{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-412.090","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 412.090","heading":"Assignment of right of action to surety paying judgment.","body":"If the surety pays any part of a judgment he shall have a right to an assignment of the\njudgment from the plaintiff or the plaintiff's attorney, in whole or in part. When the\nplaintiff has been fully satisfied, the assignment shall give the surety the righ t to sue out\nor use any existing execution or otherwise control the judgment for his own benefit,\nagainst the other defendants, so far as to obtain satisfaction from the principal for the\nwhole amount so paid by him, with interest, or from any cosurety his  proper part of such\npayment, according to KRS 412.080. This assignment shall also transfer to the sureties so\npaying the benefit of any lien existing under or by virtue of the judgment, and the right of\nassignment shall exist, though the money was made or  secured by sale of the property of\nthe surety under execution.","path":["KRS Chapter 412"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=17845","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:36Z","sha256":"1a0dca8a106bc8ddba3d93682d675eedfe1bd6589f00ec1fa20320332308b098","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-412.080","next":"us-ky/krs-412.100"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}