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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 426.960: Notice of filing.

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  1. KRS Chapter 426

(1) At the time of the filing of the foreign judgment, the judgment creditor or his lawyer

shall make and file with the clerk of the court an affidavit setting forth the name and

the last known post office address of the judgment debtor, and the judgment

creditor.

(2) Promptly upon the filing of the foreign judgment and the affidavit, the clerk shall

mail notice of the filing of the foreign judgment to the judgment debtor at the

address given and shall make a note of the mailing in the docket. The notice shall

include the name and post office address of the judgment creditor and the judgment

creditor's lawyer, if any, in this state. In addition, the judgment creditor may mail a

notice of the filing of the judgment to the judgment debtor and may file proof of

mailing with the clerk. Lack of mailing notice of filing by the clerk shall not affect

the enforcement proceedings if proof of mailing by the judgment creditor has been

filed.

(3) No execution or other process for enforcement of a foreign judgment filed

hereunder shall issue until twenty (20) days after the date the judgment is filed.

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