14 Day Notice of Material Noncompliance with Lease or Rental Agreement - Residential - 15 days to Cure
Tenant's noncompliance with rental agreement -- Failure
to pay rent.
(1) Except as provided in KRS 383.505 to 383.715, if there is a
material noncompliance by the tenant with the rental agreement or a material
noncompliance with KRS 383.605 or 383.610, the landlord may deliver a written
notice to the tenant specifying the acts and omissions constituting the
breach and that the rental agreement will terminate upon a date not less
than fourteen (14) days after receipt of the notice. If the breach is not
remedied in fifteen (15) days, the rental agreement shall terminate as
provided in the notice subject to the following. If the breach is remediable
by repairs or the payment of damages or otherwise and the tenant adequately
remedies the breach before the date specified in the notice, the rental
agreement shall not terminate. If substantially the same act or omission
which constituted a prior noncompliance of which notice was given recurs
within six (6) months, the landlord may terminate the rental agreement
upon at least fourteen (14) days' written notice specifying the breach
and the date of termination of the rental agreement.
(2) If rent is unpaid when due and the tenant fails to pay rent
within seven (7) days after written notice by the landlord of nonpayment
and his intention to terminate the rental agreement if the rent is not
paid within that period, the landlord may terminate the rental agreement.
(3) Except as provided in KRS 383.505 to 383.715, the landlord may
recover damages and obtain injunctive relief for any noncompliance by the
tenant with the rental agreement or KRS 383.605 or 383.610. If the tenant's
noncompliance is willful the landlord may recover actual damages and reasonable
attorney's fees. Chap. 383, §383.660 Effective: July 13, 1984
Remedy after termination.
If the rental
agreement is terminated, the landlord may have a claim for possession and
for rent and a separate claim for actual damages for breach of the rental
agreement and reasonable attorney's fees as provided in KRS 383.660(3).
Chap. 383, §383.685