182.020 Wharves, piers and bulkheads on private land -- Abatement. - Kentucky Statutes

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182.020 Wharves, piers and bulkheads on private land -- Abatement. (1) Any person owning land upon a watercourse may erect a wharf on his land, or a pier or bulkhead in the watercourse opposite his land, but he must not obstruct
navigation nor injure the private rights of any person in doing so. (2) If the Circuit Court of the county in which the wharf, pier or bulkhead is located, believes that the wharf, pier or bulkhead obstructs navigation or encroaches on any
public landing so as to prevent the free use thereof, the court may abate it. Effective: January 2, 1978
History: Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 169, effective January 2, 1978. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from
Ky. Stat. sec. 4323.