Kentucky tenant screening laws

This page states no Kentucky rule on application or screening fees: the review it relies on recorded none, and no applicable provision beyond KRS chapter 383 was reviewed.

For housing covered by KRS 344.360, Kentucky prohibits discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, disability or national origin in rental availability, terms and services, negotiations, advertisements and applications. Kentucky's landlord and tenant chapter treats an assistance animal, including a service animal or emotional support animal, as not a pet, and a person with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation to keep one. Unless the disability or disability-related need is readily apparent, you may ask for reliable documentation of the need, including from someone with whom the requester has or had a therapeutic relationship, and may independently verify it. Federal fair housing law, local protections and the remaining civil rights provisions were not read for this page (KRS 344.360; KRS 383.085(2), (3)).

• You may not charge a pet fee, pet deposit or added rent for an assistance animal, but the tenant is responsible for physical damage it causes if residents with pets are responsible for their pets' damage, and must follow the rules that apply to all residents (KRS 383.085(4)).
• You may not refuse to rent to, or otherwise retaliate against, a person because they are a protected tenant under a qualifying protective order (KRS 383.300(3)).See Protective orders and emergency calls on the Kentucky page
• For covered housing, disability discrimination includes refusing necessary reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices or services, and refusing reasonable modifications at the disabled person's expense, subject to the statutory restoration conditions. Where reasonable, interior restoration may be agreed on, but reasonable wear and tear must be excepted. The section also sets accessibility requirements for specified multifamily construction (KRS 344.360(11) to (13)).
• State law contains specific exceptions and exemptions, including certain owner-occupied rentals and shared facilities. Have a qualified housing-law professional check the exact property, transaction, federal law and local rules before relying on an exception. A state exception alone does not resolve every applicable protection (KRS 344.362; KRS 344.365).
• Use the protections for the transaction you are reviewing. The age-forty-and-over rule in KRS 344.040 concerns employment; it is not one of the listed classes in the housing provision, KRS 344.360. That distinction does not settle protections under other laws or justify blanket screening exclusions. Check the actual housing coverage and applicable federal and local rules (KRS 344.040(1); KRS 344.360).