{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-426.350","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 426.350","heading":"Liability of officer for failing to make return in time -- Exceptions.","body":"(1) Any sheriff or like officer, in whose hands a writ of execution is placed, who fails,\nwithout reasonable excuse, to return the writ to the office where it was issued within\nthirty days after the return day, shall, with his sureties or the personal\nrepresentatives, heirs or devisees of either, be liable jointly and severally to the\nplaintiff in the execution for the amount of the execution, with thirty percent\ndamages thereon and the costs of recovery. The remedy shall be the same as\nprovided in KRS 426.360.\n(2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to any case in which\nthe collecting officer had, at the commencement of the proceeding, paid the plaintiff\nthe amount of the execution. If he had paid in part, then the thirty percent d amages\nshall only be adjudged against him upon the portion unpaid.\n(3) If the defendant in an execution is insolvent, and has no property in the county out\nof which the execution or any part thereof can be made, the collecting officer shall\nnot be held li able for the amount of the execution for failing to comply with the\nprovisions of subsection (1) of this section, but shall be liable for thirty percent of\nthe amount of the execution.","path":["KRS Chapter 426"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=18466","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:44Z","sha256":"eb80dd13cd80df5f8805e06bdc10a454b9ae77638f326490f700a253895d3bef","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-426.340","next":"us-ky/krs-426.360"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}