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HB143 • 2026
AN ACT relating to fiduciary bonds.
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AN ACT relating to fiduciary bonds.
received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
3rd reading, passed 94-0
posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, February 02 2026
2nd reading, to Rules
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
to Judiciary (H)
introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
AN ACT relating to fiduciary bonds.
UNOFFICIAL COPY 26 RS HB 143/GA Page 1 of 1 HB014310.100 - 1289 - XXXX 2/2/2026 4:38 PM GA AN ACT relating to fiduciary bonds. 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2 Section 1. KRS 395.140 is amended to read as follows: 3 (1) All fiduciaries required to execute a bond shall deliver to the clerk of the court of 4 the county in which he or she is appointed a bond payable to and with the 5 Commonwealth, subscribed to by the principal and sureties in the presence of a 6 notary, in the amount as may be approved by the court in the order of 7 appointment. 8 (2) The District Court shall not accept as surety, in any bond of a personal 9 representative, any master or other commissio ner whose duty is to settle the 10 accounts of personal representatives , or any judge or clerk of a District Court or 11 practicing attorney of that court. 12 (3)[(2)] The bond shall be filed[subscribed by the principal and sureties, approved by 13 the court, attested by the clerk of the court and carefully kept] by the clerk in his or 14 her office in a record maintained[book to be provided] for that purpose. 15