KRS 376.160: Priority of liens -- Persons not deemed employees.

Any lien provided for in KRS 376.150 and 376.180 shall be superior to the lien of any

mortgage or other encumbrance thereafter created, and shall be for the whole amount due

the employees as such, or due for such materials or supplies. Liens of employees f or

wages coming due to them within six months before the property or effects shall come to

be distributed among the creditors shall be superior to the lien of any mortgage or other

encumbrance theretofore or thereafter created. No president or other chief officer, nor any

director or stockholder of any such company, shall be deemed an employee within the

meaning of KRS 376.150.