{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-426.340","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 426.340","heading":"Duty of officer in advertising sale under execution -- Returning equitable","body":"writ -- Defense.\n(1) No officer shall delay advertising property for sale, taken by him under execution,\nfor more than twenty days after the levy.\n(2) No officer shall fail to  return by the return day thereof any writ of execution or\nattachment for not performing a judgment in chancery or equity which is placed in\nhis hands to execute.\n(3) It shall be no defense to an action or motion against a collecting officer for failure of\nduty of himself or deputy that the plaintiff directed the officer to delay or in any way\nstay proceedings thereon unless the defense is supported by the written consent or\nrequest of the plaintiff or his agent or attorney.","path":["KRS Chapter 426"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=18465","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:44Z","sha256":"68fe973f54350915804247c916410ba75241d0463cc9312b4d6e19f04d7bfef5","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-426.330","next":"us-ky/krs-426.350"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}