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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 198B.470: Annual inspection -- Exemptions.

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  1. KRS Chapter 198B

(1) Except as indicated under subsection (2) of this section, every passenger elevator,

freight elevator, moving sidewalk, fixed guideway system, and escalator shall be

inspected once every twelve (12) months.

(2) The following shall be exempt from the annual inspection requirements of

subsection (1) of this section:

(a) Material lifts;

(b) Grain elevators;

(c) Mine elevators;

(d) Stage elevators;

(e) Orchestra elevators;

(f) Organ console elevators;

(g) Elevators and lifting devices solely in residential build ings used by the

occupants of a dwelling unit, except where the lifting device is used or

accessible by the occupants of more than one (1) dwelling unit;

(h) Freight elevators on the licensed premises of a distillery licensed under KRS

243.030(1);

(i) Non-federally regulated, funicular fixed guideway systems; and

(j) Passenger elevators, freight elevators, moving sidewalks, fixed guideway

systems, and escalators installed in federal properties and projects.

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