56.200 Actual settler -- Preemption right. - Kentucky Statutes

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56.200 Actual settler -- Preemption right. An actual settler on any vacant and unappropriated land has a preemption right to any
number of acres, not exceeding one hundred (100), to be laid off as nearly as possible in a
square, his improvements in the center. Before any other person shall locate the same
land, three (3) months' notice of intention to do so must be given to the actual settler,
describing the land intended to be taken up or appropriated. If the actual settler does not,
within three (3) months from the giving of such notice, have the land entered and
surveyed preparatory to obtaining a patent for it, the person giving the notice may enter
and survey the land and proceed to obtain the patent. Effective: October 1, 1942
History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4703.