§ 256.010 Definitions
§ 256.020 Agreement for division fence — Effect
§ 256.030 Adjoining owners to maintain fence — Liability for trespassing livestock
§ 256.042 Action to require construction or replacement of a farm boundary line fence — Apportionment of cost — Enforcement of lien
§ 256.045 Short title
§ 256.080 Liability when livestock enter through lawful fence — Lien on livestock
§ 256.090 Liability when livestock break owner’s fence and enter uninclosed land
§ 256.100 Railroad treated as other landowners, in respect to fences
§ 256.110 Railroad and adjoining owner to maintain fence
§ 256.120 Railroad or adjoining owner may require other to erect portion of fence
§ 256.130 Railroad to erect entire fence if given right-of-way
§ 256.140 Owner who erected entire fence may remove half
§ 256.150 Railroad to erect cattle guards
§ 256.160 Exemptions from KRS 256.100 to 256.170
§ 256.170 Parallel railroads need not have fence between them
§ 256.990 Penalties
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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 256 - Fences

  • Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • City: includes town. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lawful fence: means :
    (a) A strong and sound fence, four (4) feet high, so close that cattle cannot creep through, made of rails, or plank, or wire and plank, or iron, or hedge, or stone or brick. See Kentucky Statutes 256.010
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • livestock: means cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, alpacas, llamas, buffaloes, or any other animals of the bovine, ovine, porcine, caprine, equine, or camelid species. See Kentucky Statutes 256.010
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Owner: when applied to any animal, means any person having a property interest in such animal. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • railroad: means the person who owns a right-of-way and owns or controls a railroad in this state that has been in operation for five (5) years. See Kentucky Statutes 256.010
  • real estate: includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interest therein, other than a chattel interest. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010