If any tenant for life or years commits waste during his estate or term, of anything belonging to the tenement so held, without special written permission to do so, he shall be subject to an action of waste, shall lose the thing wasted, and pay treble the amount at which the waste is assessed.
KRS 381.350
Waste by tenant for life or years -- Forfeiture -- Damages
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Hammons v. Hammons (2010)
Most recently applied in Clift v. RDP Co. (August 2016)
Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky
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