KRS 382.115: Owner of land comprising subdivision -- Recording of plat prior to sale or

transfer of any lot or parcel -- Requirements -- Penalties.

(1) As used in this section, "plat" and "subdivision" have the same meaning as in KRS

100.111.

(2) This sec tion shall apply to sales and transfers of land in a county which has not

adopted regulations under KRS Chapter 100 relating to the subdivision of land

within its boundaries.

(3) (a) A person owning land comprising a subdivision, or his or her agent, shall not

sell or transfer any lot or parcel of land located within the subdivision by

reference to, by exhibition of, or by any other use of a plat of the subdivision,

before the plat has been recorded at the expense of the subdivider in the office

of the county clerk. Any such instrument of sale or transfer shall be void and

shall not be recorded unless the subdivision plat is subsequently recorded, but

all rights of a purchaser to damages are hereby preserved.

(b) The description of a lot or parcel of land su bject to paragraph (a) of this

subsection by metes and bounds in any instrument of sale or transfer or other

document used in the process of selling or transferring the land shall not

exempt the person attempting to sell or transfer from recording a plat o f the

subdivision, or from penalties under this section, or deprive the purchaser of

any rights or remedies he or she may otherwise have. Provided, however, a

person, or his or her agent, may agree to sell any lot or parcel of land located

within a subdivi sion by reference to an unrecorded plat or by reference to a

metes and bounds description of the lot or parcel, and any such executory

contract of sale or option to purchase that does so may be recorded and shall

be valid and enforceable so long as the sub division plat is subsequently

recorded.

(c) The plat shall be in the form of a rectangle, and the county clerk shall not be

required to record a plat exceeding twenty -four (24) inches on one (1) side

and thirty-six (36) inches on the other. Each county cle rk shall provide a plat

cabinet with an appropriate index for those plats which are too large to be

placed in a plat book.

(4) A person, owner, or agent who violates this section shall, upon conviction, be fined

not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500)

for each lot or parcel which was the subject of sale or transfer, or a contract for sale

or transfer.