{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-382.110","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 382.110","heading":"Recording of deeds and mortgages -- Place of recording -- Use of certified","body":"copies of original records -- Contents of deed -- Filing of deed in lieu of\nforeclosure -- Time for filing deed -- Petition by municipal government to\ncompel filing of a deed.\n(1) All deeds, mortgages, and other instruments required by law to be recorded to be\neffectual against purchasers without notice, or creditors, shall be recorded in the\ncounty clerk's office of the county in which the property conveyed, or the g reater\npart of the property conveyed, is located.\n(2) A county clerk or deputy county clerk shall not admit to record any deed of\nconveyance of any interest in real property equal to or greater than a life estate\nunless the deed plainly specifies and refer s to the immediate source from which the\ngrantor derived title to the property or the interest conveyed in the deed.\n(3) (a) An authentic photocopy of any original record may be certified as a true,\ncomplete, unaltered copy of the original record on file b y the official public\ncustodian of the record.\n(b) A certified copy of a document may be submitted for filing in any other filing\nofficer's jurisdiction as though it were the original record. However, a county\nclerk or deputy county clerk shall not accept for filing any original document\nor certified copy of any document unless the original document and its\ncertified copy conform to all statutory requirements for filing the document\nunder KRS Chapter 382.\n(c) This subsection shall apply only to a record gen erated and filed in Kentucky,\nand only if the certified copy of the record is to be utilized in Kentucky. If the\nrecord is a foreign record or a Kentucky record to be filed or utilized in a\nforeign jurisdiction, then this subsection shall not apply and app licable\nfederal, Kentucky, or foreign law shall apply.\n(4) If the source of title is a deed or other recorded writing, the deed offered for record\nshall refer to the former deed or writing, and give the office, book, and page where\nrecorded, and the date o f recording. If the property or interest in the property is\nobtained by inheritance or in any other way than by recorded instrument of writing,\nthe deed offered for record shall state clearly and accurately how and from whom\nthe title to the property or interest was obtained by the grantor.\n(5) If the title to the property or interest conveyed is obtained from two (2) or more\nsources, the deed offered for record shall plainly specify and refer to each of the\nsources in the manner provided in subsections (2)  and (4) of this section, and shall\nshow which part of the property, or interest in the property, was obtained from each\nof the sources.\n(6) A grantor shall not lodge for record, and a county clerk or deputy shall not receive\nand permit to be lodged for record, any deed that does not comply with this section.\n(7) A clerk or deputy clerk shall not be liable for the fine imposed by KRS 382.990(1)\nbecause of any erroneous or false references in any deed, nor because of the\nomission of a reference required by law where it does not appear on the face of the\ndeed that the title to the property or interest conveyed was obtained from more than\none (1) source.\n(8) This section does not apply to deeds made by any court commissioner, sheriff, or by\nany court officer in pursuance of his or her duty as a court officer, nor to an y deed\nor instrument made and acknowledged before March 20, 1928. A deed shall not be\ninvalid because it is lodged contrary to this section.\n(9) A mortgage holder shall file a deed in lieu of foreclosure in the county clerk's office\nof the county in which the property conveyed, or the greater part of the property\nconveyed, is located, no later than forty-five (45) days after the date the deed in lieu\nof foreclosure is executed.\n(10) (a) A deed filed pursuant to KRS 426.577 shall be filed by the grantee with in five\n(5) business days of receipt of the deed from the commissioner appointed by a\ncourt to convey the property.\n(b) If the property is located within the boundaries of a municipal government\nand the grantee has not filed the deed from the commissioner within thirty\n(30) business days of its receipt, the municipal government may file a petition\nin the Circuit Court of the county where the property is located requesting the\ncourt to enter an order:\n1. Compelling the filing of the deed by the grantee; and\n2. Awarding court costs and attorney's fees incurred in bringing the\npetition.","path":["KRS Chapter 382"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=57627","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:12Z","sha256":"e58a2ef4c4dfaa81fa24f724c45a62852af076c147268a5cba9e2030c6772149","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-382.100","next":"us-ky/krs-382.115"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}