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Where the Tenant Law Applies

KRS 383.500 — the landlord tenant act applies where a city or county has adopted it whole

The General Assembly lets cities, counties and urban county governments enact the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, KRS 383.505 to 383.705. A local government that adopts it adopts it in its entirety and without amendment, and may enact no other ordinance on the same subjects.

  • KRS 383.500
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Where it is not in effect. Where the act is not in effect, a landlord may end a tenancy at will or by sufferance by giving one month's written notice requiring the tenant to leave. Many of the rental pages in this guide rest on the act, and each one says so.

  • KRS 383.195
Sources for this section (2)
  1. KRS 383.500 — Local governments authorized to adopt provisions of the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act in their entirety and without amendment
  2. KRS 383.195 — Termination of tenancy at will or by sufferance

Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Kentucky attorney.

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