KRS 64.430: Fee-bills due and distrainable, when.

(1) All fees are due and payable within two (2) months after the services are rendered.

(2) The fee for the attendance of a witness may be distrained for immediately after it is

due, and shall retain its distrainable power for three (3) years, after which it shall

only be collectible as other debts of like quality.

(3) The fees of all officers shall be distrainable on and after January 1 next ensuing the

rendition of the services; and whether an officer lists the same or not, it shall retain

its distrainable force for three (3) years, after which it shall only be collectible as

other debts of like quality.

(4) When the officer rendering the services makes an affidavit on the back of the fee -

bill that the person it is against is about to leave the state with h is effects, or that he

intends and is about to fraudulently sell or dispose of his effects with the intent of

hindering and delaying his creditors in the collection thereof, the officer's fees may

be distrained for immediately after the services are rendered.