Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 242.340 (2026)

Action to enjoin nuisance

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(1) Any Commonwealth's attorney, county attorney or private citizen may maintain an action in equity in the name of the state to enjoin any nuisance described by KRS 242.310.

(2) No bond shall be required in instituting proceedings under this section. Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2554c-25.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1949–1964 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Covington, 231 S.W.2d 67 (Ky. Ct. App. 1950).

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Commonwealth v. Covington, 231 S.W.2d 67 (Ky. Ct. App. 1950). “Acting under authority of KRS 242.340, the county attorney of Graves County instituted action against *460 Covington, and the premises involved, to abate an alleged nuisance.”

Collett v. Commonwealth, 223 S.W.2d 877 (Ky. Ct. App. 1949). “KRS 242.340 provides that any Commonwealth’s attorney may maintain an action in equity in the name of the state to enjoin any nuisance described in KRS 242.”

Osborne v. Commonwealth, 223 S.W.2d 894 (Ky. Ct. App. 1949). “KRS 242.340 provides that any Commonwealth’s attorney may maintain an action in equity in the name of the state to enjoin any nuisance described in KRS 242.”

Commonwealth ex rel. Williams v. Wilson, 381 S.W.2d 620 (Ky. Ct. App. 1964). · cites it 2× “KRS 242.340 and 350 provide lesser remedies and penalties in the form of injunction, abatement, imposition of bond, and padlocking.”

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