{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-383.020","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 383.020","heading":"Property subject to distress or attachment for rent -- Damages for illegal","body":"distraint, attachment, or wrongful removal.\n(1) A distress warrant or attachment for rent shall bind, and may be levied upon, any\npersonal property of the original tenant found  in the county, and the personal\nproperty of the assignee or undertenant found on the leased premises. If the tenant\nhas removed his property to another county, the distress or attachment may be\ndirected to that county.\n(2) If property is distrained for a ny rent not due, or attached for any rent not due or\naccruing, or taken under any attachment sued out without good cause, the owner of\nthe property may, in an action against the party suing out the warrant of distress or\nthe attachment, recover double dama ges for the wrongful seizure, and if the\nproperty is sold, for double the value thereof.\n(3) Any person who wrongfully takes or removes property distrained or attached for\nrent, from any person having the legal custody of it, shall be liable to the person\naggrieved for treble damages, with costs. If the property distrained, after the\nwrongful taking or removal, comes to the possession of the owner by his wrongful\nprocurement, he shall in like manner be liable to the person aggrieved.","path":["KRS Chapter 383"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=35672","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:13Z","sha256":"6499a818412c9277fd23ed75f808a5ab6869d436959f66be5258cd6b87e38c42","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-383.010","next":"us-ky/krs-383.030"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}