KRS 376.120: Notice to parties of time and place of hearing by commissioner.

(1) The commissioner shall immediately ascertain the name of each person who has

filed a lien against the property sought to be subjected, and fix a time and place at

which he will hear proof touching claims against the property. Any person holding a

lien against the property, whether arising under the provisions of KRS 376.010 or

otherwise, is required to present his claim with the evidence in its support to the

commissioner. The owner of the property, or any other person whose interest may

be affected by the action, may contest any claim presented.

(2) Any person shall be deemed a party to the action, though not made so by the

pleadings or by the service of process, who presents to the commissioner a claim

against the property sought to be subjected or who appears before the commissioner

to contest the claim of another.

(3) The commissioner shall give reasonable written notice to all parties to the action,

and to any other lien -holders known to him or those that reside in the county, or to

their attorneys, of the time and place of receiving proof of claims. He shall also post

a similar notice on the front door of the courthouse of the county.