{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-422.270","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 422.270","heading":"Action to supply lost record.","body":"When any written instrument, authorized by law to be recorded, has been so recorded,\nand the book containing it has been lost, destroyed, mutilated or defaced, and there is not\nin existence a copy of such writing known to the person claiming under it, such  person\nmay institute a suit in equity, in the county where such instrument was recorded, against\nthe grantors or obligors in the writing, or his heirs or personal representatives, setting\nforth the fact of the existence of such writing, and the destructio n of the record. Upon\nhearing, the court may render judgment that the defendants make and execute another\nwriting in lieu of the original, of the same tenor and effect. Upon the failure of the\ndefendants to execute a new writing within a reasonable time, t he court shall cause the\nsame to be executed by a commissioner, which shall vest in plaintiff all the rights vested\nin him by the original writing. If the recorded instrument be a conveyance for land, the\nplaintiff may make defendants any or all who have h ad title to the land for fifteen (15)\nyears preceding the institution of the suit. No judgment for costs shall be rendered against\nthe defendants unless they make defense and fail therein, except that, if they fail to\nconvey or execute a new writing when a djudged to do so by the court, they shall, if\nadults, pay the cost of making the writing by a commissioner.","path":["KRS Chapter 422"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=18135","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:39Z","sha256":"c7bbacf5c587fdfcd127e82fe4c01884eb362561a841742d8114bcb0130bce8b","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-422.260","next":"us-ky/krs-422.280"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}