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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 81.010 (2026)

Repealed, 2015

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Catchline at repeal: Classification of cities. History: Repealed 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 314, effective January 1, 2015. -- Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 71, sec. 5, effective July 15, 2014; and ch. 98, secs. 1 to 9, effective July 15, 2014. -- Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 54, sec. 1, effective June 25, 2013; and ch. 91, secs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, effective June 25, 2013. -- Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 9, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2012. -- Amended 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 1, effective June 8, 2011; ch. 49, secs. 1, 2, and 3, effective June 8, 2011; and ch. 89, secs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, effective June 8, 2011. -- Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 131, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 12, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2008; and ch. 115, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2008. -- Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 98, sec. 1, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 100, sec. 1, effective March 30, 2006. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 8, sec. 1, effective June 20, 2005; ch. 42, secs. 1 and 2, effective June 20, 2005; and ch. 77, sec. 1, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 34, sec. 1, effective June 24, 2003. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002; and ch. 84, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 2001 Ky. Acts ch. 111, sec. 1, effective June 21, 2001; ch. 152, sec. 1, effective June 21, 2001; and ch. 157, sec. 1, effective June 21, 2001. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000; ch. 36, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000; ch. 119, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000; ch. 159, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000; ch. 175, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000; ch. 181, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000; ch. 231, secs. 1 and 2, effective July 14, 2000; ch. 272, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000; and ch. 531, secs. 1, 2, and 3, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 5, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998; and ch. 354, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 76, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 29, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1994; and ch. 273, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 4, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992; ch. 74, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992; ch. 205, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992; and ch. 435, sec. 13, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 13, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990; ch. 230, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990; ch. 298, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990; and ch. 313, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 138, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986; ch. 227, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986; ch. 275, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986; and ch. 411, secs. 1 and 2, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 10, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984; ch. 33, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984; ch. 34, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984; ch. 111, sec. 50, effective July 13, 1984; ch. 219, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984; ch. 249, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984; ch. 259, secs. 1 and 2, effective July 13, 1984; ch. 273, secs. 1 and 2, effective July 13, 1984; and ch. 416, sec. 21, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 60, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982; ch. 62, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982; ch. 66, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982; ch. 134, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982; ch. 143, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982; and ch. 152, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 195, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980; ch. 272, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980; ch. 274, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980; ch. 281, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980; and ch. 389, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 64, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978; ch. 73, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978; ch. 89, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978; ch. 191, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978; ch. 252, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978; ch. 319, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978; ch. 353, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978; ch. 377, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978; ch. 393, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978; and ch. 397, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 26, sec. 1; ch. 40, sec. 1; ch. 131, sec. 1; ch. 156, sec. 1; ch. 325, sec. 1; and ch. 370, sec. 1. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 94, sec. 1; ch. 102, sec. 1; ch. 129, sec. 1; ch. 171, sec. 1; ch. 197, sec. 1; ch. 233, sec. 1; ch. 234, sec. 1; ch. 240, sec. 1; and ch. 344, secs. 1 and 2. -- Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 7, sec. 1; ch. 10, sec. 1; ch. 68, sec. 1; ch. 69, sec. 1; ch. 106, sec. 1; and ch. 350, sec. 1. -- Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 31, sec. 1; ch. 52, sec. 1; ch. 107, sec. 1; ch. 113, sec. 1; ch. 144, sec. 1; ch. 187, sec. 1; ch. 235, sec. 1; and ch. 253, sec. 1. -- Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 5, sec. 1; ch. 6, sec. 1; ch. 7, sec. 1; ch. 9, sec. 1; ch. 16, sec 1; ch. 20, sec. 1; ch. 57, sec. 1; ch. 86, sec. 1; and ch. 111, sec. 1. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 1; ch. 54, sec. 1; ch. 56, sec. 1; ch. 57, sec. 1; ch. 58, sec. 1; ch. 65, sec. 1; ch. 86, sec. 1; ch. 98, sec. 1; ch. 101, sec. 1; ch. 141, sec. 1; ch. 169, sec. 1; ch. 186, sec. 1; ch. 197, sec. 1; and ch. 206, sec. 1. -- Amended 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 1; ch. 11, sec. 1; ch. 29, sec. 1; ch. 39, sec. 1; ch. 44, sec. 1; ch. 52, sec. 1; ch. 54, sec. 1; ch. 62, sec. 1; ch. 64, sec. 1; ch. 94, sec. 1; and ch. 198, sec. 1. -- Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 4, sec. 1; ch. 77, sec. 1; ch. 128, sec. 1; ch. 192, sec. 1; and ch. 287, sec. 1. -- Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 30, sec. 1; and ch. 50, sec. 1. -- Amended 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 1; ch. 16, sec. 1; ch. 19, sec. 1; ch. 30, sec. .1; ch. 31, sec. 1; ch. 32, sec. 1; ch. 79, sec. 1; ch. 84, sec. 1; and ch. 91, sec. 1. -- Amended 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 6, sec. 1; ch. 7, sec. 1; ch. 40, sec. 1; ch. 42, sec. 1; ch. 70, sec. 1; ch. 92, sec. 1; ch. 111, sec. 1; and ch. 127, sec. 1. -- Amended 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 6, sec. 1; ch. 19, sec. 1; ch. 70, sec. 1; ch. 72, sec. 1; ch. 127, sec. 1; ch. 184, sec. 1; and ch. 228, sec. 1. -- Amended 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 10, sec. 1; ch. 39, sec. 1; ch. 66, sec. 1; ch. 81, sec. 1; ch. 95, sec. 1; ch. 102, sec. 1; ch. 108, sec. 1; ch. 205, sec. 1; ch. 217, sec. 1; and ch. 229, sec. 1. -- Amended 1950 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 1; ch. 19, sec. 1; ch. 37, sec. 1; ch. 40, sec. 1; ch. 46, sec. 1; ch. 49, sec. 1; ch. 61, sec. 1; ch, 80, sec. 1; ch. 82, sec. 1; ch. 83, sec. 1; ch. 84, sec. 1; ch. 100, sec. 1; ch. 114 sec. 1; ch. 116, sec. 1; ch. 135, sec. 1; ch. 136, sec. 1; ch. 144, sec. 1; ch. 148, sec. 1; and ch. 149, sec. 1. -- Amended 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 13, sec. 1; and ch. 215, sec. 1. -- Amended 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 9, sec. 1; and ch. 42, sec. 1. -- Amended 1944 Ky. Acts ch. 57, sec. 1; and ch. 116, sec. 1. -- Amended 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 177, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2740, 2741. Legislative Research Commission Note (7/14/92; revised 7/15/94, 7/15/96, 7/15/98, 7/14/2000, 6/21/2001, 7/15/2002, 6/24/2003, 6/20/2005, 3/30/2006, 6/26/2007, 7/15/2008, 7/15/2010, 6/8/2011, 7/12/2012, 6/25/2013, and 7/15/2014). Pursuant to 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 425, sec. 5, the Reviser of Statutes has modified the text of this statute to reflect reclassifications enacted by the General Assembly in 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 4, sec. 1; ch. 74, sec. 1; ch. 205, sec. 1; and ch. 435, sec. 13; in 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 29, sec. 1; and ch. 273, sec. 1; in 1996 Ky. Acts, ch. 76, sec. 1; in 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 5, sec. 1; and ch. 354, sec. 1; in 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1; ch. 36, sec. 1; ch. 119, sec. 1; ch. 159, sec. 1; ch. 175, sec. 1; ch. 181, sec. 1; ch. 231, secs. 1 and 2; ch. 272, sec. 1; and ch. 531, secs. 1, 2, and 3; in 2001 Ky. Acts ch. 111, sec. 1; ch. 152, sec. 1; and ch. 157, sec. 1; in 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 1; and ch. 84, sec. 1; in 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 34, sec. 1; in 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 8, sec. 1; ch. 42, secs. 1 and 2; and ch. 77, sec. 1; in 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 100, sec. 1; in 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 98, sec. 1; in 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 12, sec. 1; and ch. 115, sec. 1; in 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 131, sec. 1; in 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 1; ch. 49, secs. 1, 2, and 3; and ch. 89, secs. 1, 2, 3, and 4; in 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 9, sec. 1; in 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 54, sec. 1; and ch. 91, secs. 1, 2, 3, and 4; and in 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 71, sec. 5; and ch. 98, secs. 1 to 9.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 34 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1951–2021 · leading case: North v. Russell, 427 U.S. 328 (1976).
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North v. Russell, 427 U.S. 328 (1976). · cites it 2× “Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 81.010 (5) (1971). A police judge in fifth- and sixth-class cities must by statute be a voter and resident of the city for at least one year and be bonded, Ky.”
Pickard v. Jones, 243 S.W.2d 46 (Ky. Ct. App. 1951). · cites it 2× “KRS 81.010. So, Knox County does have a portion of such a city.”
Smith v. Martin, 331 S.W.3d 637 (Ky. Ct. App. 2011). “KRS 81.010. Odell Martin, who was a former city council member, was elected mayor in the fall of 2006 and assumed the position January 1, 2007.”
Snowden v. City of Wilmore, 412 S.W.3d 195 (Ky. Ct. App. 2013). “KRS 81.010(4). Organized under the mayor-council plan, [a]ll bonds, notes, contracts and written obligations of the city shall be made and executed by the mayor or his agent designated by executive order.”
Louisville/Jefferson Cnty. Metro Gov't v. O'Shea's-Baxter, LLC, 438 S.W.3d 379 (Ky. 2014). “101; KRS 81.010 (repealed). Finding no reasonable basis to presume that the circumstances associated with the concentration of liquor licenses in the “combination business and residential area” in Louisville Metro are any different than they are in the “downtown business area”…”
City of Bowling Green v. Bd. of Educ., 443 S.W.2d 243 (Ky. Ct. App. 1969). “It is equally true that the City of Bowling Green, a municipal corporation of the second class, as shown by KRS 81.010(2), and vested with the general powers conferred on cities of the second class by KRS Chapter 84, is a governmental agency within the meaning of KRS 58.”
Tharp v. Urban Renewal & Cmty. Dev. Agency, 389 S.W.2d 453 (Ky. Ct. App. 1965). “KRS 81.010. There is no specific statutory appeal process prescribed as respects actions of zoning authorities in such cities.”
City of Covington v. Tranter, 673 S.W.2d 744 (Ky. Ct. App. 1984). “This is an appeal by the City of Coving-ton, Kentucky, a city of second class (KRS 81.010[2]), and the Board of Trustees of the Retirement Benefit Fund for the Employees of the City of Covington, Kentucky (Board of Trustees) from a judgment of the Kenton Circuit Court reversing…”
Fourroux v. City of Shepherdsville, 148 S.W.3d 303 (Ky. Ct. App. 2004). “KRS 81.010(4), 81A.400. They allow annexation by two methods: by the unanimous consent of all the property owners in the area proposed to be annexed (KRS 81A.”
AT & T Wireless PSC, Inc. v. City of Indep., 63 S.W.3d 609 (Ky. Ct. App. 2001). “KRS 81.010(3). . The original Highland Cemetery was incorporated on March 6, 1869.”
LaGrange City Council v. Hall Bros. Co. of Oldham Cnty., 3 S.W.3d 765 (Ky. Ct. App. 1999). “KRS 81.010(4). The subject property was at all relevant times zoned 1-1 (Industrial).”
Civil Serv. Comm'n v. Tankersley, 330 S.W.2d 392 (Ky. Ct. App. 1959). “The Board of Civil Service Commissioners established by Corbin, a city of the third class (KRS 81.010)', is empowered to dismiss an employee after a hearing.”
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— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 81.010(2) — 4 cases
City of Bowling Green v. Bd. of Educ., 443 S.W.2d 243 (Ky. Ct. App. 1969). “It is equally true that the City of Bowling Green, a municipal corporation of the second class, as shown by KRS 81.010(2), and vested with the general powers conferred on cities of the second class by KRS Chapter 84, is a governmental agency within the meaning of KRS 58.”
Beckham v. City of Bowling Green, 743 S.W.2d 858 (Ky. Ct. App. 1987).
Vincent v. City of Bowling Green, 349 S.W.2d 694 (Ky. Ct. App. 1961).
McIntosh v. Elec. & Water Plant Bd., 394 S.W.2d 471 (Ky. Ct. App. 1965).
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 81.010(3) — 1 case
AT & T Wireless PSC, Inc. v. City of Indep., 63 S.W.3d 609 (Ky. Ct. App. 2001). “KRS 81.010(3). . The original Highland Cemetery was incorporated on March 6, 1869.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 81.010(4) — 3 cases
Snowden v. City of Wilmore, 412 S.W.3d 195 (Ky. Ct. App. 2013). “KRS 81.010(4). Organized under the mayor-council plan, [a]ll bonds, notes, contracts and written obligations of the city shall be made and executed by the mayor or his agent designated by executive order.”
Fourroux v. City of Shepherdsville, 148 S.W.3d 303 (Ky. Ct. App. 2004). “KRS 81.010(4), 81A.400. They allow annexation by two methods: by the unanimous consent of all the property owners in the area proposed to be annexed (KRS 81A.”
LaGrange City Council v. Hall Bros. Co. of Oldham Cnty., 3 S.W.3d 765 (Ky. Ct. App. 1999). “KRS 81.010(4). The subject property was at all relevant times zoned 1-1 (Industrial).”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 81.010(5) — 2 cases
City of Taylorsville v. Spencer Cnty. Fiscal Court, 371 S.W.3d 790 (Ky. Ct. App. 2012).
Corn v. City of Windy Hills, 528 S.W.2d 668 (Ky. Ct. App. 1975).
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