KRS 91.4884: Notice by mail to interested parties.

(1) The collector shall also cause to be prepared and sent by certified mail, return

receipt requested, within thirty (30) days after the filing of the petition, a notice of

the filing of the action to any taxing authority or person of record owning or

holding any tax bills or claiming any right, title, or interest in or to, or lien upon,

any parcel of real estate as set out in the petition.

(2) The notice shall be substantially as follows:

To the person to whom this notice is addressed:

Public records indicate that you may own or claim some right, title, or interest

in or to, or hold a lien upon, a certain parcel of real estate identified as (here insert

the street address and the property valuation administrator's tax parcel number) and

set out in count number _____ in a petition bearing Action No. _______ filed in the

Circuit Court of ________ County, Kentucky at __________ (city) on _________,

20_____, civil action number _____, in which an enforcement of the liens of

various delinquent tax bills is sought by entry of a court order for the purpose of

selling the real estate at a public sale for payment of all delinquent tax bills,

together with interest, penalties, and costs. Publication of the notice of enforcement

was given on the _____ day of ________, 2 0___, in __________ (here insert name

of city).

Public records in the office of the county clerk or other public office indicate

you may own or claim some interest in this parcel by reason of (here insert specific

reference to any public document of reco rd as disclosed in a thorough examination

of title status.).

Unless all delinquent city taxes are paid upon the parcel of real estate

described in the petition, and unless the owners of the real estate shall have either

discharged any city tax liens, or satisfied any judgment rendered on the liens in

favor of the city, prior to the time of the enforcement sale of the real estate by the

master commissioner, or within sixty (60) days after the sale if the purchase price at

sale is less than the parcel's cer tified assessed value, the owner or any taxing

authority or person of record claiming any right, title, or interest in or to, or lien

upon, any identified parcel of real estate shall be forever barred and foreclosed of

all right, title, and interest, and e quity of redemption in and to the parcel of real

estate. Any owner, taxing authority, or person of record claiming any right, title, or

interest in or to, or lien upon the property, however, shall have the right to file an

answer in the action setting fort h in detail the nature and amount of the interest and

any defense or objection to the enforcement. The answer shall be filed on or before

the ______ day of ________, 20_____, in the office of the Circuit Court clerk and

copy of the answer shall be served u pon the City of _________, in accordance with

the Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure.

Dated ____________, 20____ ______________, Kentucky

(Name of city)

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Attorney

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Address

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Phone