The owner or claimant of property against which a lien has been asserted, or any
contractor or other person contracting with the owner or claimant of such property for the
furnishing of any improvements or services for which a lien is created by this chapter or
any subcontractor or other person in privity with the contractor, may, at any time before a
judgment is rendered enforcing the lien, execute before the county clerk in which the lien
was filed a bond for double the amount of the lien claimed with good sureties to be
approved by the clerk, conditioned upon the obligors satisfying any judgment that may be
rendered in favor of the person asserting the lien. The bond shall be preserved by the
clerk, and upon its execution the lien upon the property shall be discharged. The person
asserting the lien may make the obligors in the bond parties to any action to enforce his
claim, and any judgment recovered may be against all or any of the obligors on the bond.
Effective: June 8, 2011
History: Amended 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 96, sec. 1, effective June 8, 2011. -- Amended
1986 Ky. Acts ch. 390, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch.
384, sec. 504, effective June 17, 1978. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1,
effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2478.
Notes of Decisions
Gil Ruehl Mech., Inc. v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co., 164 S.W.3d 512 (Ky. Ct. App. 2004).
· cites it 6× “To determine the apphcable statute of limitations for an action to enforce a mechanic’s hen release bond, our analysis must begin with the only case in this Commonwealth interpreting our release bond statute, KRS 376.100. 3 In Jungbert v. *514 Marret, 313 Ky.”
Jungbert v. Marret, 231 S.W.2d 84 (Ky. Ct. App. 1950).
· cites it 3× “Appeal is from a judgment discharging appellees from surety liability on a mechanics’ bond, executed under the provisions of KRS 376.100. On February 14, 1947, the appellant undertook to establish a mechanic’s lien to the extent of $1,298.”
Jungbert v. Marret, 231 S.W.2d 84 (Ky. Ct. App. 1950).
· cites it 3× “Appeal is from a judgment discharging appellees from surety liability on a mechanics' bond, executed under the provisions of KRS 376.100. On February 14, 1947, the appellant undertook to establish a mechanic's lien to the extent of $1,298.”
Corporex Dev. & Constr. Mgmt., LLC v. Baker Concrete Constr., Inc. (E.D. Ky. 2025).
· cites it 3× “10-11] Thereafter, Corporex discharged the mechanic’s lien by posting bond “in a form approved by and recorded with the Campbell County, Kentucky Clerk, in accordance with KRS 376.100” “executed, with Capitol Indemnity Corporation (“Capitol”) as surety[.”
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