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  So, the hits just keep on coming. After the Governor signed a new Executive Order on evictions on eviction on August 24, we got news on Friday that the Kentucky Supreme Court had issued a new order on evictions as well. You can read the order here. The section on eviction begins on Page Five. The Supreme Court’s Order does two very important things: It makes clear that CARES Act properties must continue to give 30-day notices to pay or vacate. Prior to the Governor’s Order last week, most within the legal community assumed that the 30-day notice requirement...

It’s been a wild week already. Non-payment eviction cases resumed in the courts, eviction protests broke out (kind of), at least one judge’s home was vandalized, and the Governor signed a new Executive Order on evictions. Let’s take a look at all of it. Non-payment of Rent Cases in Court Non-payment of rent cases resumed in the Courts on Monday. The Supreme Court’s order in late July allowed non-payment evictions to be filed beginning on August 1. The courts then started putting non-payment cases on the docket that had been filed back in March, but had not been heard prior...

In most parts of the state, the courts are accepting eviction filings, so I wanted to give an update on what I’m seeing and hearing: Some counties (Clark, Madison, Mercer) are interpreting the Kentucky Supreme Court’s order allowing evictions to proceed as requiring ALL landlords to give a 30-day notice prior to filing an eviction. I think that is the wrong interpretation of the order, as the 30-day language in the order is only mentioned in connection with the CARES Act. What’s more, if every property was required to give a 30-day notice, there would be no reason to also...

We’re a few days into the aftermath of the recent order from the Kentucky Supreme Court allowing nonpayment evictions to move forward as of August 1. That news has a lot of rental owners and managers scrambling to get notices out to tenants to pay or vacate. So, I wanted to address some logistical issues and questions that I’m getting. The new order requires all properties covered by the CARES Act to give 30-day notices to pay or vacate. There is an argument under the CARES Act that this 30-day notice requirement ONLY applies to rent that was due from...

Well, the rental industry got an unexpected bit of good news today when the Kentucky Supreme Court issued a new order allowing all evictions to proceed as of August 1, under the following terms: All properties covered by the CARES Act must first issue a 30-day notice to vacate. If you’re not sure if your property is covered, make sure to read this post. I’ve also included multiple searchable databases on the front page of the site at the bottom that will help you make that determination. All eviction filings must have a Verification of Compliance form attached to them....