Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 376.180 (2026)

Lien attaches when business is transferred, suspended or attached --

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Enforcement. When any company or establishment referred to in KRS 376.150 suspends, sells or transfers its business, or when the property or effects engaged in the business are taken in attachment or execution so that the business is stopped or suspended, a lien shall attach as provided in KRS 376.150 and may be enforced by proceedings in equity. Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2490.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1943–2006 · leading case: Scherer v. Quality Commc'ns, Inc. (In Re Quality Commc'ns, Inc.), 347 B.R. 227 (Bankr. W.D. Ky. 2006).

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Scherer v. Quality Commc'ns, Inc. (In Re Quality Commc'ns, Inc.), 347 B.R. 227 (Bankr. W.D. Ky. 2006). ““Under KRS 376.180, the employees’ lien attached at that moment.”

McGlone v. Smith, 168 S.W.2d 566 (Ky. Ct. App. 1943). “(KRS 376.180) that the liens attach as provided in Section 2487,;Ky.”

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