Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 382.200 (2026)

Cross-index of conveyances -- Filing and recording chattel mortgages,

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financing statements, and security agreements.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section and KRS 382.077, each county clerk shall make and keep an alphabetical cross-index of all conveyances recorded in his office, and when a mortgage or deed of trust, or any other conveyance, lease, or contract is lodged in his office for record, he shall, at once and before attending to any other business, place the names of the parties to the instrument upon the cross-index in his office, and shall within six (6) days thereafter record the instrument.

(2) Chattel mortgages, financing statements or security agreements shall be filed and recorded in the manner set out in KRS 355.9-519. Effective: January 1, 2020 History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 86, sec. 41, effective January 1, 2020. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 408, sec. 183, effective July 1, 2001. -- Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 9, sec. 1, effective July 1, 1960. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 513.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1995–2021 · leading case: Cooper v. First Citizens Bank (In Re Jones), 186 B.R. 71 (Bankr. W.D. Ky. 1995).

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Cooper v. First Citizens Bank (In Re Jones), 186 B.R. 71 (Bankr. W.D. Ky. 1995). “Specifically, KRS 382.200 requires a county clerk to keep a cross reference of all real property conveyances, including mortgages, deeds of trust, leases or contracts.”

First S. Nat'l Bank v. Cumberland Sec. Bank, Inc. (Ky. Ct. App. 2021). “See KRS 382.200(1). It is undisputed that the clerk here properly cross-indexed Cumberland’s mortgage.”

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 382.200(1) — 1 case

First S. Nat'l Bank v. Cumberland Sec. Bank, Inc. (Ky. Ct. App. 2021). “See KRS 382.200(1). It is undisputed that the clerk here properly cross-indexed Cumberland’s mortgage.”

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