{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-81a.425","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 81A.425","heading":"Notice of proposed annexation to property owners -- Exception --","body":"Publication of annexation ordinance -- Action to void annexation.\n(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 83A.060(7) and except as otherwise\nprovided in this section, a city which prop oses to annex unincorporated territory\nshall send notice of the proposed annexation to each property owner whose property\nis proposed to be annexed into the city.\n(2) The notice shall be sent to each property owner listed on the records of the county\nproperty valuation administrator as of January 1 of the year in which the ordinance\nproposing to annex property is to be enacted.\n(3) The notice shall be sent by first -class mail no later than fourteen (14) days prior to\nthe meeting at which the ordinance propo sing the annexation shall receive its\nsecond reading. The city clerk shall certify the list of property owners to whom the\nnotice was sent and the certified list shall be made a part of the official record of the\nmeeting at which the ordinance proposing th e annexation receives its second\nreading.\n(4) The notice shall include the time, date, and location of the meeting at which the\nproposed ordinance shall receive its second reading, and a copy of the proposed\nordinance.\n(5) The provisions of this section sh all not apply in any case in which the property\nowners of record have consented in writing to the proposed annexation as provided\nin KRS 81A.412.\n(6) Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 424.130, following the second reading and\nenactment of an ordinance proposing to annex property, a city shall be required to\npublish the ordinance only once in accordance with KRS 83A.060(9).\n(7) The ordinance which effectuates an annexation shall be voidable in an action\nbrought in the Circuit Court of competent jurisdict ion, if the court determines that\nthe city failed to substantially comply with the requirements of this section, and the\nfailure resulted in material prejudice to the substantial rights of affected property\nowners.","path":["KRS Chapter 81A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=25010","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:42Z","sha256":"5caf9c131e4c361604dc4d6d78326a2ffd5d015f00722751108e9796fc94d33a","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-81a.420","next":"us-ky/krs-81a.427"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}