Kentucky notice of entry template

Kentucky rules for this report

These rules are about how and when you report, not the template's fields. Check them before you deliver.

• Kentucky's Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (KRS 383.505 to 383.705) applies where a city, county or urban-county government has adopted it, in its entirety and without amendmentKRS 383.500
• A tenant may not unreasonably withhold consent for the landlord to enter to inspect, make necessary or agreed repairs, decorations, alterations or improvements, supply necessary or agreed services, or show the unit to prospective or actual purchasers, mortgagees, tenants, workmen or contractorsKRS 383.615 (1)
• A landlord may enter without the tenant's consent in an emergencyKRS 383.615 (2)
• Except in an emergency or if it is impracticable, the landlord gives at least two days' notice of the intent to enter and enters only at reasonable times; the landlord may not abuse access or use it to harass the tenantKRS 383.615 (3)
• The landlord has no other right of access except by court order, as KRS 383.665 and 383.670 (2) allow, or if the tenant has abandoned or surrendered the premisesKRS 383.615 (4)
• If the tenant refuses lawful access, the landlord may seek an injunction or terminate and recover actual damages and attorney's fees; for an unlawful, unreasonable or repeatedly harassing entry, the tenant may seek an injunction or terminate and recover actual damages and reasonable attorney's feesKRS 383.700

What is in it

• Notice of entryThe notice to the tenant, in the standard wording filled in with the entries.
• Additional detailsAnything else the tenant should know: keys, pets, access instructions.

Rules last reviewed October 26, 2026. Read the full Kentucky notice of entry requirements.