The clerk, before making the indorsements required by paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of KRS § 426.551, shall require the person claiming right thereto to file an affidavit showing his right. If the affiant state that he is a personal representative or successor of a decedent, the clerk shall also require him to file a copy, properly certified, of his appointment as such by a competent tribunal in the United States; and, unless the appointment was made in Kentucky, the clerk shall also require of him a covenant, with good surety, that he will dispose, according to law, of any property which he may receive upon the execution. If the affiant state that he is a devisee of a decedent, the clerk shall require him to file a copy of the will, certified by a county clerk in this state in which the will or a copy is recorded.
Effective: June 17, 1978
History: Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 528, effective June 17, 1978. — Transferred 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1, effective July 1, 1953, from C.C. sec. 404.