How to Fill Out the Kentucky Forcible Detainer Forms

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How to Fill Out the Kentucky Forcible Detainer Forms

Step by step walk-through of how to find and fill out a Kentucky forcible detainer complaint, necessary to evict a tenant legally.

Free Legal Aid provides useful information about eviction. In addition to the video here, be sure you check out other resources.

Tenant Defenses to Evictions in Kentucky

Kentucky has adopted the  Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act  (URLTA), which sets forth the rules and regulations landlords and tenants must follow when renting property. A tenant facing eviction for failing to pay rent or violating the lease may have a defense against the eviction. check to learn more.

DEFENDING AGAINST EVICTION IN KENTUCKY

A landlord whose tenants do not move when they are asked to must get a court order before evicting them. The law does not give landlords the right, without a court order, to turn off electricity or water in order to get a tenant to move. check to learn more.

KENTUCKY EVICTION PROCESS

In the state of Kentucky, the eviction law depends on what county the property is in. The first step in the Kentucky Eviction Process is the landlord serving (delivering) the tenant with a Kentucky Eviction Notice. check to learn more.