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Can the landlord make me sign a lease that says I can be evicted if I call the police for help?
The law says that a landlord cannot:
- stop you from calling for help due to an emergency, such as domestic violence; or
- put a clause in your lease that gives the landlord permission to terminate your lease or fine you if you call the police.1
If your landlord does include such a term in your lease, that section of the lease would be unenforceable. In other words, a judge would not make you follow it.
If your landlord tries to enforce that section of your lease, you can sue them for the following types of money damages:
- actual damages that you suffered, such as money that you spent due to the landlord trying to enforce that section of the lease against you;
- your reasonable attorney’s fees;
- all other costs that you had related to the court case against your landlord; and
- punitive damages, which are intended to punish the landlord, that could equal up to two months of rent.2
1 Ky. Rev. Stat. § 383.302(1)
2 Ky. Rev. Stat. § 383.302(2)
