{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-256.030","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 256.030","heading":"Adjoining owners  to maintain fence -- Liability for trespassing","body":"livestock.\n(1) When  a division fence exists by agreement, acquiescence or compulsion,\nunder this section or KRS  256.042, each party shall keep a lawful fence on his\nportion of the line. If one party fails to do so, the person failing shall be liable for\nall the damages  to trees, grass, grain, crops, livestock or land the other party\nmay  sustain from the trespassing of livestock over the division fence at the\npoint at which the party failing was bound to keep in repair.\n(2) Either party to a division fence shall be liable for damages  in case his or her\nlivestock break through or pass over the fence at any point the other party is\nbound to keep in repair, only if the fence through which the livestock pass is a\nlawful fence.\n(3) The  party damaged  shall have a lien on the livestock, as provided in KRS\n256.080.","path":["KRS Chapter 256"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=46656","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:53:05Z","sha256":"6c94591a3fe2f32e622bae22e7ef67741ed9b91c390912e7e34c052cb356d106","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-256.020","next":"us-ky/krs-256.040"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}