If any owner fails to comply with an order issued pursuant to KRS 227.380 or with an order as modified on appeal, the officer may cause the property to be repaired, or removed if repair is not feasible, and all fire hazard conditions remedied, at the expense of the owner. Such expense may be enforced against any property of such owners and the officer and those employed to do the work or who furnish materials or equipment therefor shall have a lien for such expense on the real estate or property involved.

Effective: March 27, 2025

History: Amended 2025 Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec. 17, effective March 27, 2025. -- Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 401, effective July 15, 2010. -- Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 201, sec. 20.