{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-56.040","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 56.040","heading":"Finance and Administration Cabinet, Transportation Cabinet, or","body":"Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to provide for title examination\nand certification of land or interest in land paid for out of state funds.\nWhen any land or interest in land is to be paid for out of state funds, the Finance and\nAdministration Cabinet, the Transportation Cabinet for requirements of that cabinet, or\nthe Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources for its acquisitions of land or interests in\nland, shall take action  to provide for the examination and certification of the title to the\naffected land, with or without exceptions, by an attorney licensed to practice law in this\nstate, or for the insurance of the title to such land by a land title insurance company\nauthorized to do business in this state. A survey and plat of the land showing the corners,\nangles, and calls of the land shall be made by a competent land surveyor prior to the date\nof the deed conveying the land or any interest therein to the state. The costs i ncurred\nunder this section shall be charged against the funds of the agency for whose use and\nbenefit the land is acquired.","path":["KRS Chapter 56"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=53581","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:10Z","sha256":"f2a76e3f958891ba8fe26bb635314478c05b47e6677371145dfe1f41cc19fd38","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-56.030","next":"us-ky/krs-56.050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}