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Kentucky Revised Statutes · § 383.700 — Remedies for abuse of access

383.700. Remedies for abuse of access

(1) If the tenant refuses to allow lawful access, the landlord may obtain injunctive relief to compel access, or terminate the rental agreement. In either case the landlord may recover actual damages and reasonable attorney's fees.

(2) If the landlord makes an unlawful entry or a lawful entry in an unreasonable manner or makes repeated demands for entry otherwise lawful but which have the effect of unreasonably harassing the tenant, the tenant may obtain injunctive relief to prevent the reoccurrence of the conduct or terminate the rental agreement. In either case the tenant may recover actual damages and reasonable attorney's fees.

Source notes

Effective: July 13, 1984

History and annotations

Repealed and reenacted 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 176, sec. 40, effective July 13, 1984. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 378, sec. 41.

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