83.420 Incorporation and general powers. - Kentucky Statutes

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83.420 Incorporation and general powers. The inhabitants of each city of the first class shall constitute a corporation, with power
to govern themselves by any ordinances and resolutions for municipal purposes not in
conflict with the Constitution or laws of this state or of the United States. In its corporate
capacity the city may contract and be contracted with and may sue and be sued. It may
adopt a common seal and change it at pleasure or act without a seal. It may acquire
property for municipal purposes by purchase or otherwise. It may hold all its property
either in its own name or in the name of others, to the use of the city, for the purposes for
which the property was granted or dedicated, and may use, manage, improve, sell and
convey, rent or lease its property. Effective: July 15, 1986
History: Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 106, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986. -- Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 243, sec. 2.