KRS 56.030: State, when made grantee or lessee of land.

(1) Except as provided in KRS 177.060, 177.070 and 183.120, the Commonwealth

shall be named as the grantee of any land given or devised to the state, or partly or

wholly paid for out of state funds, and of any land or interest in land conveyed to it

or for its use or for the use of any of its agencies or officers.

(2) Except as provided in KRS 183.120, the Commonwealth shall be named as the

lessee in all leases for governmental purposes or for the use of the state.