{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-91.514","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 91.514","heading":"Vesting title in purchases -- Title subject to designated liens -- Exceptions.","body":"(1) (a) Upon the confirmation of the sale by the court and the expiration of the right\nof redemption provided in KRS 91.511, the title to any real estate purchased\nfrom the master commissioner pursuant to KRS 91.481 to 91.527 shall vest in\nthe purchaser.\n(b) The title of the real estate shall be an absolute estate in fee simple, subject to\nrights-of-way of public utilities on which tax has been otherwise paid, and\nsubject to any right of redemption of the United States of America, if any.\n(c) All persons, including the Commonwealth of Kentucky, minors, persons\njudicially found to be of unsound mind, absentees, and nonresidents who may\nhave had any right, title, inte rest, claim, or equity of redemption in or to, or\nlien upon the land shall be barred of all right, title, interest, claim, lien, or\nequity of redemption, and the court shall order that immediate possession of\nthe real estate be given to the purchaser.\n(d) Any person barred under paragraph (c) of this subsection shall have as his or\nher exclusive remedy a claim for a share of the proceeds of the sale of the real\nestate by the master commissioner.\n(2) Any title vested under this section shall be subject to t he liens of any tax bill which\nmay have attached to the parcel of real estate:\n(a) Prior to the time of the filing of the petition affecting the parcel of real estate\nnot then delinquent; and\n(b) After the filing of the petition and prior to the expiration  of the period\nprovided for redemption and not including any answer to such petition.\n(3) If the parcel of real estate is sold to the city or to a land bank authority created\npursuant to KRS 65.350 to 65.375, the title shall be free of any liens to the ext ent of\nthe interest of any taxing authority in any such real estate.\n(4) The title shall not be subject to the lien of special tax bills which have attached to\nthe parcel of real estate, but the lien of the special tax bill shall attach to the\nproceeds of the master commissioner's sale or to the proceeds of the ultimate sale of\nthe parcel by the city.\n(5) Failure of any party other than the purchaser to follow the procedures set out in\nKRS 91.481 to 91.527 shall not affect the vesting of title in the purchaser.","path":["KRS Chapter 91"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=57368","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:49Z","sha256":"5a7bb878334184cba89858c45c6b9a641c948d13343e831863f31014fbf93d78","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-91.511","next":"us-ky/krs-91.517"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}