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 7 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).
• 9 items the official pages didn't state are marked "not confirmed" 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 14 confirmed Kentucky rules at a glance and the 9 items to confirm: interest on the deposit, rent increase notice, unpaid rent notice, late fee limits, filing fee, time to answer or appear, paying to stop the case, right to counsel (statewide) and more, each with the official page to check.
• 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)); 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); entry notice: At least two days' notice; reasonable times; except emergencies or where impracticable.
• 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.