Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 82.081 (2026)

Corporate powers of cities

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Each city shall constitute a corporation, with capacity to sue and be sued, to contract and be contracted with, to acquire and dispose of property, and to have a common seal and change it at pleasure or act without a seal. Effective: July 15, 1980 History: Created 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 239, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1985–1999 · leading case: Gas Serv. Co., Inc. v. City of London, 687 S.W.2d 144 (Ky. 1985).

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Gas Serv. Co., Inc. v. City of London, 687 S.W.2d 144 (Ky. 1985). · cites it 2× “Ultimately the decision as to whether a municipality should be responsible in tort for the failure to provide proper services or the provision of such services in a negligent fashion is best left to the Kentucky General Assembly under the provisions of Section 231 of the…”

Dannheiser v. City of Henderson, 4 S.W.3d 542 (Ky. 1999). “50-301 to 154.50-346. We cannot agree. The plain language of the statutes demonstrates that the Act is permissive and does not require any city to act pursuant to the legislation in order to pursue local economic development.”

Historic Licking Riverside Civic Ass'n v. City of Covington, 774 S.W.2d 436 (Ky. 1989). “082, “A city may exercise any power and perform any function within its boundaries, ..”

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