{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-426.300","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 426.300","heading":"Specific property -- Execution on judgment for.","body":"(1) If a judgment is recovered for a specific thing, the plaintiff may have an execution\nissued thereon, commanding the proper officer to seize the property, and deliver it\nto the plaintiff. The plaintiff may, if he so elect, take an execution for the assessed\nvalue of the property recovered. In either case, the execution shall embrace the\ndamages assessed for the detention and costs.\n(2) The court may, upon satisfactory proof that the property recovered has perished, or\nthat, without the fault of the defendant, it is out of his power to produce it, order the\nplaintiff to receive the assessed value in lieu of the property.","path":["KRS Chapter 426"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=18461","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:44Z","sha256":"9cb435c2d8133b6c466913836a4fb40bc18b2f9107708db7b14e449b898896df","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-426.295","next":"us-ky/krs-426.310"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}