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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 164.100 (2026)

University of Kentucky recognized

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The University of Kentucky located at Lexington, is recognized as established and maintained. It is the institution that was founded under the land grant of 1862 by the Congress of the United States under the corporate designation and title of "Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky." The university shall be maintained by the state with such endowments, incomes, buildings and equipment as will enable it to do work such as is done in other institutions of corresponding rank, both undergraduate and postgraduate, and embracing the work of instruction as well as research. Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4527-11.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1949–1997 · leading case: Withers v. Univ. of Kentucky, 939 S.W.2d 340 (Ky. 1997).
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Withers v. Univ. of Kentucky, 939 S.W.2d 340 (Ky. 1997). · cites it 2× “It is the institution that was founded under the land grant of 1862 by the Congress of the United States under the corporate designation and title of "Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky.”
Bd. of Trs. of Univ. of Kentucky v. Pub. Employees Council No. 51 Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees, 571 S.W.2d 616 (Ky. 1978). “” The Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky is a body corporate existing by virtue of KRS 164.100 et seq. and is charged with the responsibility of operating and maintaining the University of Kentucky.”
Johnson v. Bd. of Trs. of Univ. of Kentucky, 83 F. Supp. 707 (E.D. Ky. 1949). · cites it 2× “KRS §§ 164.100, 164.120. 2. The University of Kentucky is owned by the Commonwealth of Kentucky and is supported, maintained and -operated by the public funds of the State.”
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