Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 383.500 (2026)

Local governments authorized to adopt provisions of the Uniform

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Act in their entirety and without amendment. The General Assembly hereby authorizes cities, counties and urban-county governments to enact the provisions of the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act as set forth in KRS 383.505 to 383.705. If adopted, these provisions shall be adopted in their entirety and without amendment. No other ordinance shall be enacted by a city, county or urban- county government which relates to the subjects embraced in KRS 383.505 to 383.705. Effective: July 13, 1984 History: Created 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 176, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 9 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 2004–2024 · leading case: Miller v. Cundiff, 245 S.W.3d 786 (Ky. Ct. App. 2007).

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Miller v. Cundiff, 245 S.W.3d 786 (Ky. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “Thereafter, she brought this action against Cundiff, seeking damages for her injuries under the Uniform Residential Landlord Tenant Act (“URLTA”), KRS 383.500 et seq., which has been adopted in Pulaski County.”

Cabinet for Health & Fam. v. J.M.G., 475 S.W.3d 600 (Ky. 2015). “That term still occurs outside the Penal Code, however, as, for example, in the Uniform Residential Landlord and -Tenant Act (KRS 383.500 — 383,705), where it is defined as “with deliberate intention, not accidentally or inadvertently, and done according to a purpose.”

Caudill v. Acton, 175 S.W.3d 617 (Ky. Ct. App. 2004). “Under KRS 383.500, any city, county or urban county government which enacts the provisions of the Act must do so "in their entirety and without amendment.”

James Javonte Crite v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. 2024). · cites it 2× “5 See KRS 383.500 (authorizing cities, counties, and urban-county governments to enact provisions of URLTA).”

Ricky Young v. William House (Ky. Ct. App. 2022). “2 In accordance with KRS 383.500, URLTA was enacted without amendment by Pulaski County, Ky.”

Melinda Cantrell v. Kelly Conley (Ky. Ct. App. 2023). “KRS 383.500. Cantrell has not identified nor has our research revealed any ordinance by which -7- Johnson County or the City of Oil Springs have adopted the URLTA.”

Denton Treadway v. Chapman Rentals, LLC (Ky. Ct. App. 2024). “Appellant filed suit, alleging (1) negligence; (2) negligence per se based on violations of the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, KRS 383.500 et seq. (URLTA); and (3) violation of URLTA and Covington’s ordinance requiring tempered glass – itself an adoption of URLTA.”

Suzanne Waugh v. Carol Parker (Ky. 2019). “590 provides in relevant part that “[a]t the commencement of the term a landlord shall deliver possession of the premises to the tenant in compliance with the rental agreement and KRS 383.”

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