KRS 395.120: Oaths of representatives.

(1) If the court requires a hearing for the appointment of the fiduciary, each executor,

administrator, curator, and administrator with the will annexed or de bonis non shall

take an oath before the court in which the application for appointment is made to

faithfully perform the duties of his or her office to the best of his or her judgment.

(2) (a) The oaths required of the executor, administrator, curator, and administrator

with the will annexed or de bonis non may be satisfied by execution of the

following declaration:

"1. I, the undersigned, agree to faithfully perform the duties of the office as

required by law, including but not limited to:

a. Deposit all funds which come into my hands in a lawful depository

located within this Commonwealth and provide canceled checks as

may be required to prove accounts;

b. Keep estate funds in separate estate accounts at all times during

the administration of the estate;

c. Invest all funds in a lawful manner;

d. Make and file all required documents when due as required by

law;

e. File all tax documents as required by law;

f. Maintain adequate insurance to reasonably protect any property

that I may hold as a fiduciary; and

g. Obey all orders of the court;

2. I, the undersigned, understand I am subject to removal as the fiduciary if

I fail to perform the duties required of me under the laws of this state

and that I am subject to possible fines, and civil and criminal penalties

for improper conversion of the property that I hold as fiduciary; and

3. If applicable, I, the undersigned, declare that my intestate, so far as I

know or believe, died without leaving a will."

(b) The oath sworn or affirmed in the presence of a notary public, or the

declaration if authori zed by the court, shall be presented to the appropriate

clerk of the court with the fiduciary's application for appointment.