The professional library, office equipment, instruments and furnishings of a minister, attorney, physician, surgeon, chiropractor, veterinarian, or dentist, necessary in the practice of such profession, and not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) in value shall be exempt from execution, attachment, garnishment, distress warrant or fee-bill. In addition to the above exemption one (1) motor vehicle not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) in value with necessary accessories, including one (1) spare tire shall be exempted.
Effective: April 9, 1980

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 427.040

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

History: Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 236, sec. 3, effective April 9, 1980. — Amended
1966 Ky. Acts ch. 157, sec. 4. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective
October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1700.