All that portion of the bed of the Ohio River, lying north of the thread of the stream,
except accretions to islands privately owned, is declared to be vacant and unappropriated
land, and the county judge/executive of each county bordering on the Ohio River may use
or lease the river bed for county purposes, upon such terms and conditions as to him seem
beneficial to the county. Any contract of leasing made by any such county
judge/executive of such river bed for any sand and gravel rights for or on behalf of the
county conveys full right and title to the lessee to the exclusive use of all sand and gravel
deposits in the river bed to the extent embraced in the lease.
Effective: June 17, 1978
History: Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 126, effective June 17, 1978. --
Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat.
sec. 4702, 4703.
Notes of Decisions
Commonwealth v. Henderson Cnty., 371 S.W.2d 27 (Ky. Ct. App. 1963).
· cites it 10× “Regardless of their respective origins, each was re-enacted in 1942 when the Kentucky Revised Statutes were adopted, and each is currently effective unless we find that a repeal or modification by implication has occurred.”
Louisville Sand & Gravel Co. v. Ralston, 266 S.W.2d 119 (Ky. Ct. App. 1954).
“The appellant, Louisville Sand and Gravel Company, has a lease from Trimble County for dredging sand and gravel “north of the thread of the stream” as authorized by KRS 56.220. The appellees, L. G. Ralston and wife, owners of 141 acres bordering the river, obtained judgment for…”
Walker v. Felmont Oil Co., 136 F. Supp. 584 (W.D. Ky. 1955).
· cites it 3× “The basis of Henderson County’s asserted right to make these leases in KRS 56.220 (1942) which provides as follows: “Lands in the Ohio River bed.”
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