Kentucky move-in and move-out checklist
In Kentucky, where the statute applies, a landlord who cannot produce the condition report cannot deduct for damage. The generator builds the room-by-room report and prints the sign-or-dissent notice.
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What Kentucky requires
- Requirement
- Before the deposit is tendered the tenant gets a comprehensive listing of existing damage with the estimated cost of repair; both sign, or the tenant dissents in writing. At move-out the landlord compiles the same listing. Where the statute has been adopted, a landlord without both listings and a separate deposit account keeps none of the deposit.
- Repair cost
- Each listed damage carries the estimated cost of repair.
- Deductions
- Depend on this report existing.
- Exemption
- KRS 383.505 to 383.705 apply only where the city, county or urban-county government has adopted them in their entirety; elsewhere the listings are not a condition of keeping the deposit.
- Statute
- KRS 383.500, 383.580
Kentucky checklist FAQ
Before the deposit is tendered the tenant gets a comprehensive listing of existing damage with the estimated cost of repair; both sign, or the tenant dissents in writing. At move-out the landlord compiles the same listing. Where the statute has been adopted, a landlord without both listings and a separate deposit account keeps none of the deposit. (KRS 383.500, 383.580)
The report is a condition of deducting for damage. Without it the landlord is left arguing about the unit's condition from memory, and in Kentucky the statute resolves that argument in the tenant's favor wherever it applies.
The tenant states in writing the specific items they dissent to and signs that statement; the report tells them so. A signed list is conclusive as to what it describes (except latent defects), and the tenant's later claims are limited to the items dissented to.
Yes. Kentucky's statute asks for the estimated cost of repairing each listed damage; the report has a column for it and the checklist flags any damaged item without one.
KRS 383.505 to 383.705 apply only where the city, county or urban-county government has adopted them in their entirety; elsewhere the listings are not a condition of keeping the deposit.
Nail holes, faded paint, light carpet wear and loose handles from ordinary use are wear and tear. Burns, stains, holes, broken fixtures and anything that needs more than routine cleaning is damage. Mark wear as "fair" with a note; reserve "damaged" for what a tenant could be charged for, and photograph it.
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