local government.
(1) Except as provided in KRS 67C.111(3), a city legislative body may extend the city's
boundaries to include any area:
(a) Which is adjacent or contiguous to the city's boundaries at the time the
annexation proceeding is begun; and
(b) Which by reason of population density, commercial, industrial, institutional,
or governmental use of land, or subdivision of land, is urban in character or
suitable for development for urban purposes without unreasonable delay.
(2) No part of the area to be annexed shall be included within the boundary of another
incorporated city.
(3) If a city is considering the annexation of two (2) or more areas which are all
adjacent to the city boundary but are not adjacent to one another, it may undertake
simultaneous proceedings under the authority of KRS 81A.420 for the annexation
of such areas.
(4) If a city is wholly contained within two (2) counties and that city intends to annex
territory in an additional county, then the provisions of KRS 81A.415 shall apply.
Effective: June 29, 2021
History: Amended 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 145, sec. 2, effective June 29, 2021. -- Amended
2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 91, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts
ch. 416, sec. 16, effective July 13, 1984. -- Created 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 303, sec. 2,
effective July 15, 1980.
Notes of Decisions
City of Lebanon v. Goodin ex rel. Goodin, 436 S.W.3d 505 (Ky. 2014).
· cites it 17× “Additionally, the Court of Appeals focused primarily on the “adjacent or contiguous” language in KRS 81A.410, describing the requirements of property suitable for annexation.”
Snowden v. City of Wilmore, 412 S.W.3d 195 (Ky. Ct. App. 2013).
“412 reads: A city may annex any area which meets the requirements of KRS 81A.410, if each of the owners of record of the land to be annexed gives prior consent in writing to the annexation.”
Merritt v. City of Campbellsville, 678 S.W.2d 788 (Ky. Ct. App. 1984).
· cites it 2× “130 and 140]; (2) the annexation was invalid on the merits as the property annexed was not “fit” for annexation [KRS 81A.410]; and, (3) the statutory scheme providing for annexation in KRS 81A.”
City of Corbin, Kentucky v. City of London, Kentucky (Ky. Ct. App. 2023).
“First, Corbin challenged the legality of the ordinance proposing the annexation of Tract 1 and Tract 2 “on the basis that neither territory is suitable for annexation pursuant to the terms of KRS 81A.410.” In part, it alleged that the annexation of Tract 1 constitutes prohibited…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 81A.410(1) — 1 case
City of Lebanon v. Goodin ex rel. Goodin, 436 S.W.3d 505 (Ky. 2014).
“Additionally, the Court of Appeals focused primarily on the “adjacent or contiguous” language in KRS 81A.410, describing the requirements of property suitable for annexation.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 81A.410(1)(b) — 1 case
City of Lebanon v. Goodin ex rel. Goodin, 436 S.W.3d 505 (Ky. 2014).
“Additionally, the Court of Appeals focused primarily on the “adjacent or contiguous” language in KRS 81A.410, describing the requirements of property suitable for annexation.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 81A.410(3) — 1 case
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 81A.410(l)(a) — 1 case
City of Lebanon v. Goodin ex rel. Goodin, 436 S.W.3d 505 (Ky. 2014).
“Additionally, the Court of Appeals focused primarily on the “adjacent or contiguous” language in KRS 81A.410, describing the requirements of property suitable for annexation.”
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