KRS 454.030: Forcible entry or detainer, how notice served.

If the officer directed to serve notice on the defendant in forcible entry or detainer

proceedings cannot find the defendant on the premises mentioned in the writ, he may

explain and leave a copy of the notice with any member of the defendant's family ther eon

over sixteen (16) years of age, and if no such person is found he may serve the notice by

posting a copy thereof in a conspicuous place on the premises and by mailing a copy of

the notice to the mailing address of the premises mentioned in the writ by regular mail

through the United States Postal Service, postage prepaid. The notice shall state the time

and place of meeting of the court.