Kentucky mobile home rights cheat sheet

A quick reference to how Kentucky law generally treats mobile home lot tenancies. Kentucky has no dedicated mobile home park act, and its general Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (KRS 383.505–383.715) is local option — it applies only where a city, county, or urban-county government has adopted it (KRS 383.500). Where it has not, the written lease and common law govern. This is general information, not legal advice, and the authors are not lawyers — for a specific situation, consider consulting a licensed attorney in Kentucky. Each line cites the controlling authority; read it at the official source linked in Sources.

At a glance

Topic	What the law generally provides	Cite
Governing law	No dedicated park act. The URLTA is local option — applies only where the city/county adopted it.	KRS 383.500
Lot rent	No cap and no mobile-home-specific increase notice; lease controls.	(no statute)
Tenancy / notice	Where URLTA applies: month-to-month unless a term is fixed; 30 days' notice to end month-to-month.	383.565, 383.695
Eviction — nonpayment	Where URLTA applies: 7-day pay-or-terminate notice.	383.660(2)
Eviction — other breach	Where URLTA applies: 14-day termination notice, with a chance to remedy.	383.660(1)
Retaliation	Where URLTA applies: barred after a good-faith code complaint or tenant-union activity.	383.705
Security deposit	No dollar cap; where URLTA applies, must be held in a separate account with signed damage listings.	383.580
Utilities	Where URLTA applies: landlord maintains facilities and supplies running water; essential-service remedy after notice.	383.595, 383.640
Selling / buying	No mobile-home sell-in-place or buyer-approval statute; lease and park rules govern.	(no statute)
Park licensing	Mobile home/RV parks subject to state health and sanitation licensing.	KRS Ch. 219
Title / affixture	Kentucky certificate of title via the county clerk; affidavit of conversion to real estate when affixed.	186A.297

How to use this

This sheet summarizes; it does not replace the statute or legal advice. Because Kentucky's URLTA is local option and there is no dedicated park act, the written lease, the park's rules, and whether your city or county adopted the URLTA are the first things to check. Other authorities — KRS Chapter 219, the Public Service Commission, federal law, and local ordinances — can also apply.

Where to read more

• Kentucky topic guides on FightMyPark: lot rent, eviction, fees, utilities, buying, selling, title, and storm.
• The official statute text and agency pages, linked in the Sources section below.