{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-135.080","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 135.080","heading":"Action by Department of Revenue against defaulting collector -- Notice --","body":"Docketing and trial -- Judgment.\n(1) When an action is brought in the Franklin Circuit Court against a sheriff or clerk, or\nagainst the sureties on his official bond, or against  his heirs, devisees or\nrepresentatives, or against any other person required to pay money into the State\nTreasury or to do any other act required by law to be done in connection with the\npayment of money into the State Treasury after it has been collected , the\nDepartment of Revenue shall, twenty (20) days before the trial, mail to the\ndefendant in the action, directed to him at the courthouse of his county, a notice in\nwriting stating the amount judgment will be asked for and the time the court will be\nheld. The department shall file a copy of this notice, with the name of the person to\nwhom sent and the time when and the place where sent, with the clerk of the court,\nto be filed by him and kept with the papers in the action.\n(2) The court, without further notice to the parties, shall proceed with the action. The\ndepartment shall file with the clerk of the court a memorandum of the names of the\nparties, the amount due from each defaulter against whom judgment is demanded,\nand a copy of the bond if any. The clerk shall docket the action in the order in which\nthe names stand on the memorandum.\n(3) Judgments, when given against the defendants in the cases referred to in this\nsection, shall be for the principal due with interest at the rate of ten percent (10%)\nper annum from the time the amount was due until paid.","path":["KRS Chapter 135"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=28475","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:50:26Z","sha256":"fdf04533a725f16b47006952e54b0502c710a304271ffaafce3f24fd6c7062ce","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-135.070","next":"us-ky/krs-135.090"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}