KRS 394.140: Will probated in District Court -- Venue.

Wills shall be proved before, and admitted to record by, the District Court of the testator's

residence (if such residence was on a United States Army post, military reservation or

fort, it may be proved and admitted to record in the District Court of any county adjacent

thereto); if he had no known place of residence in this state, and land is devised, then in

the county where the land or part thereof lies; if no land is devised, then in the county

where he died, or where his estate or part thereof is, or where there is a debt or demand

owing to him.