{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-411.100","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 411.100","heading":"Liability of city for property damaged by mob.","body":"If, within any city, any church, convent, chapel, dwelling house, house used or designed\nfor the transaction of lawful business, vessel or shipyard, railroad or property of any kind\nbelonging to any street or other railroad company, or any article of perso nal property is\ndamaged, or if any property is taken away or damaged by any riotous or tumultuous\nassemblage of people, the full amount of the damage done may be recovered by the\nperson injured by action against the city, if the city authorities themselves , or with the aid\nof their own citizens, could have prevented the damage. However, no such liability shall\nbe incurred by the city unless the city authorities had notice or good reason to believe that\na riot or tumultuous assemblage was about to take place  in time to prevent the\ndestruction, either by their own force or by the aid of the citizens of the city. No person\nmay maintain an action under this section if he has unlawfully contributed by word or\ndeed toward exciting or inflaming the tumult or riot, or if he failed to do what he\nreasonably could toward preventing, allaying or suppressing it.","path":["KRS Chapter 411"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=17765","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:35Z","sha256":"b4a838513a7347c339db61d949e815613540d3029383107d896fc847fc8c188a","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-411.095","next":"us-ky/krs-411.110"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}