KRS 267.200: Viewers shall assess damages.

The viewers shall assess the damages claimed by anyone that is justly right and due to

him for property taken, injured or destroyed because of an improvement, or for any other

legal damages sustained, including the actual estimated amount saved on account of

private ditches utilized. Such damage shall be considered separate from any benefit the

land would receive because of the proposed work, and shall be paid by the board when

funds come into its hands. If any person agrees to waive the damages, the agreement shall

be written and filed by the viewers with their report.