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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 13.081 (2026)

Repealed, 1974

✓ current as of May 2026
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Catchline at repeal: Administrative bodies may adopt regulations -- Effect -- Limitation. History: Repealed 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 73, sec. 7, effective April 13, 1974. -- Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 180, sec. 2. -- Created 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 97, sec. 2, para. 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1965–2019 · leading case: Hargis v. Baize, 168 S.W.3d 36 (Ky. 2005).
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Hargis v. Baize, 168 S.W.3d 36 (Ky. 2005). · cites it 12× “081 provided that all administrative regulations "have the force and effect of law," they had the same effect as statutes or ordinances enacted directly by the General Assembly; thus, the violation of an administrative regulation is the equivalent of a violation of a statute,…”
Centre Coll. v. Trzop, 127 S.W.3d 562 (Ky. 2004). · cites it 6× “We would point out that in Rietze, supra , our predecessor court held "Administrative regulations, properly adopted and filed have the force and effect of law, KRS 13.081, and as observed by Chief Judge Swinford in Home Insurance Co.”
Dutton v. McFarland, 199 S.W.3d 771 (Ky. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 3× “Williams, 5 which held that since properly adopted administrative regulations have the force and effect of law pursuant to KRS 13.081, the “noncompliance with applicable safety laws and regulations [which] results in injuries of the kind the laws or regulations are designed to…”
Rietze v. Williams Ex Rel. Williams, 458 S.W.2d 613 (Ky. Ct. App. 1970). “Administrative regulations properly adopted and filed have the force and effect of law, KRS 13.081, and as observed by Chief Judge Swinford in Home Insurance Co.”
Harrison's Sanitarium, Inc. v. Commonwealth, Dep't of Health, 417 S.W.2d 137 (Ky. Ct. App. 1967). “KRS 13.081. Procedures designed to afford hearings to licensees and applicants for licenses are not applicable to the formulation of legislative regulations.”
Bruce v. Alley, 391 S.W.2d 678 (Ky. Ct. App. 1965). “KRS 13.081 authorizes the Kentucky Department of Safety to adopt reasonable rules and regulations pertaining to installation of gas furnaces such as we have in the present case.”
Suzanne Waugh v. Carol Parker (Ky. 2019). “Second, the facts in Rietze were such that the tenant did not know and could not have known with reasonable inspection that the water heater had been improperly installed by the landlord’s contractor.”
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