{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-382.115","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 382.115","heading":"Owner of land comprising subdivision -- Recording of plat prior to sale or","body":"transfer of any lot or parcel -- Requirements -- Penalties.\n(1) As used in this section, \"plat\" and \"subdivision\" have the same meaning as in KRS\n100.111.\n(2) This sec tion shall apply to sales and transfers of land in a county which has not\nadopted regulations under KRS Chapter 100 relating to the subdivision of land\nwithin its boundaries.\n(3) (a) A person owning land comprising a subdivision, or his or her agent, shall  not\nsell or transfer any lot or parcel of land located within the subdivision by\nreference to, by exhibition of, or by any other use of a plat of the subdivision,\nbefore the plat has been recorded at the expense of the subdivider in the office\nof the county clerk. Any such instrument of sale or transfer shall be void and\nshall not be recorded unless the subdivision plat is subsequently recorded, but\nall rights of a purchaser to damages are hereby preserved.\n(b) The description of a lot or parcel of land su bject to paragraph (a) of this\nsubsection by metes and bounds in any instrument of sale or transfer or other\ndocument used in the process of selling or transferring the land shall not\nexempt the person attempting to sell or transfer from recording a plat o f the\nsubdivision, or from penalties under this section, or deprive the purchaser of\nany rights or remedies he or she may otherwise have. Provided, however, a\nperson, or his or her agent, may agree to sell any lot or parcel of land located\nwithin a subdivi sion by reference to an unrecorded plat or by reference to a\nmetes and bounds description of the lot or parcel, and any such executory\ncontract of sale or option to purchase that does so may be recorded and shall\nbe valid and enforceable so long as the sub division plat is subsequently\nrecorded.\n(c) The plat shall be in the form of a rectangle, and the county clerk shall not be\nrequired to record a plat exceeding twenty -four (24) inches on one (1) side\nand thirty-six (36) inches on the other. Each county cle rk shall provide a plat\ncabinet with an appropriate index for those plats which are too large to be\nplaced in a plat book.\n(4) A person, owner, or agent who violates this section shall, upon conviction, be fined\nnot less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor  more than five hundred dollars ($500)\nfor each lot or parcel which was the subject of sale or transfer, or a contract for sale\nor transfer.","path":["KRS Chapter 382"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=55564","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:12Z","sha256":"eb428c58ed15da819ed9fd0ad6d59cfdc51e75570f0f119aec9f25dfe335df0f","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-382.110","next":"us-ky/krs-382.120"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}