{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-262.440","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 262.440","heading":"Court may require performance and may authorize board to do work.","body":"The court may dismiss the petition filed under KRS 262.430, or it may require the\ndefendant to perform the work, operations or avoidances, and may provide that upon the\nfailure of the defendant to initiate performance within the time specified in the order  of\nthe court and to prosecute the work to completion with reasonable diligence, the board\nmay enter upon the lands involved and perform the work or operations or otherwise bring\nthe condition of those lands into conformity with the regulations and recover  the costs\nand expenses thereof, with interest at the rate of five percent (5%) per annum, from the\ndefendant.","path":["KRS Chapter 262"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=12753","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:53:11Z","sha256":"757bd2409ea7a643b005f9fd440f77ba9df2d9cb594778ead41ef9e08d581ce6","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-262.430","next":"us-ky/krs-262.450"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}