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Guide Home Site Map Renting Laws Apartment Life FAQ Legal Help Appendix Links Legal Aid Network Home Page This website provides information on renting for residency in Lexington, Kentucky. Renting laws change from city to city, and from state to state. You should NOT assume any of the information provided in this website applies to an area outside of Lexington.

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FIRES & OTHER DISASTERS

• If your apartment is destroyed by a fire or natural disaster, and as a result the enjoyment of the apartment is substantially impaired, then you or your landlord are legally allowed to terminate the lease early.

• If a fatality in the apartment has occurred, and as a result the enjoyment of the apartment is substantially impaired, then you or your landlord are legally allowed to terminate the lease.

• The landlord must return all unused prepaid rent to the tenant. (Rental payment officially ends on the date of the disaster.)

1. Whoever is terminating the lease must send a WRITTEN NOTICE 14 days before termination. The notice should be SIGNED and DATED and state what has happened to the apartment.

2. After 14 days the lease is officially terminated.

3. The tenant is allowed to vacate the premises immediately, without waiting 14 days.

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