KRS 422.270: Action to supply lost record.

When any written instrument, authorized by law to be recorded, has been so recorded,

and the book containing it has been lost, destroyed, mutilated or defaced, and there is not

in existence a copy of such writing known to the person claiming under it, such person

may institute a suit in equity, in the county where such instrument was recorded, against

the grantors or obligors in the writing, or his heirs or personal representatives, setting

forth the fact of the existence of such writing, and the destructio n of the record. Upon

hearing, the court may render judgment that the defendants make and execute another

writing in lieu of the original, of the same tenor and effect. Upon the failure of the

defendants to execute a new writing within a reasonable time, t he court shall cause the

same to be executed by a commissioner, which shall vest in plaintiff all the rights vested

in him by the original writing. If the recorded instrument be a conveyance for land, the

plaintiff may make defendants any or all who have h ad title to the land for fifteen (15)

years preceding the institution of the suit. No judgment for costs shall be rendered against

the defendants unless they make defense and fail therein, except that, if they fail to

convey or execute a new writing when a djudged to do so by the court, they shall, if

adults, pay the cost of making the writing by a commissioner.