{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-426.555","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 426.555","heading":"Procedure in case of death of execution defendant.","body":"(1) The death of a defendant after a sale of his property under execution shall not\nprevent a conveyance of the property. It shall be conveyed in the same manner and\nwith the same effect as if he were living.\n(2) The levy of an execution is not discharged by t he death of the defendant but is\nsuspended according to the provisions of the next following subsection.\n(3) A judgment, or the levy of an execution, may be revived against the personal\nrepresentative or successor of a defendant after the lapse of six (6) months from the\ntime of the qualification of his first representative and against a real representative\nafter the lapse of twelve (12) months from the time of the death of the defendant. If,\nhowever, owing to the perishable nature of the property levied on , or the cost of\nkeeping it, a sale of it would be beneficial, the court may so order; and the proceeds\nshall be held subject to the order of the court on the rule for a revivor.\n(4) The revivor may be made upon a rule in the action, ten (10) days' notice of which\nshall be served in the same manner as summons. The motion for revivor shall be\ndocketed and tried as other motions, and the court may cause execution to issue\nwithout delay.","path":["KRS Chapter 426"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=18496","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:44Z","sha256":"96df3ae0c22c02d0e9144f1d1f074698d07f1d82b2c91755c9bf2fd9c697ab4b","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-426.554","next":"us-ky/krs-426.560"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}