# KRS § 383.545: 383.545 Definitions > Kentucky · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXXII_C383_S383.545 ## Section - **Citation:** KRS § 383.545 - **Heading:** 383.545 Definitions - **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** KY Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 383 / Section 383.545 ## Text 383.545 Definitions. Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent sections of KRS 383.505 to 383.715 which apply to specific sections or paragraphs thereof, and unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Action" includes recoupment, counterclaim, set-off suit in equity, and any other proceeding in which rights are determined, including an action for possession. (2) "Building and housing codes" include any law, ordinance, or governmental regulation concerning fitness for habitation, or the construction, maintenance, operation, occupancy, use, or appearance of any premises or dwelling unit. (3) "Dwelling unit" means a structure or the part of a structure that is used as a home, residence, or sleeping place by one (1) person who maintains a household or by two (2) or more persons who maintain a common household. (4) "Good faith" means honesty in fact in the conduct of the transaction concerned. (5) "Landlord" means the owners, lessor, or sublessor of the dwelling unit or the building of which it is a part, and it also means a manager of the premises who fails to disclose as required by KRS 383.585. (6) "Organization" includes a corporation, government, governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, two (2) or more persons having a joint or common interest, and any other legal or commercial entity. (7) "Owner" means one (1) or more persons, jointly or severally, in whom is vested all or part of the legal title to property or all or part of the beneficial ownership and a right to present use and enjoyment of the premises. The term includes a mortgagee in possession. (8) "Person" includes an individual or organization. (9) "Premises" means a dwelling unit and the structure of which it is a part and facilities and appurtenances therein and grounds, areas, and facilities held out for the use of tenants generally or whose use is promised to the tenant. (10) "Rent" means all payments except a security deposit as defined in this section to be made to the landlord under the rental agreement. (11) "Rental agreement" means all agreements, written or oral, and valid rules and regulations adopted under KRS 383.610 embodying the terms and conditions concerning the use and occupancy of a dwelling unit and premises. (12) "Roomer" or "boarder" means a tenant occupying a dwelling unit: (a) Which lacks at least one (1) major bathroom facility or kitchen facility, such as a toilet, refrigerator, or a stove; and (b) In a building where one (1) or more such major facilities are supplied to be used in common by the occupants of the tenant's dwelling unit and by the occupants of one (1) or more other dwelling units; and (c) In a building in which the landlord resides. (13) "Security deposit" means an escrow payment made to the landlord under the rental agreement for the purpose of securing the landlord against financial loss due to damage to the premises occasioned by the tenant's occupancy other than ordinary wear and tear. (14) "Single family residence" means a structure maintained and used as a single dwelling unit. Notwithstanding that a dwelling unit shares one (1) or more walls with another dwelling unit, it is a single family residence if it has direct access to a street or thoroughfare and shares neither heating facilities, hot water equipment, nor any other essential facility or service with any other dwelling unit. (15) "Tenant" means a person entitled under a rental agreement to occupy a dwelling unit to the exclusion of others. (16) "Unconscionable" means an act or conduct which is willful and is so harsh and unjust as would be condemned or considered to be wrongful and would be shocking to the conscience of honest and fair-minded persons. (17) "Willful" means with deliberate intention, not accidentally or inadvertently, and done according to a purpose. ## Nearby sections - [KRS § 383.010 383.010 Recovery of rent -- Interest -- Persons entitled to and liable for](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXXII_C383_S383.010.md) - [KRS § 383.020 383.020 Property subject to distress or attachment for rent -- Damages for illegal distraint, attachment, or wrongful removal](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXXII_C383_S383.020.md) - [KRS § 383.030 383.030 Attachment for rent -- Procedure](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXXII_C383_S383.030.md) - [KRS § 383.070 383.070 Lien for rent -- Priority of](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXXII_C383_S383.070.md) - [KRS § 383.080 383.080 Rights of other lienholders on property of tenant as against landlord](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXXII_C383_S383.080.md) - [KRS § 383.085 383.085 Assistance animals -- Reasonable accommodations in dwellings -- Limitation of liability -- Penalty for misrepresentation of an assistance animal](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXXII_C383_S383.085.md) - [KRS § 383.090 383.090 Recovery of rent in absence of written contract](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXXII_C383_S383.090.md) - [KRS § 383.100 383.100 Attornment -- When void -- When unnecessary](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXXII_C383_S383.100.md) - [KRS § 383.110 383.110 Landlord's lien for money or supplies furnished -- Enforcement of lien](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXXII_C383_S383.110.md) - [KRS § 383.120 383.120 Contract for portion of crop for rent -- Rights of landlord -- Purchasers of crops](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXXII_C383_S383.120.md) - [KRS § 383.130 383.130 Tenancy under contract to labor forfeited by breach](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXXII_C383_S383.130.md) - [KRS § 383.160 383.160 Holding over beyond term -- Tenancy created by -- Rights of parties](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXXII_C383_S383.160.md) - [KRS § 383.170 383.170 Buildings destroyed without fault of tenant -- Replacement of, and rent on](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXXII_C383_S383.170.md) - [KRS § 383.180 383.180 Conveyance of greater estate than owned, and assignment of tenancy -- Effect](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXXII_C383_S383.180.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXXII_C383_S383.545. 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