{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-382.335","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 382.335","heading":"Certain information to be included in instruments in order for them to be","body":"recorded.\n(1) No county clerk shall receive or permit the recording of any instrument by which\nthe title to real estate or personal property, or any interest therein or lien the reon, is\nconveyed, granted, encumbered, assigned, or otherwise disposed of; nor receive any\ninstrument or permit any instrument, provided by law, to be recorded as evidence of\ntitle to real estate, unless the instrument has endorsed on it, a printed, typewritten, or\nstamped statement showing the name and address of the individual who prepared\nthe instrument, and the statement is signed by the individual. The person who\nprepared the instrument may execute his or her signature by affixing a facsimile of\nhis o r her signature on the instrument. This subsection shall not apply to any\ninstrument executed or acknowledged prior to July 1, 1962.\n(2) No county clerk shall receive or permit the recording of any instrument by which\nthe title to real estate or any intere st therein is conveyed, granted, assigned, or\notherwise disposed of unless the instrument contains the mailing address of the\ngrantee or assignee. This subsection shall not apply to any instrument executed or\nacknowledged prior to July 1, 1970.\n(3) This se ction shall not apply to wills or to statutory liens in favor of the\nCommonwealth.\n(4) No county clerk shall receive, or permit the recording of, any instrument by which\nreal estate, or any interest therein, is conveyed, granted, assigned, transferred, or\notherwise disposed of unless the instrument complies with the official indexing\nsystem of the county. The indexing system shall have been in place for at least\ntwenty-four (24) months prior to July 15, 1994 or shall be implemented for the\npurpose of allowi ng computerized searching for the instruments of record of the\ncounty clerk. If a county clerk requires a parcel identification number on an\ninstrument before recording, the clerk shall provide a computer terminal, at no\ncharge to the public, for use in fi nding the parcel identification number. The county\nclerk may make reasonable rules about the use of the computer terminal, requests\nfor a parcel identification number, or both.\n(5) The receipt for record and recording of any instrument by the county clerk without\ncompliance with the provisions of this section shall not prevent the record of filing\nof the instrument from becoming notice as otherwise provided by law, nor impair\nthe admissibility of the record as evidence.","path":["KRS Chapter 382"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=35618","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:12Z","sha256":"a752a93f674fdf04c8f9cc85d21ca2ead66f2ea3d7779e60b40d246e4d9e2c2b","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-382.330","next":"us-ky/krs-382.337"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}