(1) Any lien provided for in KRS § 376.010 shall be deemed dissolved unless an action is brought to enforce the lien within twelve (12) months from the day of filing the statement in the clerk’s office, as required by KRS § 376.080. If the debtor against whose property the lien is claimed dies before the expiration of the time prescribed for bringing the action, a further period of six (6) months from the date of the qualification of his personal representative shall be allowed within which the action may be brought.
(2) Any lien provided for in KRS § 376.010 shall, if the lienholder complies with the requirements of KRS § 376.080 and subsection (1) of this section, and does so within the time therein fixed, be valid and effectual against any creditor of, or bona fide or other purchaser from, the owner of the property.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 376.090

  • 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.
  • Owner: when applied to any animal, means any person having a property interest in such animal. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

Effective: October 1, 1942
History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky.
Stat. secs. 2470, 2477.