3 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Jefferson County, Kentucky.
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Rent control is effectively unavailable in Jefferson County. Kentucky has no statewide rent-control preemption statute, but Louisville Metro has never enacted rent control and KRS 383.705 of the URLTA (adopted locally) presumes market-rate rent setting by landlord.
Louisville Metro has no just-cause eviction ordinance. Evictions follow Kentucky URLTA (KRS 383.500–715) as adopted locally: 7-day cure for nonpayment, 14-day cure for lease violations, and 30-day no-cause notice for month-to-month tenancies.
Louisville Metro operates the Rental Registry & Inspection Program under LMCO Chapter 156 (IPMC-based), requiring annual registration of all non-owner-occupied residential rental units with Develop Louisville's Property Maintenance division and periodic inspections.
1 cities in Jefferson County have their own rental property rules rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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