Kentucky law allows landlords in Lexington-Fayette to end month-to-month tenancies without cause on 30 days' written notice, and Lexington has not enacted a local just-cause eviction ordinance to override that default.
Under KRS §383.695, a month-to-month tenancy in a URLTA city like Lexington terminates with 30 days' written notice from either side, and no specific reason is required. Fixed-term leases simply expire on the end date unless renewed. LFUCG has discussed but not adopted a just-cause eviction rule, partly because Holland v. Louisville/Jefferson Co. Metro Government (Ky. 2016), which struck Louisville's local minimum wage, signaled Kentucky courts are skeptical of home-rule expansions into landlord-tenant policy. Tenants still receive URLTA habitability protections and retaliation defenses while the notice runs.
A landlord who issues less than 30 days' notice or who is shown to be retaliating for a habitability complaint can have the eviction dismissed in Fayette District Court and may owe statutory damages plus attorney fees.
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