(1) Any contractor or other person contracting with the public authority for the furnishing of any improvements or services for which a lien is created by KRS
376.210 or any person in privity with the contractor or other person may, at any time before a judgment is rendered enforcing the lien, execute before the county clerk in the county in which the lien was filed a bond for double the amount of the lien claimed.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 376.212

  • Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.

(2) The bond executed under subsection (1) of this section shall be subject to the following conditions:
(a) The bond shall be approved by the clerk only if the bond is secured by:
1. Cash;
2. A letter of credit from a bank; or
3. Surety insurance as defined by KRS § 304.5-060 that is issued by a licensed insurer; and
(b) The bond shall require that the obligor satisfy any judgment that may be rendered in favor of the person asserting the lien.
(3) The bond shall be preserved by the clerk, and upon its execution, the lien provided by KRS § 376.210 shall be discharged.
(4) The person asserting the lien may make the obligors on the bond parties to any action to enforce his claim, and any judgment received may be against any of the obligors on the bond.
Effective: June 8, 2011
History: Amended 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 96, sec. 2, effective June 8, 2011. — Created 2000
Ky. Acts ch. 250, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2000.