Property Maintenance in Kenton County, KY (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated Kenton County, Kentucky.
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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Kenton County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Property Blight
Kenton County requires lenders and owners to register vacant or abandoned properties heading into foreclosure with Planning and Development Services, pay a $150 fee, and keep the property from becoming blighted. Unregistered vacant foreclosures draw a $100-per-day civil fine.
Kenton County Vacant Foreclosed Property Rules
Some RestrictionsKenton County Code of Ordinances § 97.01, § 97.03, § 97.99
It is the purpose and intent of the Fiscal Court, through the adoption of this chapter, to establish a vacant and abandoned residential property registration program for properties in foreclosure as a mechanism to protect neighborhoods from becoming blighted through the lack of adequate maintenance and security of vacant and abandoned foreclosed properties. ... The petitioning creditor or owner...
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