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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Appraisers” means the board of appraisers appointed by the court.
(2) “Board” means the board of drainage commissioners of the district.
(3) “District” or “drainage district” means any drainage, levee or reclamation district established under this chapter or under the control of the board.
(4) “Drain” includes any ditch, canal, sewer, channel, watercourse, conduit, stream, creek, river, pond, lake, bayou, sluice, or excavation used for the drainage or reclamation of wet or swampy land.
(5) “Improvement” means any drain or other work provided for in KRS 268.510, constructed or used for the purposes set out in this chapter.
(6) “Owner” means any person owning a freehold estate in any property in the district or affected by it according to the report of the board of viewers, and shall not include trustees or mortgagees.
(7) “Property” includes land, railroads, sewers, streets and public highways.
(8) “Sheriff” means any collecting officer.
(9) “Viewers” means the board of viewers appointed by the court.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XXII. Levees, Drainage, and Reclamation of Lands § 268.010.Definitions - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-xxii-levees-drainage-and-reclamation-of-lands/ky-rev-st-sect-268-010/
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