{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-393.050","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 393.050","heading":"Presumption of death after seven years -- Disposition of property.","body":"Except as provided in KRS 422.132, when a person owning any property having a situs in\nthis state is not known to be living for seven (7) successive years, and neither he nor his\nheirs, devisees, or distributees can be located or proved to have been living  for seven (7)\nsuccessive years, he shall be presumed to have died without heirs, devisees, or\ndistributees, and his property shall be liquidated and the proceeds, less costs incident to\nthe liquidation and any legal proceedings, and the liabilities which have been properly\nclaimed and approved against it, shall be paid to the department.","path":["KRS Chapter 393"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=36194","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:23Z","sha256":"34a85b81c2329650349475e4a991c16abc07e4a8bdbc1b6ada23facd8bdb8c72","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-393.040","next":"us-ky/krs-393.060"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}