KRS 242.320: Action for forfeiture.

(1) Any Commonwealth's attorney, county attorney, mayor of a city, or any private

citizen may maintain an action in equity in the name of the state upon relation of

said officers or citizen against the owner to forfeit property declared a nuisance by

KRS 242.310.

(2) If the petition is filed by a private citizen, it shall not be dismissed except upon a

sworn statement made by the citizen and his attorney, setting forth the reasons why

same should be dismissed, and except upon approval in writing in open court b y the

Commonwealth's attorney or the county attorney.