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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 149.375: Setting fire on own land regulated.

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  1. KRS Chapter 149

It shall be unlawful, within or adjacent to timberland, for any person to set fire to, or to

procure another to set fire to, any flammable material upon land owned or leased by him

unless he previously shall have taken all reasonable care and precaution, b y carefully

clearing around the flammable material as necessary to prevent the escape or spread of

fire to lands other than those owned or leased by him. It shall also be unlawful for any

employee of any such owner or lessee of land to set fire to any flam mable material, upon

such land unless he shall have taken similar precautions to prevent the spread of such fire

to any other land. All fires shall be attended until extinguished.

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