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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 416.600 (2026)

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Any answer or other pleading filed by the owner in response to the summons shall be filed on or before the twenty (20) days after date of service and shall be confined solely to the question of the right of the petitioner to condemn the property sought to be condemned, but without prejudice to the owner's right to except from the amount of the compensation awarded in the manner provided in KRS 416.550 to 416.670. History: Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 140, sec. 8.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1981–2026 · leading case: Ratliff v. Fiscal Court of Caldwell Cty., Ky., 617 S.W.2d 36 (Ky. 1981).
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Ratliff v. Fiscal Court of Caldwell Cty., Ky., 617 S.W.2d 36 (Ky. 1981). · cites it 2× “” KRS 416.600 (emphasis added). The statute directs the condemnee to raise immediately (if at all) the issues of the right to take.”
Bianchi v. City of Harlan, 274 S.W.3d 368 (Ky. 2008). · cites it 2× “Under KRS 416.600, the Bianchis then had twenty days from the date of service to answer the petitions and to challenge the City's right to condemn.”
Commonwealth v. Cooksey, 948 S.W.2d 122 (Ky. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 4× “KRS 416.600 and KRS 416.610(4). Questions concerning compensation are decided by a statutory dispute resolution process whereby three commissioners are appointed (KRS 416.”
Commonwealth, Transp. Cabinet, Dep't of Highways v. Wireman, 714 S.W.2d 159 (Ky. Ct. App. 1986). “The commissioners’ report and award were based on the right of way plans filed by the Commonwealth with the original petition, which did not show a new entrance. The appellees should have filed an answer to the condemnation petition to challenge their remaining access.”
Kipling v. City of White Plains, 80 S.W.3d 776 (Ky. Ct. App. 2001). “590 covers the issuance of the summons to the property owner while KRS 416.600 sets forth what is to be contained in the property owner’s answer to the petition.”
Commonwealth of Kentucky, Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund Bd. v. East Kentucky Power Coop., Inc. (Ky. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 5× “” KRS 416.600[.] The statute directs the condemnee to raise immediately (if at all) the issues of the right to take.”
Field & Main Bank, Inc. F/K/A Ohio Valley Fin. Grp., Inc., Successor by Merger & F/K/A Ohio Valley Bank, Inc., Successor by Conversion to Ohio Valley Nat'l Bank of Henderson v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, Transp. Cabinet, Dep't of Highways (Ky. Ct. App. 2026). “A property owner can appeal the right to take decision before possession is given and before compensation is decided.”
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