Ky. Rev. Stat. § 82.180 (2026)

Whenever any property authorized to be acquired under KRS 82.105 to 82.120 cannot be acquired by purchase upon terms which a city, or an agency thereof designated to act for it, deems to be reasonable, or whenever the owner is legally incapacitated, absent, unknown, or unable to convey valid title, the city, or the agency acting therefor, is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire such property by condemnation or the exercise of the power of eminent domain in the manner prescribed by the Eminent Domain Act of Kentucky. History: Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 140, sec. 29. -- Created 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 178, sec. 8.