{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-426.690","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 426.690","heading":"Procedure in action to enforce lien where other liens exist against real","body":"property.\nThe plaintiff in an action to enforce a lien on real property shall state in his petition the\nliens, if any, which are held thereon by others, and make the holders defe ndants; and no\nsale of the property shall be ordered by the court prejudicial to the rights of the holders of\nany of the liens, and when it appears from the petition or otherwise, that several debts are\nsecured by one (1) lien, or by liens of equal rank, a nd they are all due at the\ncommencement of the action, or become so before judgment, the court shall order the sale\nfor the pro rata satisfaction of all of them, but if, in such case, the debts be owned by\ndifferent persons and be not all due, the court sh all not order a sale of the property until\nthey all mature. If all such liens be held by the same party, the court may order a sale of\nenough of the property to pay the debts then due, unless it appear that it is not susceptible\nof advantageous division, o r that, for some other reason, the sale would cause a sacrifice\nthereof, or seriously prejudice the interests of the defendants, but the holder of a prior lien\nmay enforce the same when the debt thereby secured is due, notwithstanding the\nexistence of infe rior liens, whether the debts secured thereby are due or not; and the\nholder of an inferior lien, when the debt thereby secured is due, may enforce the same by\na sale of land subject to a prior lien or liens thereon, where the debt or debts secured\nthereby are not yet due. Provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any\nliens now of record.","path":["KRS Chapter 426"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=18525","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:44Z","sha256":"d850a80c218e60529bc37e50b9188df9c1e298665f7b7c7af1d8540db9f4fc77","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-426.685","next":"us-ky/krs-426.695"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}