Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 96.080 (2026)

Water company may condemn land and material

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Any person constructing, maintaining or operating waterworks or pipelines for the supply of water to a municipality may condemn lands and materials necessary to carry out those purposes, in the manner prescribed in the Eminent Domain Act of Kentucky. History: Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 140, sec. 43. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4814d-1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2010–2010 · leading case: Sprint Commc'ns Co., LP v. Leggett, 307 S.W.3d 109 (Ky. 2010).
Sprint Commc'ns Co., LP v. Leggett, 307 S.W.3d 109 (Ky. 2010). “” KRS 96.080. Companies that construct, maintain, or operate oil or gas pipelines may condemn “the lands and material or the use and occupation of the lands that are necessary for constructing, maintaining, drilling, utilizing, and operating pipelines, underground oil or gas…”
Albert Leggett III as Tr. of the Albert E. Leggett Fam. Trust v. Sprint Commc'ns Co., L.P. (Ky. 2010). “" KRS 96.080. Companies that construct, maintain, or operate oil or gas pipelines may condemn "the lands and material or the use and occupation of the lands that are necessary for constructing, maintaining, drilling, utilizing, and operating pipelines, underground oil or gas…”
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