Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 416.150 (2026)

Condemnation by telephone companies

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Any telephone company desiring to condemn a right-of-way under the authority of subsection (2) of KRS 278.540 shall proceed pursuant to the Eminent Domain Act of Kentucky. History: Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 140, sec. 124. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4679c-3, 4679d-2.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 2010–2018 · leading case: Sprint Commc'ns Co., LP v. Leggett, 307 S.W.3d 109 (Ky. 2010).

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Sprint Commc'ns Co., LP v. Leggett, 307 S.W.3d 109 (Ky. 2010). · cites it 2× “540(2) and KRS 416.150, and therefore, has a limited power to condemn a right of way across private property.”

Lexington-Fayette Urban Cnty. Gov't v. Justin T. Moore (Ky. 2018). “540(2)5 and KRS 416.150,6 was limited to the power to condemn land for a “right of way” across private property.”

Albert Leggett III as Tr. of the Albert E. Leggett Fam. Trust v. Sprint Commc'ns Co., L.P. (Ky. 2010). “On December 19, 2001, Sprint filed the condemnation action to take the Leggett property, alleging in its complaint that it "possess[ed] the power to acquire real property through the exercise of eminent domain exercised pursuant to KRS 416.150 and KRS 278 .540 ." Sprint also…”

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