Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 382.077 (2026)

Immediate recording -- Priority of documents

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Documents physically presented to a county clerk for recording during regular business hours shall be considered for immediate recording if requested by the party presenting the documents, except that the county clerk may refuse unreasonable requests. Documents delivered by all other methods shall be processed as they are received, with priority assigned by the date the documents are received. All documents received on a given date shall have equal priority, and the county clerk shall have discretion to decide in what order documents are processed. A county clerk shall be held harmless for any disputes that arise regarding the timing of a recorded document. Effective: January 1, 2020 History: Created 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 86, sec. 40, effective January 1, 2020.

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Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2025–2025 · leading case: Keith Smith v. Apex Fund Servs. as Custodian for Ceres Tax Receivables, LLC (Ky. 2025).

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Keith Smith v. Apex Fund Servs. as Custodian for Ceres Tax Receivables, LLC (Ky. 2025). “280 states: Except as otherwise provided in KRS 382.077 [regarding the potential for immediate in-person recording but specifying that “[a]ll documents received on a given date shall have equal priority”] 5 Clay County has not specified what it is owed in taxes for these tax…”

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