Kentucky Statutes 393A.590 – Evidence of unpaid debt or undischarged obligation
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(1) A record of a putative holder showing an unpaid debt or undischarged obligation shall be prima facie evidence of the debt or obligation.
(2) A putative holder may establish by a preponderance of the evidence that there is no unpaid debt or undischarged obligation for a debt or obligation described in subsection (1) of this section or that the debt or obligation was not, or no longer is, a fixed and certain obligation of the putative holder.
(3) A putative holder may overcome prima facie evidence under subsection (1) of this section by establishing by a preponderance of the evidence that a check, draft, or similar instrument was:
(a) Issued as an unaccepted offer in settlement of an unliquidated amount;
(b) Issued but later was replaced with another instrument because the earlier instrument was lost or contained an error that was corrected;
(c) Issued to a party affiliated with the issuer; (d) Paid, satisfied, or discharged;
(e) Issued in error;
(f) Issued without consideration;
(g) Issued but there was a failure of consideration;
(h) Voided not later than ninety (90) days after issuance for a valid business reason set forth in a contemporaneous record; or
(i) Issued but not delivered to the third-party payee for a sufficient reason recorded within a reasonable time after issuance.
(4) In asserting a defense under this section, a putative holder may present evidence of a course of dealing between the putative holder and the apparent owner or of custom and practice.
Effective: July 14, 2018
History: Created 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 163, sec. 59, effective July 14, 2018.
(2) A putative holder may establish by a preponderance of the evidence that there is no unpaid debt or undischarged obligation for a debt or obligation described in subsection (1) of this section or that the debt or obligation was not, or no longer is, a fixed and certain obligation of the putative holder.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 393A.590
- Apparent owner: means a person whose name appears on the records of a holder as the owner of property held, issued, or owing by the holder. See Kentucky Statutes 393A.010
- 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.
- Holder: means a person obligated to hold for the account of, or to deliver or pay to, the owner, property subject to this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 393A.010
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Putative holder: means a person believed by the administrator to be a holder, until the person pays or delivers to the administrator property subject to this chapter or the administrator or a court makes a final determination that the person is or is not a holder. See Kentucky Statutes 393A.010
- Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Kentucky Statutes 393A.010
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
(3) A putative holder may overcome prima facie evidence under subsection (1) of this section by establishing by a preponderance of the evidence that a check, draft, or similar instrument was:
(a) Issued as an unaccepted offer in settlement of an unliquidated amount;
(b) Issued but later was replaced with another instrument because the earlier instrument was lost or contained an error that was corrected;
(c) Issued to a party affiliated with the issuer; (d) Paid, satisfied, or discharged;
(e) Issued in error;
(f) Issued without consideration;
(g) Issued but there was a failure of consideration;
(h) Voided not later than ninety (90) days after issuance for a valid business reason set forth in a contemporaneous record; or
(i) Issued but not delivered to the third-party payee for a sufficient reason recorded within a reasonable time after issuance.
(4) In asserting a defense under this section, a putative holder may present evidence of a course of dealing between the putative holder and the apparent owner or of custom and practice.
Effective: July 14, 2018
History: Created 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 163, sec. 59, effective July 14, 2018.