Where the lands or rights-of-way of two (2) railroads adjoin and run parallel with no tillable or grazing lands between their rights-of-way, the railroad need not build any fence along its side next to the other railroad, unless the other railroad has first built its half along t…
KRS § 256.990 Penalties
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Any person who violates subsection (3) of KRS 256.120 shall be fined one dollar ($1) for each day, after the expiration of the time in which the fence should have been constructed, until the fence is constructed.