{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-416.350","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 416.350","heading":"Right of condemnation by owner to gain ingress or egress to public road.","body":"(1) The owner of any tract or parcel of land on which his residence is located, who has\nno means of ingress or egress to any public road or highway, may acquire by\ncondemnation pursuant to the Eminent Domain Act of Kentucky a convenient right-\nof-way in order to attend courts and elections and discharge other duties required of\nhim by law; such right -of-way shall not exceed in width thirty (30) feet over the\nlands intervening and lying between such tract or parcel of land and the public road\nnearest or most convenient thereto.\n(2) The right of condemnation conferred in subsection (1) of this section shall not exist\nin any of the following situations:\n(a) Where the current owner or any of his predecessors in title purchased a tract or\nparcel of land having no means of ingress or egress to a public road or\nhighway;\n(b) Where the current owner or any of his predecessors in title sold a part of a\ntract or parcel of land, leaving the part retained without any means of ingress\nor egress to a public road or highway; or\n(c) Where the current owner or any of his predecessors in title has had a part of\nhis land taken by condemnation, the part not taken has no means of ingress or\negress to a public road or highway, and the current owner or any of his\npredecessors in title  has been compensated, by reason of the condemnation,\nfor such loss of ingress or egress to a public road or highway.","path":["KRS Chapter 416"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=17944","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:37Z","sha256":"9169d2211620aa6b02a5682a4f63883109ed77edb83bc8806057cdc6011d564d","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-416.340","next":"us-ky/krs-416.360"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}