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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in KRS 227.200 to 227.400, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of housing, buildings and construction;
(2) “Department” means the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction;
(3) “Fire investigator” means a deputy fire marshal who has been appointed by the state fire marshal to be a fire investigator and to exercise peace officer powers in order to investigate crimes set out in KRS Chapter 513 and other crimes discovered in the course of investigation;
(4) “Fire loss” means loss of or damage to property, loss of life or personal injury, by fire, lightning, or explosion;
(5) “Local legislative body” means the chief legislative body of a city, county, urban-county government, consolidated local government, charter county government, or unified local government;
(6) “Local government” means a city, county, urban-county government, consolidated local government, charter county government, or unified local government;
(7) “Order” or “special order” means an order of the state fire marshal, designed for the prevention of fire loss, that affects or may affect the property rights of a particular owner or designated property;
(8) “Owner” means any person who owns, occupies, or has charge of any property;
(9) “Property” means property of all types, both real and personal, movable and immovable; and
(10) “Rule” or “regulation” means a general order of the commissioner, designed for the prevention of fire loss, which affects or may affect property rights of a designated class of owners or for the prevention of fire loss by certain indicated hazards.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XIX. Public Safety and Morals § 227.200.Definitions for KRS 227.200 to 227.400 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-xix-public-safety-and-morals/ky-rev-st-sect-227-200/
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