Kentucky Revised Statutes · § 393.040 — Procedure if legacy or devise is not claimed
393.040. Procedure if legacy or devise is not claimed
If any devisee or legatee, or his heir, devisee, or distributee, has failed for seven (7) years to claim his legacy or devise, the personal representative of the testator, or other person possessing it shall, after deducting the legal liabilities thereon, pay and deliver it and the net profits from it to the department.
Source notes
Effective: July 15, 1994
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/94). This section was amended by 1994 Ky. Acts chs. 58 and 83 which do not appear to be in conflict and have been codified together.
History and annotations
Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 58, sec. 5, effective March 10, 1994; and ch. 83, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1994. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1608.
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