The window opens on day eight. The Forcible Detainer Division says a warrant for possession “may be requested by calling the District Civil Division at 859-246-4150 between the 8th and 30th day after the forcible detainer judgment is entered.” Have the court date on your judgment, the case number, and the tenant’s name and address ready when you call.
And it shuts on day thirty. Under local court policy, a warrant “may not be issued beyond 30 days following entry of your forcible detainer judgment without motioning the court and providing proper notice to the defendant.” Let the window pass and you are back in front of the judge.
Then you book the officer. The court’s instruction is that you “must also call the sheriff or constable of your choice to schedule an appointment for them to be present when the property is removed.” The day the unit comes back is a day you arrange, inside that window.
That appointment is the date to give us. Tell us it when you ask for a price and we hold a slot against it. Every room is photographed before anything is touched, and the photos are yours to keep whoever does the work.
A plain-English summary of the Fayette District Court’s published procedure, not legal advice, and we are not lawyers. The notices before you can file come from Kentucky’s landlord-tenant act, which Lexington-Fayette has adopted; the court lists them as 7, 14 and 30-day notices. Your attorney and the court are the authorities on your case.