No place of entertainment shall be operated outside the corporate limits of a city unless its owner or manager has a permit, issued to him by the county judge/executive in the county in which the place of entertainment is located, granting to him the privilege to operate the place of entertainment in that county.
KRS 231.020
Permit to operate required
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Commonwealth v. Polley (1944)
Most recently applied in Kentucky Sports Concepts, Inc. v. Chandler (March 1998)
Effective: June 17, 1978 History: Amended 1978 Ky
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Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.