Kentucky Revised Statutes
Ky. Rev. Stat. § 376.020 (2026)
Lien follows property if executory contract for sale is rescinded
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If the owner claims by executory contract and for any cause the contract is rescinded or set aside, the lien provided for in KRS 376.010 shall follow the property into the hands of the person to whom the property may come or with whom it may remain by reason of the rescissions, but only to the extent that the actual value of the property is enhanced by the improvements so placed upon it. History: Amended 1944 Ky. Acts ch. 173, sec. 22. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2464.
Notes of Decisions
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case, 1963–1963 · leading case: Walker v. Valley Plumbing, Inc., 370 S.W.2d 136 (Ky. Ct. App. 1963).
Walker v. Valley Plumbing, Inc., 370 S.W.2d 136 (Ky. Ct. App. 1963). “…is reversed with directions that the lien claim of Valley Plumbing Company be disallowed. . See, for example, KRS 376.020.”
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