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Kentucky Revised Statutes
Title 17 - ECONOMIC SECURITY AND PUBLIC WELFARE
Chapter 198B - HOUSING, BUILDINGS, AND CONSTRUCTION - BUILDING CODE
Section 198B.135 - Presumption regarding defectiveness of building design, construction, materials, or supplies where injury, death, or damage occurs more than five years after completion or incorporation

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 198B.135

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Section 198B.135 - Presumption regarding defectiveness of building design, construction, materials, or supplies where injury, death, or damage occurs more than five years after completion or incorporation

In any action alleging defective building design, construction, materials, or supplies where the injury, death, or property damage occurs more than five (5) years after the date of completion of construction or incorporation of materials or supplies into the building, there shall be a presumption that the building was not defective in design, construction, materials, or supplies. This presumption may be overcome by a preponderance of the evidence to the contrary.

KRS 198B.135

Effective:7/14/1992
Created 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 154, sec. 1, effective7/14/1992.