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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 416.090: Railroad right-of-way cannot be condemned.

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  1. KRS Chapter 416

No part of the right -of-way of any railroad company, or any interest or easement therein,

shall be taken by any condemnation proceedings, or without the consent of the railroad

company, for the use or occupancy of any part of such right-of-way on, over and along the

right-of-way longitudinally, by any telegraph, telephone, electric light, power or other

wire company, with its poles, cables, wires, conduits or other fixtures. Nothing in this

section is intended to prevent any such wire company from obtaining the right to cross the

right-of-way of a railroad company, under existing laws, in such manner as not to

interfere with the ordinary use or ordinary travel and traffic of the railroad.

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