Constitution · Kentucky

Ky. Const. art. I, § 162

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Constitution of Kentucky
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October 2026

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Section 162 Unauthorized contracts of cities, counties, and municipalities are void. No county, city, town or other municipality shall ever be authorized or permitted to pay any claim created against it, under any agreement or contract made without express authority of law, and all such unauthorized agreements or contracts shall be null and void. Text as Ratified on: August 3, 1891, and revised September 28, 1891. History: Not yet amended.

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