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56.200 Actual settler -- Preemption right.

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56.200 Actual settler -- Preemption right. An actual settler on any vacant and unappropriated land has a preemption right to any <br>number of acres, not exceeding one hundred (100), to be laid off as nearly as possible in a <br>square, his improvements in the center. Before any other person shall locate the same <br>land, three (3) months' notice of intention to do so must be given to the actual settler, <br>describing the land intended to be taken up or appropriated. If the actual settler does not, <br>within three (3) months from the giving of such notice, have the land entered and <br>surveyed preparatory to obtaining a patent for it, the person giving the notice may enter <br>and survey the land and proceed to obtain the patent. Effective: October 1, 1942 <br>History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4703.