{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-383.595","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 383.595","heading":"Landlord's maintenance obligations and agreements.","body":"(1) A landlord shall:\n(a) Comply with the requirements of applicable building and housing codes\nmaterially affecting health and safety;\n(b) Make all repairs and do whatever is necessary to put and keep the premises in\na fit and habitable condition;\n(c) Keep all common areas of the premises in a clean and safe condition;\n(d) Maintain in good and safe working order and condition all electrical,\nplumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, air -conditioning, and other facilities\nand appliances, including elevators, supplied or requi red to be supplied by\nhim; and\n(e) Supply running water and reasonable amounts of hot water at all times and\nreasonable heat between October 1 and May 1 except where the building that\nincludes the dwelling unit is not required by law to be equipped for th at\npurpose, or the dwelling unit is so constructed that heat or hot water is\ngenerated by an installation within the exclusive control of the tenant and\nsupplied by a direct public utility connection.\n(2) If the duty imposed by paragraph (a) of subsection  (1) is greater than any duty\nimposed by any other paragraph of that subsection, the landlord's duty shall be\ndetermined by reference to paragraph (a) of subsection (1).\n(3) The landlord and tenant of a single family residence may agree in writing that th e\ntenant perform the landlord's duties specified in paragraph (e) of subsection (1) and\nalso specified repairs, maintenance tasks, alterations, and remodeling, but only if the\ntransaction is entered into in good faith and not for the purpose of evading the\nobligations of the landlord.\n(4) The landlord and tenant of any dwelling unit other than a single family residency\nmay agree that the tenant is to perform specified repairs, maintenance tasks,\nalterations, or remodeling only if:\n(a) The agreement of the  parties is entered into in good faith and not for the\npurpose of evading the obligations of the landlord and is set forth in a separate\nwriting signed by the parties and supported by adequate consideration;\n(b) The work is not necessary to cure noncompli ance with subsection (1)(a) of\nthis section; and\n(c) The agreement does not diminish or affect the obligation of the landlord to\nother tenants in the premises.","path":["KRS Chapter 383"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=35736","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:14Z","sha256":"77dc6753970da7a7dc5b7b9289448717d8efcff0bc4f9eb32b400f17a0eda402","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-383.590","next":"us-ky/krs-383.600"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}