KRS 135.100: Lien of judgment -- Replevin of execution -- Officer's return --

Interference with sale.

(1) Judgments in the name of the state or county against sheriffs and other public

collectors, their sureties, or their heirs, devisees or personal representative s, or any

of them, shall bind the estate, legal or equitable, of all of the defendants to the

judgments from the commencement of the action until satisfied. No execution

thereon shall be stayed by replevin or sale on credit, but in all such cases the estat e

taken in execution shall be sold for money, except that the Department of Revenue

may, with the consent of the Attorney General, indorse the right to replevy on the

execution where the tax is payable to the department, and a like privilege is given to

the sheriff, with the consent of the county attorney, when the taxes are payable to

the sheriff.

(2) Any officer who makes a false return on such execution shall be subjected to the

payment of the whole amount of the execution and costs, in addition to the p enalty

provided by subsection (3) of KRS 135.990.

(3) No person shall attempt, by any fraudulent execution, conveyance, encumbrance or

otherwise, to stop or injure the sale of the estate under the execution.