Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 426.120 (2026)

Defendant's estate bound by execution from receipt by officer -- Time

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received to be noted -- Priority -- Apportionment. (1) An execution against property shall bind the estate of the defendant only from the time of its delivery to the proper officer to execute. The officer to whom the execution is delivered shall, on receipt of it, endorse thereon the day, month, year and time of day of its receipt by him. (2) If two or more executions are delivered to the officer on the same day against the same person, he shall satisfy that one first which first comes into his hands. (3) If two or more executions come to an officer's hands at the same time and he is unable to make the amounts thereof, he shall apportion the sum made among the several executions so coming to his hands according to their amounts. Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 1660, 4571.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1963–2010 · leading case: South Bay Enter., Inc. v. Mirada Bay Petroleum, Inc., 957 S.W.2d 287 (Ky. Ct. App. 1997).
South Bay Enter., Inc. v. Mirada Bay Petroleum, Inc., 957 S.W.2d 287 (Ky. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “If a state law such as KRS 426.120 makes a person a lien creditor before the levy, such a person should be considered a lien creditor for § 9-301 priority purposes.”
Walker v. Bank of Cadiz & Trust Co. (In Re Wilson), 38 B.R. 940 (Bankr. W.D. Ky. 1984). “KRS 426.120(1). The proper official, or sheriff, is then commanded in KRS 426.”
W. E. Stephens Mfg. Co. v. Miller, 429 S.W.2d 384 (Ky. Ct. App. 1968). “Miller’s * * fixtures and equipment and his motor vehicle * * There was no levy on merchandise, but on the judgment of the Bank the levy was “ * * * on all of the stock of merchandise, fixtures and appliances.”
McKenzie v. Commonwealth, 373 S.W.2d 595 (Ky. Ct. App. 1963). “It does not appear that there is any creditor other than respondent, or that the trustee had not been advised of the suit, or that the bankrupt could not by giving notice to the trustee, have afforded the trustee ample opportunity to assert his rights, if there were other…”
Com. Transp. Corp. v. Robinson Grain Co., 345 F. Supp. 342 (W.D. Ky. 1972). “Since it is undisputed that the attachment liens of John Blue and Columbiana were issued and levied on May 6, 1971, some nineteen days pri- *344 or to entry of judgment for plaintiff in the Federal Court and some six weeks prior to the actual levy on property of Robinson by the…”
Teegarden v. McKenzie, 444 S.W.2d 892 (Ky. Ct. App. 1969). “2d 595, 600 , it was written: “Under the provisions of KRS 426.120 there was a lien created upon the property of the execution debtor at the time the execution was issued by the clerk and this lien continued so long as the execution remained alive i the hands of the sheriff.”
United States v. Capital Across Am., L.P., 369 F. App'x 674 (6th Cir. 2010). “See Ky.Rev.Stat. Ann. § 426.120; cf. Redondo Constr.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 426.120(1) — 2 cases
Walker v. Bank of Cadiz & Trust Co. (In Re Wilson), 38 B.R. 940 (Bankr. W.D. Ky. 1984). “KRS 426.120(1). The proper official, or sheriff, is then commanded in KRS 426.”
W. E. Stephens Mfg. Co. v. Miller, 429 S.W.2d 384 (Ky. Ct. App. 1968). “Miller’s * * fixtures and equipment and his motor vehicle * * There was no levy on merchandise, but on the judgment of the Bank the levy was “ * * * on all of the stock of merchandise, fixtures and appliances.”
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