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Ex. DUT-KY-004 Standing duty Primary source read

KRS 211.990

Penalties (KRS chapter 211)

Kentucky General Assembly (KRS ch. 211) · Kentucky (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Kentucky
Level
State
Authority
Ky. Const. sec. 29
Issued
2005-06-20 June 20, 2005
Effective
standing (read as 2005-06-20)
End
standing (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Standing since June 20, 2005 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Standing duty
Addressees
  • persons generally; owners or occupants of premises (nuisance orders)
Character
order penalty
Collection
Standing duties: Kentucky DUT-KY

Operative words

(2) Except as otherwise provided by law, anyone who fails to comply with the provisions of the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter or who fails to comply with an order of the cabinet issued pursuant thereto shall be guilty of a violation. Each day of such violation or noncompliance shall constitute a separate offense.

Penalty

violation; each day a separate offense

What it required

Made every day of noncompliance with a Cabinet regulation or Cabinet order a separate offense (a 'violation,' fine up to $250 under KRS 534.040(2)(c)), and made an owner's or occupant's failure to comply with a nuisance-abatement order under KRS 211.210 a violation for each day of continuance (subsection (1)).

Retrieval note

KRS 211.210 (Cabinet may order 'the owner or occupant' of private property to remove 'nuisances, sources of filth and causes of sickness... within twenty-four (24) hours') was read on the LRC site on September 28, 2026 and is not saved.