Kentucky Landlord Compliance Kit: Deposit, Notice and Eviction Checklists with an Excel Tracker

Who it is for

Landlords and property managers with rentals in Kentucky, and tenants who want the same record, from move-in through move-out or a court case.

Not the right fit if

Your rental is outside Kentucky: get that state's kit. Not legal advice, not a lawyer's review of a lease, notice or court case, and not a set of legal notice forms; city and county rules aren't covered.

Why it is different

• Built only from our Kentucky data files, checked November 2026 against 9 official pages, among them Kentucky General Assembly: KRS 383.580, Security deposits; Kentucky General Assembly: KRS 383.695 (Periodic tenancy); Kentucky General Assembly: KRS 383.615 (Access); Kentucky Revised Statutes 383.210; Kentucky Court of Justice: AOC-220 Eviction Notice, Warrant for Possession (Rev. 5-14); Kentucky Court of Justice: AOC-217 Forcible Detainer Judgment (Rev. 4-23), plus FindLaw Codes and Justia (statute text) and National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel (a vetted secondary source, marked in the kit) where no official page could be read.
• 5 items the official pages didn't state are left out of the rules and put on a short look-up list with the page to check, never guessed.
• The workbook recalculates with zero formula errors and works out Kentucky notice and deposit dates for you.

What is inside

• Start here. How to use the kit, the 18 confirmed Kentucky rules at a glance and a short look-up list of 5 points to check: rent increase notice, late fee limits, filing fee, paying to stop the case, diversion or mediation (statewide), each with the official page.
• Kentucky landlord rules checklist. Deposits, notice periods, the eviction case and the small claims limit, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date. What it confirms: deposit limit: No maximum in 383.580; return deadline: 383.580 sets no general return deadline; itemized list of deductions: At move-out the landlord lists the damage with the estimated cost of each repair; the tenant may inspect and sign or dissent in writing (383.580(3)); interest on the deposit: None stated in KRS 383.580 (FindLaw text current as of January 1, 2025: none of its seven subsections mentions interest); where the deposit is held: In an account used only for deposits at a bank or lending institution regulated by Kentucky; the tenant is told where and the account number (383.580(1)); penalty the law states: A landlord who skips the separate account or the move-in and move-out lists may not keep any part of the deposit (383.580(4)); ending month-to-month (landlord): Written notice at least 30 days before the periodic rental date named in the notice (7 days for week-to-week); ending month-to-month (tenant): Written notice at least 30 days before the periodic rental date named in the notice (7 days for week-to-week); unpaid rent notice: Written notice of nonpayment and of the intention to end the rental agreement; if rent is not paid within seven days after the notice, the landlord may end the agreement; entry notice: At least two days' notice; reasonable times; except emergencies or where impracticable; court: The District Court of the county where the property is; time to answer or appear: The tenant answers by appearing on the trial date on the eviction notice to explain their reasons; the notice is served at least three days before trial; hearing after filing: The tenant gets at least three days' notice of the trial (the earliest date here assumes service on the filing day); judgment to writ: The warrant for possession issues once no appeal is filed by the seventh day after the finding; writ to lockout: The judgment orders the tenant to leave within seven days; either side may appeal in that time; who carries out the lockout: The warrant is directed to the sheriff or a constable.
• Move-in and move-out deposit checklist. A room-by-room condition checklist for both visits and the steps after move-out, with Kentucky's return deadline (as the law states it).
• Notice calendar. When each notice must go out: the lead time for every notice the state's text confirms, with a 2027 month-by-month serve-by table worked out with our notice date calculator's rules.
• Eviction timeline sheet. The Kentucky case in order from notice to lockout, with each confirmed stage, an example dated from a sample filing day where the rules give periods, and blanks for your own case dates.
• Kentucky landlord workbook (Excel). A tenant notice log that dates each notice from the Kentucky rules, a deposit tracker that works out the return date for each move-out, and a rent ledger with a running balance.