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149.375 Setting fire on own land regulated.

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149.375 Setting fire on own land regulated. It shall be unlawful, within or adjacent to timberland, for any person to set fire to, or to <br>procure another to set fire to, any flammable material upon land owned or leased by him <br>unless he previously shall have taken all reasonable care and precaution, by carefully <br>clearing around the flammable material as necessary to prevent the escape or spread of <br>fire to lands other than those owned or leased by him. It shall also be unlawful for any <br>employee of any such owner or lessee of land to set fire to any flammable material, upon <br>such land unless he shall have taken similar precautions to prevent the spread of such fire <br>to any other land. All fires shall be attended until extinguished. Effective: July 15, 1998 <br>History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 169, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 142, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 23, sec. 44. -- Created 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 158, sec. 4.