{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-371.010","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 371.010","heading":"Statute of frauds -- Contracts to be written.","body":"No action shall be brought to charge any person:\n(1) For any representation or assurance concerning the character, conduct, credit,\nability, trade, or dealings of another, made with intent that such other may obtain\nthereby credit, money, or goods;\n(2) Upon any promise to pay a debt contracted during infancy, or any ratification of a\ncontract or promise made during infancy;\n(3) Upon any promise of a personal representative as such to answer any liability of his\ndecedent out of his own estate;\n(4) Upon any promise to answer for the debt, default, or misdoing of another;\n(5) Upon any agreement made in consideration of marriage, except mutual promises to\nmarry;\n(6) Upon any contract for the sale of real estate, or any lease thereof for longer than one\nyear;\n(7) Upon any agreement that is not to be performed within one year from the making\nthereof;\n(8) Upon any promise, agreement, or contract for any commission or compensation for\nthe sale or lease of any real estate or for assisting another in the sale or lease of any\nreal estate; or\n(9) Upon any promise, contract, agreement, undertaking, or commitment to loan\nmoney, to grant, extend, or renew credit, or make any financial accommodation to\nestablish or assist a business enterprise or an existing business enterpri se including,\nbut not limited to the purchase of realty or real property, but this subsection shall\nnot apply to agreements pursuant to which credit is extended by means of a credit\ncard or similar device, or to consumer credit transactions;\nunless the promise, contract, agreement, representation, assurance, or ratification, or some\nmemorandum or note thereof, be in writing and signed by the party to be charged\ntherewith, or by his authorized agent. It shall not be necessary to express the\nconsideration in the writing, but it may be proved when necessary or disproved by parol\nor other evidence.","path":["KRS Chapter 371"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=35220","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:07Z","sha256":"4542d0d0278a2151754b7f990e8b49f981fdb6c3f2b1a8e49a3a7bd1959e995a","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-37.990","next":"us-ky/krs-371.020"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}