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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 212.620 (2026)

Abatement of nuisances -- Enforcement of orders

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(1) Whenever any such aforesaid nuisance, source of filth, or cause or probable cause of sickness, shall be found by the board to exist on any private or public property within such county, including the municipalities therein, in violation of said laws or regulations, which said violation injuriously affects or may affect the health of the residents of said county or section thereof, the board shall have the power and authority to order in writing the owner or occupant or user thereof, by appropriate action, at the expense of such owner, occupant or user, to correct and remove said nuisance, source of filth, or cause or probable cause of sickness, within twenty-four

(24) hours or within such reasonable time as the board may order.

(2) In case of a failure on the part of any person, firm or corporation, or persons, firms or corporations, to comply with any lawful order of the board, or with process, or in case of the refusal of any witness to testify concerning any matter on which he may be lawfully interrogated, the Circuit Court or a judge thereof, having jurisdiction in such county, may, on application of the board or of any member thereof, compel obedience by proceedings for contempt as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from such a court, or a refusal to testify therein. History: Created 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 41, sec. 20.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1948–1998 · leading case: Democratic Party of Kentucky v. Graham, 976 S.W.2d 423 (Ky. 1998).
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Democratic Party of Kentucky v. Graham, 976 S.W.2d 423 (Ky. 1998). · cites it 2× “130 (fire protection districts-employee discipline); KRS 212.620(1) (local public health programs-abatement of public health nuisance orders); KRS 250.”
Louisville & Jefferson Cnty. Metro. Sewer Dist. v. Douglass Hills Sanitation Facility, 592 S.W.2d 142 (Ky. 1979). “KRS 212.620. In keeping with fundamental due process, however, notice and hearing are prerequisite to any such action.”
City of Louisville v. Nat'l Carbide Corp., 81 F. Supp. 177 (W.D. Ky. 1948). · cites it 2× “Section 212.620 of the Statute is as follows : “(1) Whenever any such aforesaid nuisance, source of filth, or cause or probable cause of sickness, shall be found by the board to exist on any private or public property within such county, including the municipalities therein, in…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 212.620(1) — 1 case
Democratic Party of Kentucky v. Graham, 976 S.W.2d 423 (Ky. 1998). “130 (fire protection districts-employee discipline); KRS 212.620(1) (local public health programs-abatement of public health nuisance orders); KRS 250.”
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