Kentucky Revised Statutes
Ky. Rev. Stat. § 413.330 (2026)
Action on judgment barred here if barred where rendered -- Exception
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If, by the laws of any other state or country, an action upon a judgment or decree rendered in that state or country cannot be maintained there by reason of the lapse of time, and the judgment or decree is incapable of being otherwise enforced there, an action upon it may not be maintained in this state, except in favor of a resident thereof who has had the cause of action from the time it accrued. Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2541.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1952–1957 · leading case: Ley v. Simmons, 249 S.W.2d 808 (Ky. Ct. App. 1952).
Ley v. Simmons, 249 S.W.2d 808 (Ky. Ct. App. 1952). “He relies on KRS 413.330 (formerly Carroll’s Kentucky Statutes 2541).”
Sigrid Ethel Koeppe v. Great Atl. & Pac. Tea Co., 250 F.2d 270 (6th Cir. 1957). “Simmons, had contended that he came within the exception to the rule of the statutory fifteen-year period of limitations, by virtue of the provisions of KRS 413.330, which reads: “If, by the laws of any other state or country, an action upon a judgment or decree rendered in that…”
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