Kentucky Revised Statutes
Ky. Rev. Stat. § 381.460 (2026)
Occupant in good faith to be paid for improvements
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If any person, believing himself to be the owner by reason of a claim in law or equity founded on a public record, peacefully occupies and improves any land, and the land, upon judicial investigation, is held to belong to another, the value of the improvements shall be paid by the successful party to the occupant, or the person under whom and for whom he entered and holds, before the court rendering judgment or decree of eviction causes the possession to be delivered to the successful party. Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 3728.
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case, 1957–1957 · leading case: Rice v. Merritt, 310 S.W.2d 529 (Ky. Ct. App. 1957).
Rice v. Merritt, 310 S.W.2d 529 (Ky. Ct. App. 1957). “We do not regard the finding as being clearly erroneous and therefore cannot set aside the judgment on that account.”
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