§ 134.010 Definitions for chapter
§ 134.015 Due dates — Person responsible for payment — Regular and alternative collection schedules — Discounts
§ 134.119 Sheriff is collector of taxes — Means of payment — Penalties — Sale of personal property — Compensation of sheriff
§ 134.121 Transferees — Rights and obligations
§ 134.122 Transfer of certificates of delinquency by sheriff to clerk
§ 134.125 Interest on certificates of delinquency
§ 134.126 Duties of the clerk regarding certificates of delinquency — Fees
§ 134.127 Payment of amount due on certificate of delinquency to the clerk
§ 134.128 Process for sale of certificate of delinquency by clerks to persons not listed in KRS 134.127(1)(a)
§ 134.129 Registration for sale of certificates of delinquency with Department of Revenue
§ 134.131 County clerk to annually provide department with list of certificates of delinquency received from sheriff — Publication on department’s Web site
§ 134.140 Investment of tax revenues until time of distribution — Disposition of investment earnings
§ 134.160 Office rooms, hours, and books of sheriff
§ 134.190 Collection of tax from taxpayer about to remove or conceal property — Payment of delinquent taxes due on property by one holding royalties or payments derived therefrom
§ 134.191 Monthly reporting and payment of taxes collected by sheriff
§ 134.192 Annual settlement of tax collections by sheriff
§ 134.193 Annual sheriff’s tax settlement audit — Requirements
§ 134.215 Outgoing sheriff — Delivery of records and unpaid tax bills to successor — Receipt for unpaid and partially paid tax bills, contents, filing, recording — Responsibility for collecting and accounting for accounts — Settlement — Notice of tempora
§ 134.230 Bond to be executed by sheriff — Liability of sheriff and sureties
§ 134.420 Lien for taxes
§ 134.421 Apportionment of taxes on real property when one owner does not pay taxes due
§ 134.452 Third-party purchaser of certificate of delinquency — Fees — Reasonable attorneys’ litigation fees — Collection limitations — Notice to proper owner — Legislative findings
§ 134.490 Actions by owner of certificate of delinquency to collect or foreclose certificate — Notice by third-party purchaser to taxpayer — Installment payment plans
§ 134.504 Department to collect or contract with county attorney for collection of certificates of delinquency
§ 134.505 No compensation to county attorney who fails to perform duties as to tax claims
§ 134.545 Use of funds by county attorney
§ 134.546 Cause of action on certificates of delinquency — Sale and deed on foreclosure — No redemption — Additional rights if owner is a taxing unit
§ 134.547 Collection of delinquent taxes and assessment of omitted property
§ 134.548 Assessment of omitted property in action to enforce certificate of delinquency or to invalidate land tax sale
§ 134.549 Sale and conveyance of land obtained by taxing unit through action on certificate of delinquency — Redemption by taxpayer
§ 134.551 Refund to purchaser of certificate of delinquency that is unenforceable or declared void — Reassessment of property
§ 134.552 Disposition of penalties collected on delinquent taxes and omitted assessments — Use for administration
§ 134.580 Refund of taxes, other than ad valorem and unconstitutional taxes — Immunity of the Commonwealth from refund suits based on combined or consolidated returns
§ 134.590 Refund of ad valorem taxes or taxes held unconstitutional
§ 134.800 County clerk to collect ad valorem taxes on motor vehicles registered by him — Acceptable means of payment
§ 134.805 Clerk’s commission for collecting taxes — Notices of ad valorem taxes due on motor vehicles
§ 134.810 Date on which taxes become due or delinquent
§ 134.815 Payment by clerk — Report of clerk
§ 134.820 Final settlement
§ 134.825 Data processing costs for AVIS for ad valorem collections to be paid by Department of Revenue
§ 134.830 County clerk to collect ad valorem taxes on motorboats
§ 134.990 Penalties

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 134 - Payment, Collection, and Refund of Taxes

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Appropriation: means an authorization by the General Assembly to expend, from public funds, a sum of money not in excess of the sum specified, for the purposes specified in the authorization and under the procedure prescribed in KRS Chapter 48. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • branch budget: means an enactment by the General Assembly which provides appropriations and establishes fiscal policies and conditions for the biennial financial plan for the judicial branch, the legislative branch, and the executive branch, which shall include a separate budget bill for the Transportation Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Certificate of delinquency: means a tax claim on real property for taxes that:
    (a) Remains unpaid on April 15 under the regular collection schedule, or three (3) full months and fifteen (15) days from the date the taxes were due under an alternative collection schedule as determined under KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 134.010
  • 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
  • Chief executive: means the elected head of the executive branch of government in a city or county. See Kentucky Statutes 134.010
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of the department. See Kentucky Statutes 134.010
  • Committee amendment: An amendment recommended by a committee in reporting a bill or other measure.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the Department of Revenue. See Kentucky Statutes 134.010
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Directors: when applied to corporations, includes managers or trustees. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • 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
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Governing body of a county: means the elected legislative body of a county. See Kentucky Statutes 134.010
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • 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.
  • Omitted property: means property described in KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 134.010
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • 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.
  • Personal property: includes every species and character of property, tangible and intangible, other than real property. See Kentucky Statutes 134.010
  • Personal property certificate of delinquency: means a personal property tax claim that:
    (a) Remains unpaid as of April 15 under the regular collection schedule or three (3) full months and fifteen (15) days from the date the taxes were due under an alternative collection schedule as determined under KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 134.010
  • Property taxes: means the ad valorem taxes due the state, a county, a county school district, or other taxing district. See Kentucky Statutes 134.010
  • Protected list: means the list submitted to the county clerk by the county attorney of certificates of delinquency not eligible for sale pursuant to KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 134.010
  • 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.
  • Real property: includes all lands within the state and improvements thereon. See Kentucky Statutes 134.010
  • 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.
  • Tax claim: includes the taxes due on a tax bill, the penalties, costs, fees, interest, commissions, the lien provided in KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 134.010
  • Taxpayer: means the owner of property on the assessment date, or any person otherwise made liable by law for ad valorem taxes attributable to that assessment date. See Kentucky Statutes 134.010
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Third-party purchaser: means a purchaser of a certificate of delinquency. See Kentucky Statutes 134.010