{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-426.440","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 426.440","heading":"Property levied on but unsold -- Writ authorizing and commanding sale --","body":"Form of -- Proceedings.\n(1) When the sheriff or other officer makes a return on an execution that the estate\nlevied on, or any part thereof, remains in his hands unsold, a writ a uthorizing and\ncommanding the sheriff to sell the property may issue.\n(2) The writ shall be in substance as follows: \"The Commonwealth of Kentucky, to the\nsheriff of .... County, greeting: We command you that you expose to sale the estate\nof A B to the va lue of $ ...., which, according to our command, you have taken into\nyour hands, and which remains in your hands unsold, as you have certified to our ....\ncourt, to satisfy C D, the sum of $ ...., whereof in our said court he had recovered\nexecution against the said A B, by virtue of a judgment in the said court, and that\nyou have, and so forth.\"\n(3) Like proceedings shall be had on the writ as might and should have been had on the\nfirst execution. An officer may, at any time after the return day while the original\nexecution is in his hands, sell any property taken in virtue thereof, provided the levy\nwas made before the return day.","path":["KRS Chapter 426"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=18479","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:44Z","sha256":"24c9d72ea0110965d603525d24b20ecfbd4f14b1891091f66283df7347df9372","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-426.430","next":"us-ky/krs-426.450"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}