KRS 395.220: Sale of land when authorized by will.

(1) The executors, or such of them as undertake the execution of the will, or, if all or

more than one (1) undertake the execution of the will and part die or vacate the

office, the residue or survivor, may sell and convey the land which the will directs

or devises to the executor or to another person to be sold, or gives a discretionary

power to sell, if no other person is appointed for that purpose, or if the person

appointed refuses to perform the trust or dies before he has completed it.

(2) Pending an acti on or procedure to set aside or reject the will, there shall be no

power to sell the land of the deceased, except under a judgment of court.