381.440 Excavations in a city of the first class and consolidated local government -- Protection of adjacent property. Whenever the owner of a lot in a city of the first class or a consolidated local government proposes to excavate upon the lot to a depth greater than ten (10) feet below the top of the curbstone of the sidewalk adjoining the lot, he shall, at his own expense, protect any wall on adjoining land near the excavation from injury from such excavation, if the necessary license is afforded him to enter upon the adjoining land for that purpose, but not otherwise. Effective: July 15, 2002 History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 228, effective July 15, 2002. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 3037a.