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KRS 411.530

Permanent nuisance

Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Rockwell International Corp. v. Wilhite (2003)

Most recently applied in Powell v. Tosh (March 2013)

Effective: May 24, 1991 History: Created 1991 (1st Extra

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(1) A permanent nuisance shall be any private nuisance that:

(a) Cannot be corrected or abated at reasonable expense to the owner; and (b) Is relatively enduring and not likely to be abated voluntarily or by court order.

(2) A permanent nuisance shall exist if and only if a defendant's use of property causes unreasonable and substantial annoyance to the occupants of the claimant's property or unreasonably interferes with the use and enjoyment of such property, and thereby causes the fair market value of the claimant's property to be materially reduced.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.