Kentucky Revised Statutes
Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session
Chapter titles, centered headings, section catchlines, and explanatory notes are for informational purposes only and do not constitute any part of the law. For general laws governing construction of statutes, see KRS Chapter 446.
The KRS database was last updated on 07/08/2026
.001 Definition of "fiduciary."
.005 Who may be appointed as fiduciary.
.010 Administration must be within ten years after death.
.012 Right to file demand for notice of action regarding estate.
.015 Applications for appointment of personal representative. (Effective until July 15, 2026)
.015 Applications for appointment of personal representative -- Presentation of will -- General financial disclosure statement -- Declaration. (Effective July 15, 2026)
.016 Notice of hearing of application. (Effective until July 15, 2026)
.016 Notice of hearing of application. (Effective July 15, 2026)
.020 Executor not to act until will probated -- Exception. (Effective until July 15, 2026)
.020 Executor not to act until will probated, surety bond executed, and oath taken or declaration made -- Exception. (Effective July 15, 2026)
.030 Jurisdiction of administration of intestate's estate.
.040 Administrator -- Persons entitled to be appointed -- Discovery of will.
.050 Administrator with will annexed -- Appointment -- Functions. (Effective until July 15, 2026)
.050 Administrator with will annexed -- Appointment -- Functions. (Effective July 15, 2026)
.060 Continuation of administration when powers of representatives cease.
.070 Executor of executor cannot administer estate of first testator.
.080 When minor may be executor. (Effective until July 15, 2026)
.080 When minor may be executor. (Effective July 15, 2026)
.090 Repealed, 1966.
.100 Appointment of debtor does not extinguish debt.
.105 Fiduciary must have letters of appointment -- General duties -- When appointment effective. (Effective until July 15, 2026)
.105 Fiduciary must have letters of appointment -- General duties -- When appointment effective. (Effective July 15, 2026)
.110 Copy of order effectual as probate or letters.
.120 Oaths of representatives. (Effective until July 15, 2026)
.120 Oaths of representatives. (Effective July 15, 2026)
.130 Bond, when required -- Cost of corporate surety paid from estate. (Effective until July 15, 2026)
.130 Bond, when required -- Cost of corporate surety paid from estate. (Effective July 15, 2026)
.140 Bond -- Persons not to be surety on -- Recording of. (Effective until July 15, 2026)
.140 Delivery of surety bond to court -- Persons not to be surety on -- Recording. (Effective July 15, 2026)
.145 Attorney for fiduciary.
.150 Compensation of representatives.
.155 Computation of personal representative's commission.
.160 Removal of representatives. (Effective until July 15, 2026)
.160 Removal of representatives. (Effective July 15, 2026)
.170 Nonresident representatives -- Bond -- Actions by.
.180 Repealed, 1968.
.190 Time for distribution of estate.
.195 Transactions authorized for personal representative -- Exceptions.
.196 Powers in KRS 395.195 not exclusive.
.197 Applicability of powers in KRS 395.195 and 395.196.
.200 Sale of personal property by fiduciary.
.210 Repealed, 1944.
.220 Sale of land when authorized by will.
.230 Repealed, 1960.
.240 Sale of choses in action -- Compromise of claims.
.250 Inventory -- When to be returned -- Copies are evidence. (Effective until July 15, 2026)
.250 Inventory required -- Confidentiality -- Copies are evidence -- Petition when assets believed to be withheld or concealed -- Settlement -- Penalty. (Effective July 15, 2026)
.255 Notice to compel filing of inventory or account -- Removal for delinquency -- Disallowance of compensation. (Effective until July 15, 2026)
.255 List of fiduciaries who fail to submit inventory -- Notice to compel filing of inventory or account -- Show cause hearing -- Extensions. (Effective July 15, 2026)
.260 Personal estate of nonresident -- Administration of.
.270 When action against representative may be commenced.
.275 Repealed, 1974.
.276 Repealed, 1974.
.277 Repealed, 1974.
.278 When party may revive action and limitation.
.280 Successor of representative may be substituted in actions.
.290 Extent of liability of representative.
.300 Successor may sue former representative. (Effective until July 15, 2026)
.300 Successor may sue former representative. (Effective July 15, 2026)
.310 Interest charged representative on assets.
.320 Repealed, 1974.
.325 Fiduciary resignation or disability -- Settlement of accounts.
.326 Repealed, 2014.
.330 Acts prior to revocation of powers valid.
.340 Estate for life of another considered personal estate.
.350 Emblements -- When personalty and when real estate.
.360 Apportionment of rents.
.370 Tombstone allowed as funeral expense.
.380 Public administrator and guardian. (Effective until July 15, 2026)
.380 Public administrator and guardian. (Effective July 15, 2026)
.390 Public administrator and guardian to act, when. (Effective until July 15, 2026)
.390 Circumstances requiring public administrator and guardian to act -- Discretion of District Court in absence of public administrator and guardian. (Effective July 15, 2026)
.400 Functions of public administrator and sheriff. (Effective until July 15, 2026)
.400 Functions of public administrator and guardian. (Effective July 15, 2026)
.410 Curator -- Grounds for appointment -- Bond. (Effective until July 15, 2026)
.410 Curator -- Grounds for appointment -- Bond. (Effective July 15, 2026)
.420 Functions of curator.
.430 Application for curator for absent person -- Notice.
.440 Appeal from order appointing curator.
.450 Jurisdiction to dispense with administration.
.455 Transfer of assets without administration. (Effective until July 15, 2026)
.455 Transfer of assets without administration. (Effective July 15, 2026)
.460 Repealed, 1974.
.470 Dispensing with administration by agreement. (Effective until July 15, 2026)
.470 Dispensing with administration by written agreement. (Effective July 15, 2026)
.480 Consent of persons under disability.
.490 Procedure when administration already granted.
.500 Order may be set aside.
.510 Persons who may bring actions for settlement of estates -- Parties.
.515 Contents of petition, adjudication of rights of interested persons -- Realty sold, when.
.520 Claims to be proved before commissioner -- Notice to creditors.
.525 Repealed, 1978.
.530 Effect of creditor presenting claim.
.535 Effect of creditor failing to present claim -- Liability of distributees.
.540 Repealed, 1974.
.545 Repealed, 1974.
.550 Creditors actions may be enjoined while action for settlement pending.
.600 District Court settlements.
.605 When informal settlement may be accepted from fiduciary. (Effective until July 15, 2026)
.605 Informal final settlement -- Process. (Effective July 15, 2026)
.610 Periodic accounting by fiduciaries. (Effective until July 15, 2026)
.610 Periodic accounting by fiduciaries -- Requirements. (Effective July 15, 2026)
.615 Evidence -- How produced -- Allowances to be supported by facts.
.617 Proposed settlement. (Effective until July 15, 2026)
.617 Proposed periodic or final settlement -- Requirements. (Effective July 15, 2026)
.620 Report and filing of settlement. (Effective until July 15, 2026)
.620 Report and filing of periodic or final settlement and documentation -- Confirmation. (Effective July 15, 2026)
.625 Notice requirements for filing of settlement -- Exception. (Effective until July 15, 2026)
.625 Notice requirements for filing of settlement -- Exception. (Effective July 15, 2026)
.630 Exceptions -- Confirmation -- Recording -- Effect as evidence. (Effective until July 15, 2026)
.630 Exceptions -- Confirmation of settlement -- Recording -- Effect as evidence. (Effective July 15, 2026)
.635 Certification of list of fiduciaries delinquent in accounting -- Notice -- Fees. (Effective until July 15, 2026)
.635 Repealed, 2026.
.640 Sureties of fiduciaries, inquiry into solvency of additional surety. (Effective until July 15, 2026)
.640 Sureties of fiduciaries, inquiry into solvency of additional surety. (Effective July 15, 2026)
.645 Clerk to record settlements and reports. (Effective until July 15, 2026)
.645 Clerk to record settlements and reports. (Effective July 15, 2026)
.650 Circuit clerk to file certificate of settlement.
.655 Settlement of accounts of fiduciaries -- Jurisdiction.
.657 Trial commissioner may make settlement.
.660 Repealed, 1978.
.990 Penalties. (Effective until July 15, 2026)
.990 Penalties. (Effective July 15, 2026)