KRS 82.180: Power of eminent domain.

Whenever any property authorized to be acquired under KRS 82.105 to 82.120 cannot be

acquired by purchase upon terms which a city, or an agency thereof designated to act for

it, deems to be reasonable, or whenever the owner is legally incapacitated, absent ,

unknown, or unable to convey valid title, the city, or the agency acting therefor, is hereby

authorized and empowered to acquire such property by condemnation or the exercise of

the power of eminent domain in the manner prescribed by the Eminent Domain A ct of

Kentucky.