Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 360.027 (2026)

Excess rate of interest prohibited as defense of limited partnership, limited

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liability company, or business or statutory trust. (1) No limited partnership, limited liability company, or business or statutory trust shall hereafter plead or set up the taking of more than the legal rate of interest, as a defense to any action brought against it to recover damages on, or enforce payment of, or other remedy on, any mortgage, bond, note or other obligation, executed or assumed by such limited partnership, limited liability, or business or statutory trust; provided, that this section shall not apply to any action instituted subsequent to June 16, 1972, upon any mortgage, bond, note or other obligation executed or assumed by such limited partnership or business trust prior to June 16, 1972. (2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to a limited partnership, limited liability company, or business or statutory trust, the principal asset of which shall be the ownership of a one (1) or two (2) family dwelling. Effective: June 24, 2015 History: Amended 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 34, sec. 65, effective June 24, 2015. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 341, sec. 48, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 198, sec. 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2023–2023 · leading case: Brandenburg Tel. Co. v. Sprint Commc'ns Co. LP (W.D. Ky. 2023).
Brandenburg Tel. Co. v. Sprint Commc'ns Co. LP (W.D. Ky. 2023). · cites it 4× “3 Brandenburg also cites to KRS § 360.027 and argues that Sprint, as a limited partnership, is barred from pleading “the taking of more than the legal rate of interest, as a defense to any action brought against it to recover damages on, or enforce payment of, or other remedy…”
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