# KRS § 383.595: 383.595 Landlord's maintenance obligations and agreements > Kentucky · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KY_TXXXII_C383_S383.595 ## Section - **Citation:** KRS § 383.595 - **Heading:** 383.595 Landlord's maintenance obligations and agreements - **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** KY Code / Title XXXII / Chapter 383 / Section 383.595 ## Text 383.595 Landlord's maintenance obligations and agreements. (1) A landlord shall: (a) Comply with the requirements of applicable building and housing codes materially affecting health and safety; (b) Make all repairs and do whatever is necessary to put and keep the premises in a fit and habitable condition; (c) Keep all common areas of the premises in a clean and safe condition; (d) Maintain in good and safe working order and condition all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, and other facilities and appliances, including elevators, supplied or required to be supplied by him; and (e) Supply running water and reasonable amounts of hot water at all times and reasonable heat between October 1 and May 1 except where the building that includes the dwelling unit is not required by law to be equipped for that purpose, or the dwelling unit is so constructed that heat or hot water is generated by an installation within the exclusive control of the tenant and supplied by a direct public utility connection. (2) If the duty imposed by paragraph (a) of subsection (1) is greater than any duty imposed by any other paragraph of that subsection, the landlord's duty shall be determined by reference to paragraph (a) of subsection (1). (3) The landlord and tenant of a single family residence may agree in writing that the tenant perform the landlord's duties specified in paragraph (e) of subsection (1) and also specified repairs, maintenance tasks, alterations, and remodeling, but only if the transaction is entered into in good faith and not for the purpose of evading the obligations of the landlord. (4) The landlord and tenant of any dwelling unit other than a single family residency may agree that the tenant is to perform specified repairs, maintenance tasks, alterations, or remodeling only if: (a) The agreement of the parties is entered into in good faith and not for the purpose of evading the obligations of the landlord and is set forth in a separate writing signed by the parties and supported by adequate consideration; (b) The work is not necessary to cure noncompliance with subsection (1)(a) of this section; and (c) The agreement does not diminish or affect the obligation of the landlord to other tenants in the premises. ## 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_S383.595. 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