KRS 426.520: Appraisal of real property before judicial sale.

(1) Before any real property is to be sold under an order or judgment of a court, other

than an execution, the commissioner or other officer selling the property shall have

it appraised, under oath, by two (2) disinterested, intelligent housekeepers of the

county, who may be sworn by the officer. If they disagree, the officer shall act as

umpire. If only a part of a tract of land is sold, the part sold shall, after the sale, be

revalued in like manner.

(2) The appraisal made shall be in writing, signed by the p ersons making it, and

returned by the commissioner or officer to the court which made the order or

rendered the judgment for the sale of the property. Prior to the sale, the appraisal

shall be filed among the papers of the cause in which the judgment was r endered or

the order made, and entered on the records of the court.