(1) Any person in possession of or obligated with respect to property or rights to property subject to levy upon which a levy has been made shall, upon demand of the secretary or his delegate, surrender such property or rights or discharge such obligation to the secretary or his delegate, except such part of the property or rights as is, at the time of such demand, subject to an attachment or execution under any judicial process.
(2) Any person who fails or refuses to surrender any property or rights to property subject to levy shall be liable in his own person and estate to the Commonwealth in a sum equal to the value of the property or rights not so surrendered, but not exceeding the amount of contributions, interest and penalties for the collection of which such levy has been made, together with costs and interest on such and at the rate of fifteen percent (15%) per annum from the date of such levy. Any amount other than costs recovered under this subsection shall be credited against the subject employer‘s liability for the collection of which such levy was made.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 341.810

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Contributions: means the money payments, exclusive of interest and penalties, to the unemployment insurance fund required by this chapter and by any previous unemployment compensation law of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 341.020
  • 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.
  • Secretary: means the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet or his or her duly authorized representative. See Kentucky Statutes 341.005
  • subject employer: means :
    (1) Any employing unit which in any calendar quarter in either the current or preceding calendar year paid for service in covered employment wages of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) or more. See Kentucky Statutes 341.070

(3) Any person in possession of or obligated with respect to property or rights to property subject to levy upon which a levy has been made who, upon demand by the secretary or his delegate, surrenders such property or rights to property or discharges such obligation to the secretary or his delegate shall be discharged from any obligation or liability to the delinquent employer with respect to such property or rights to property arising from such surrender or payment.
Effective: July 15, 1986
History: Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 26, sec. 12, effective July 15, 1986.