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HB239 • 2026
AN ACT relating to abandoned property.
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AN ACT relating to abandoned property.
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AN ACT relating to abandoned property.
UNOFFICIAL COPY 26 RS BR 825 Page 1 of 2 XXXX 12/8/2025 12:13 PM Jacketed AN ACT relating to abandoned property. 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2 Section 1. KRS 383.020 is amended to read as follows: 3 (1) A distress warrant or attachment for rent shall bind, and may be levied upon, any 4 personal property of the original tenant found in the county, and the personal 5 property of the assignee or undertenant foun d on the leased premises. If the tenant 6 has removed his or her property to another county, the distress or attachment may 7 be directed to that county. 8 (2) If property is distrained for any rent not due, or attached for any rent not due or 9 accruing, or taken under any attachment sued out without good cause, the owner of 10 the property may, in an action against the party suing out the warrant of distress or 11 the attachment, recover double damages for the wrongful seizure, and if the 12 property is sold, for double the value thereof. 13 (3) Any person who wrongfully takes or removes property distrained or attached for 14 rent, from any person having the legal custody of it, shall be liable to the person 15 aggrieved for treble damages, with costs. If the property distrained, after the 16 wrongful taking or removal, comes to the possession of the owner by his or her 17 wrongful procurement, he or she shall in like manner be liable to the person 18 aggrieved. 19 (4) Any property which is located in a dwelling unit when the landlord takes 20 possession, and which is not distrained or attached pursuant to this section, shall 21 be stored by the landlord. The landlord shall, within seven (7) days of taking 22 possession of the property, prepare an inventory and notify the tenant by certified 23 mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the tenant's last known address and 24 to any of the tenant's alternate addresses known to the landlord. The landlord 25 shall also post a notice on the door to the dwelling unit or any other conspicuous 26 place on the property f or seven (7) days. If, within twenty -one (21) days of the 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 26 RS BR 825 Page 2 of 2 XXXX 12/8/2025 12:13 PM Jacketed landlord taking possession of the dwelling unit, the tenant makes no reasonable 1 effort to recover the property, the landlord may dispose of the property. 2