§ 376.010 Mechanics’ and materialman’s liens — Filing of statement of amount claimed — Extent of lien — Notice to owner, agent, or lessee
§ 376.020 Lien follows property if executory contract for sale is rescinded
§ 376.030 Eviction of owner — Rights of lienholder
§ 376.040 Forfeiture or surrender of lease — Removal of improvements
§ 376.050 Mortgage for building or improvement purposes to state facts — Misapplication of proceeds
§ 376.060 Sale or mortgage of property subject to lien — Proceeds to be applied to payment of lien
§ 376.070 Contractor or architect to apply payments to claims — Exception where lien waived
§ 376.075 Engineers’, architects’, landscape architects’, real estate brokers’, and land surveyors’ liens — When lien not required of real estate broker — Filing statement of amount claimed
§ 376.080 Lien dissolved unless statement filed with county clerk and copy mailed to property owner — Form of statement
§ 376.090 Limitation on action to enforce lien — Priority of lien
§ 376.100 Release of lien by execution of bond
§ 376.110 Action to enforce lien — Referred to master commissioner — Special commissioner
§ 376.120 Notice to parties of time and place of hearing by commissioner
§ 376.130 Taking of depositions and hearing of evidence by the commissioner — Auditing of accounts and report on claims
§ 376.135 Lien on farm crop for service by custom operator
§ 376.140 Lien on gas, oil or other mineral leasehold — Provisions governing such a lien
§ 376.150 Lien of employees on property of a mine, railroad, public improvement company, manufacturing establishment or other business — Of persons furnishing supplies for operation of a railroad
§ 376.160 Priority of liens — Persons not deemed employees
§ 376.170 Distribution of income when operation of property is continued
§ 376.180 Lien attaches when business is transferred, suspended or attached — Enforcement
§ 376.190 Joinder of parties — Limitation on action or filing of claim for lien
§ 376.195 Definitions for KRS 376.195 and 376.210
§ 376.210 Lien for labor, material, or supplies furnished on public improvement — Assertion, filing, and enforcement
§ 376.212 Bond to discharge lien created by KRS 376.210 — Requirements — Liability of obligors on bond
§ 376.220 Limit of amount of lien — Pro rata distribution — Liability for filing claim in excess of amount due
§ 376.230 Lien dissolved unless statement timely filed with county clerk — Form and content of statement — Duties and fees of clerk
§ 376.240 Perfecting a lien on funds due contractor from public authority
§ 376.250 Withholding by public authority of funds due contractor and their payment to lien claimant — Protest by contractor — Suit by lien claimant
§ 376.260 Action to enforce lien — Notice — Limitation — Proof of use of materials
§ 376.265 Lien on real property for service to retail business by municipal utility — Priority — Statement of lien — Action to enforce — Release of lien by execution of bond
§ 376.268 Definitions for KRS 376.270 and 376.275
§ 376.270 Lien on motor vehicle for repairs, storage or accessories — Filing of statement with county clerk
§ 376.272 Marina may enforce lien on boat asserted pursuant to KRS 376.270 by civil action
§ 376.275 Lien on motor vehicles and contents for reasonable and applicable charges under KRS 281.920 to 281.936 — Forfeiture and sale of contents — Exempted contents — Limitation of storage or towing company’s liability
§ 376.280 Sale of boat or motor vehicle for charges — Advertisement of sale — Definition of “boat.”
§ 376.281 Lien on aircraft for storage, repairs or accessories
§ 376.290 Lien on watches and jewelry for repairs — Sale for charges
§ 376.300 Lien of dry cleaner, launderer, or tailor on article for work done — Sale for charges — Notification and criteria for sale
§ 376.310 Lien for storage and services on article prior to storage — Sale for charges
§ 376.320 Notice of sale of article for charges — Distribution of proceeds
§ 376.330 Posting of notices necessary to claim liens
§ 376.340 Lien of keeper of hotel, inn, boarding house or house of private entertainment on personal property of guest for charges
§ 376.350 Enforcement of lien on property of guest
§ 376.360 Liens on steamboats and other vessels for work and supplies
§ 376.370 Liability for damage done by vessel
§ 376.380 Enforcement of lien and liability against vessel
§ 376.390 Joinder of lienholders as plaintiffs — When lien may be enforced against purchaser without notice
§ 376.400 Lien of keeper of livery stable or agister for care of livestock — Sale of livestock cared for — Conditions
§ 376.410 Enforcement of lien for care of livestock
§ 376.420 Lien for service fee of stallion, jack, or bull — Enforcement of lien
§ 376.430 Lien on radios, phonographs and other electrical or electronic devices, for repair
§ 376.435 Lien on die, mold, form, or pattern — Respective rights of molder and customer
§ 376.440 Lien on equipment, machinery and motors for work and supplies — Filing of lien statement
§ 376.445 Contents of lien statement — Indorsement and filing by county clerk — Fee
§ 376.450 Lien inferior to mortgage or sale unless statement filed
§ 376.455 Sale of equipment, machinery or motor to pay charges
§ 376.460 Attorney’s lien
§ 376.470 Veterinarian’s lien
§ 376.475 Filing requirement — Indexing — Dissolution for nonenforcement
§ 376.480 Lien for rent due on space for parking abandoned house trailer or mobile home — Sale of abandoned property
§ 376.990 Penalties

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 376 - Statutory Liens

  • Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Animal: includes every warm-blooded living creature except a human being. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Certified mail: means any method of governmental, commercial, or electronic delivery that allows a document or package to have proof of:
    (a) Sending the document or package. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • City: includes town. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Company: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, person, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Corporation: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Escheat: Reversion of real or personal property to the state when 1) a person dies without leaving a will and has no heirs, or 2) when the property (such as a bank account) has been inactive for a certain period of time. Source: OCC
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Month: means calendar month. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Owner: when applied to any animal, means any person having a property interest in such animal. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • public funds: means sums actually received in cash or negotiable instruments from all sources unless otherwise described by any state agency, state- owned corporation, university, department, cabinet, fiduciary for the benefit of any form of state organization, authority, board, bureau, interstate compact, commission, committee, conference, council, office, or any other form of organization whether or not the money has ever been paid into the Treasury and whether or not the money is still in the Treasury if the money is controlled by any form of state organization, except for those funds the management of which is to be reported to the Legislative Research Commission pursuant to KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • real estate: includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interest therein, other than a chattel interest. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Registered mail: means any governmental, commercial, or electronic method of delivery that allows a document or package to have:
    (a) Its chain of custody recorded in a register to enable its location to be tracked. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Sworn: includes "affirmed" in all cases in which an affirmation may be substituted for an oath. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010