KRS 376.040: Forfeiture or surrender of lease -- Removal of improvements.

If labor is performed or materials furnished by contract with the lessee of real property for

a term of years, and if before the expiration of the term by lapse of time the lessee's

interest therein shall, from any cause, be forfeited or surrendered to the lessor, and if the

lessor refuses to pay for the labor or materials furnished, the person furnishing the labor

or materials may remove the same from the premises, if this can be done without material

injury to any previous improvement on the premises.