KRS 280.230: Grant of unclaimed or abandoned ferry privilege to another.

If no owner of the land on either side of the stream over which a public highway passes

will obtain the ferry privilege, or if such an owner, after obtaining the privilege, abandons

it or fails to keep it up according to law, the county judge/executive may , after reasonable

notice, grant the privilege to another. When it is necessary to the proper exercise of the

privilege by such grantee, an action may be brought to condemn permanently, or for not

more than twenty (20) years, at the option of the owner of the privilege, not more than

two (2) acres of ground adjoining the landing, together with the use, for ferry purposes, of

any adjacent uninclosed bank of the stream. Condemnation shall be pursuant to the

Eminent Domain Act of Kentucky.