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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 452.415 (2026)

Where action involving estate of deceased persons or assigned estates must

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be brought. Any action to settle the estate of a deceased person, of a person, corporation or company assigned for the benefit of creditors, or any estate in the hands of a receiver of court must be brought in the county in which the personal representative, assignee or receiver qualified. For the purpose of a settlement of such estates, the personal representative, assignee or receiver, shall have the same power to sue as had the deceased person, the assignor, or owner of the estate in such receiver's hands, but any action brought by a personal representative, assignee or receiver, for the recovery of or sale of under a mortgage, deed of trust or other lien, or for charges upon, or injury to real estate or an estate or interest therein, must be brought in the county in which the real estate is situated, and not elsewhere. History: Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 152, sec. 166. -- Transferred 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1, effective July 1, 1953, from C.C. sec. 65. -- C.C. sec. 65 amended 1898 Ky. Acts ch. 59, sec. 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1969–1975 · leading case: Pendleton Ex Rel. Gadd v. Pendleton, 531 S.W.2d 507 (Ky. Ct. App. 1975).
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Pendleton Ex Rel. Gadd v. Pendleton, 531 S.W.2d 507 (Ky. Ct. App. 1975). “We are of the opinion that the trial court was correct in adjudging that KRS 452.415 and 452.420 require the kind of action stated in Count 1 to be brought in the county in which the personal representative qualified, which in this instance was Garrard County.”
Meredith v. Ingram, 444 S.W.2d 551 (Ky. Ct. App. 1969). “” Appellant argues that KRS 452.415 places venue of the action in Boyle County, the county in which the personal representative qualified.”
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