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KRS 383.625: Noncompliance by landlord.

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  1. KRS Chapter 383

(1) Except as provided in KRS 383.505 to 383.715, if there is a material

noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement or a noncompliance with

KRS 383.595 materially affecting health and safety, the tenant may deliver a written

notice to the landlord specifying the acts and omissions constituting the breach and

that the rental agreement will terminate upon a date not less than thirty (30) days

after receipt of the notice if the breach is not remedied in fourteen (14) days, and the

rental agreement shall terminate as provided in the notice subject to the following:

(a) If the breach is remediable by repairs, the payment of damages or otherwise

and the landlord adequately remedies the breach before the date specified in

the notice, the rental agreement shall not terminate by reason of the breach.

(b) If substantially the same act or omission which constituted a prior

noncompliance covered by subsection (1) of which notice was given recurs

within six (6) months, the tenant may terminate the rental agreem ent upon at

least fourteen (14) days' written notice specifying the breach and the date of

termination of the rental agreement.

(c) The tenant may not terminate for a condition caused by the deliberate or

negligent act or omission of the tenant, a member of his family, or other

person on the premises with his consent.

(2) Except as provided in KRS 383.505 to 383.715, the tenant may recover damages

and obtain injunctive relief for any noncompliance by the landlord with the rental

agreement of KRS 383.595.

(3) The remedy provided in subsection (2) is in addition to any right of the tenant

arising under subsection (1) of this section.

(4) If the rental agreement is terminated, the landlord shall return all prepaid rent.

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