Kentucky Revised Statutes
Includes enactments through the 2024 Regular Session
Chapter titles, centered headings, section catchlines, and explanatory notes are for informational purposes only and do not constitute any part of the law. For general laws governing construction of statutes, see KRS Chapter 446.
The KRS database was last updated on 05/17/2025
.010 Definitions -- Construction of chapter -- Minimum requirement for gift.
.020 Roads, bridges, and landings continued -- Removal from through road system.
.025 Road presumed established -- Presumption of width and area of public road right-of-way.
.030 Transfers from state to county.
.040 Change in width of county road or right-of-way -- Minimum width of right-of-way -- Acquisition of right-of-way.
.050 Notice and advertisement of establishment, alteration or discontinuance, and of letting of contracts.
.060 Changes in location of county road.
.070 Discontinuance of county roads.
.080 Establishment and alteration of public roads, bridges and landings, upon petition.
.090 Conditions may be imposed upon petitioner.
.100 Action to contest decision of fiscal court.
.110 Condemnation of right-of-way -- Temporary roads.
.115 Power of fiscal court to open, establish or alter road -- Procedure -- Appeal.
.116 Discontinuance of a road.
.117 Private improvement of public road in unincorporated territory -- When permitted -- Procedure.
.120 Condemnation of land by fiscal court.
.125 Condemnation of additional land adjacent to existing road -- Procedure.
.130 Repealed, 1978.
.140 Awarding of contracts -- Rejection of bids.
.150 Department of Highways to render assistance in certain cases.
.155 Repealed, 2004.
.160 Repealed, 1978.
.170 Bonds for hard surface roads -- Issuance.
.180 Commissioners may be appointed to handle proceeds of bonds.
.190 Duties of commissioners -- Supervision.
.200 Tax levy to retire bonds and pay interest.
.210 Special tax for construction of roads -- Submission to vote -- Short-term bonds.
.220 Vote on special tax -- Form of question.
.230 Collection of special tax -- Sheriff's fee.
.240 Advertisement of special tax election -- Conduct of election.
.250 Joint bridges and roads between counties.
.260 Contracts for work on joint bridges and roads.
.270 Costs of joint roads and bridges.
.280 Repealed, 1964.
.290 Construction of sidewalks along public roads -- School bus turn-around areas.
.300 Road passing over or obstructed by dam.
.310 County roads taken for railroad purposes -- Correction of unsafe conditions.
.320 Title to rights-of-way and records of discontinued roads to be filed in county clerk's office.
.330 County through road system for county containing city of first class or consolidated local government -- Establishment -- Effect.
.333 Addition of roads to through road system for county containing city of first class or consolidated local government -- New roads -- Relocation.
.337 Removal of road from system -- When city streets in system.
.350 Application of KRS 178.350 to 178.385 limited to counties containing city of first class or consolidated local government.
.355 Procedure for ordering elimination of grade crossings or change of existing overhead or underpass structure crossing county road.
.360 Grade separation of proposed railroad and county road crossings.
.365 County road engineer to approve contracts.
.370 Maintenance of roadway, sidewalks, bridge, structure and approaches.
.375 Appeals to Circuit Court from final orders of fiscal court.
.380 Appeals to Court of Appeals.
.385 Enforcement of order or judgment.
.400 Definitions for KRS 178.405 to 178.425.
.405 Conditions requisite.
.410 Fiscal court determination.
.415 Fee simple title in county -- Minimum width.
.420 Maintenance by county works department.
.425 Applicability to dead-end passways.
.990 Penalties.