CommonGround in Kentucky
Kentucky HOA compliance, enforced as code
Kentucky's statutory enforcement procedure ships in CommonGround as a versioned rule set. Every requirement below is enforced as code: the legally correct path is the only path the software allows, and every blocked action comes back with the statute citation.
KY-381.797-2026.06 · Ky. Planned Community Act (KRS 381.797)
Not legal advice. CommonGround provides compliance guidance, not legal advice. The summaries below are generated from CommonGround's versioned Kentucky rule-set data and require attorney review before you rely on them — consult your association's attorney for legal questions.
What Kentucky law requires — and how CommonGround enforces it
Planned communities (HOAs)
Who decides the fine
Decision body — the board
The board levies reasonable fines after notice and an opportunity to be heard. KRS 381.797(2)
In CommonGround: CommonGround routes the fine decision to the board and requires the recorded decision before any fine is assessed.
Notice, opportunity to be heard, and a recorded decision
Prior to imposing a charge for fines, damages, or an individual assessment, the board shall give the owner a written notice and the opportunity to be heard. No statutory notice-content list, day counts, cure period, or cap. KRS 381.797(2)
In CommonGround: The workflow has no path around it: the notice must be sent, the opportunity to be heard must be offered, and the decision must be recorded — in that order — before a fine can exist.
Protected categories screened at intake
Kentucky protected category: governing documents shall not prohibit political yard signs. Enforcement requires recorded attestation citing the statutory exception. KRS 381.800
- Political yard sign — Political yard signs protected from 30 days before through 7 days after an election (longer where local ordinance allows); reasonable placement/size/manner rules permitted. An in-window sign cannot be fined. KRS 381.800 (2023 Ky. Acts ch. 23, § 16)
In CommonGround: Violation intake screens every new case against Kentucky's protected categories and flags the citation before a notice ever goes out.
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