{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-256.080","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 256.080","heading":"Liability when  livestock enter through lawful fence -- Lien on","body":"livestock.\nIf any livestock enter into any land over or through a lawful fence, the owner or\nmanager  of the livestock shall for the first trespass be liable to the owner or\noccupant of that land for damages  to his or her trees, grass, grain, crops, livestock\nor land as he or she may have sustained by the entry of the livestock, and for every\nsubsequent trespass by the livestock of the same  owner, double damages. After\ngiving the owner or manager of the livestock at least five (5) days' notice, in writing,\nof the fact of two (2) previous breaches into the same enclosure by the livestock of\nthe same owner, the owner or occupant of the enclosure shall have a lien on the\nlivestock to indemnify him or her on account of any damages  sustained by the third\nor any subsequent trespasses of those livestock and may enforce his or her lien by\naction as in cases of a mortgage lien.","path":["KRS Chapter 256"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=46657","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:53:06Z","sha256":"d5fc919a525d3942dea808da34845efea8a2d9be82a6f22f6fab0659804eda38","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-256.070","next":"us-ky/krs-256.090"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}