Liability when livestock break owner's fence and enter uninclosed land
KRS 256.090
in effect256.090. Liability when livestock break owner's fence and enter uninclosed land
If the owner or bailee of livestock has a lawful fence, and his or her livestock break through or over the fence and upon the premises of another which are not enclosed by a lawful fence, he or she shall not be responsible for the first trespass, but shall be liable for all subsequent trespasses.
Effective:June 29, 2017
History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 129, sec. 25, effective June 29, 2017. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1788.
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=46658Fetched: 10/20/2026
