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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 81.240 (2026)

Repealed, 1980

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Catchline at repeal: Annexation or reduction of territory by sixth-class city. History: Repealed 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 303, sec. 15, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 320, sec. 2. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 239, sec. 42. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 3664, 3665, 3666.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1954–1978 · leading case: Wakefield v. City of Shelbyville, 563 S.W.2d 756 (Ky. Ct. App. 1978).
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Wakefield v. City of Shelbyville, 563 S.W.2d 756 (Ky. Ct. App. 1978). “230; and KRS 81.240. However, a fourth class city must itself initiate litigation as a prerequisite to annexation.”
Murrell v. City of Hurstbourne Acres, 401 S.W.2d 60 (Ky. Ct. App. 1966). “The city, appellee here, enacted an ordinance proposing to annex the land of appellants into the city, pursuant to KRS 81.240. The ordinance was identified as Ordinance No.”
City of Cold Spring v. Laycock, 312 S.W.2d 882 (Ky. Ct. App. 1957). · cites it 2× “KRS 81.240 authorizes annexation by a sixth class city in the same manner as provided for a first class city.”
Solomon v. Calvert City, 267 S.W.2d 719 (Ky. Ct. App. 1954). “Calvert City being a sixth class town, the applicable statute is KRS 81.240. The ordinances are attacked on a number of grounds but only one of the grounds has any merit.”
Likins v. City of Clarkson, 280 S.W.2d 491 (Ky. Ct. App. 1955). “The annexing authority of a sixth class town is KRS 81.240. Paragraph (2) provides a review by the circuit court without the intervention of a jury.”
Phillips v. City of Florence, 314 S.W.2d 938 (Ky. Ct. App. 1958). “*940 The pertinent portion of KRS 81.240(1) as to giving notice by a sixth-class city of its intention to annex territory reads: “Any city of the sixth class may annex any territory to the city * * * in the same manner and under the same procedure as is provided in KRS 81.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 81.240(1) — 1 case
Phillips v. City of Florence, 314 S.W.2d 938 (Ky. Ct. App. 1958). “*940 The pertinent portion of KRS 81.240(1) as to giving notice by a sixth-class city of its intention to annex territory reads: “Any city of the sixth class may annex any territory to the city * * * in the same manner and under the same procedure as is provided in KRS 81.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 81.240(2) — 1 case
City of Cold Spring v. Laycock, 312 S.W.2d 882 (Ky. Ct. App. 1957). “KRS 81.240 authorizes annexation by a sixth class city in the same manner as provided for a first class city.”
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