Each board of education may, when unable to make a contract satisfactory to the board with the owner for the purchase of real estate to be used for school purposes, initiate condemnation proceedings pursuant to the Eminent Domain Act of Kentucky (KRS 416.540 to 416.670), and the title to land so obtained shall be vested in fee simple.
KRS 162.030
Condemnation of property for school purposes
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. McGeorge (1963)
Most recently applied in EQT Gathering, LLC v. A Tract of Property Situated in Knott County (August 2013)
Effective: July 13, 1990 History: Amended 1990 Ky
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