{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-412.110","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 412.110","heading":"Person jointly liable may require suit or execution issued -- Notice.","body":"A surety, co-obligor, or cocontractor, or one (1) of several defendants to a judgment may,\nby notice in writing served in person within the state on the creditor or plaintiff, or, if the\nplaintiff is a nonresident or absent from the place of his residence for the period of thirty\n(30) days consecutively, upon his agent or his attorney, require him to sue or issue\nexecution. If the creditor does not in good faith prosecute the suit with reasonable\ndiligence, or if the plaintiff does not, within ten (10) days  after judgment, sue out\nexecution and in good faith prosecute the collection, the cosurety, co -obligor,\ncocontractor, or defendant shall be discharged from all liability, except for his proper\nshare according to the then existing condition of the several obligors, contractors, or\ndefendants. In any joint suit against the whole, or separate suit against him, judgment\nshall be rendered against him separately, and only for such proper share. The written\nnotice required in this section shall not be waived, unl ess the waiver is in writing. No\nwaiver of the notice shall be pleaded as a defense or given in evidence, unless it is in\nwriting.","path":["KRS Chapter 412"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=17847","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:36Z","sha256":"f2a7ea2977af771add4870a9de588e6650dd6d348b17922c6ce0ca3344ace17e","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-412.100","next":"us-ky/krs-412.120"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}