Title XXXVIII, Witnesses, Evidence, Notaries, Commissioners of Foreign Deeds, and Legal Notices

As used in KRS 424.110 to 424.370: (1) "Advertisement" means any matter required by law to be published; (2) "Publication area" means the city, county, district, or other local area for which an advertisement is required by law to be made. An advertisement shall be deemed to be f…

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (4) of this section, if an advertisement for a publication area is required by law to be published in a newspaper, the publication shall be made in a newspaper that meets the following requirements: (a) It shall be published in the pu…

(1) Except as otherwise provided in KRS 424.110 to 424.370 and notwithstanding any provision of existing law providing for different times or periods of publication, the times and periods of publications of advertisements required by law to be made in a newspaper shall be as foll…

(1) Any advertisement of a hearing, meeting or examination shall state the time, place and purpose of the same. (2) Any advertisement of an election shall state the time and purpose of the election, and if the election is upon a public question the advertisement shall state the s…

governments. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Local government" means: 1. Any urban-county government; 2. Any consolidated local government; 3. Any charter county; 4. Any unified local government; and 5. In any county containing a population of eighty thousand (80,000) or more b…

publication or fails to publish. (1) If a newspaper qualified under KRS 424.120 either makes an error or fails in time or substance to make a publication in accordance with KRS 424.130 or 424.140 after receiving the information to be published, a city or county affected thereby m…

When any statute providing for newspaper publication of an advertisement does not designate the person responsible for causing the publication to be made, the responsible person shall be: (1) Where the advertisement is of the filing of a petition or application, the person by who…

(1) For all newspaper advertising required by law, the publisher is entitled to receive payment for each insertion at a rate per column inch. The advertisement shall be set in no larger than seven (7) point type on solid leading. The rate shall not exceed the lowest noncontract c…

(1) The affidavit of the publisher or proprietor of a newspaper, stating that an advertisement has been published in his newspaper and the times it was published, attached to a copy of the advertisement, constitutes prima facie evidence that the publication was made as stated in …

Any advertisement which a state officer, department or agency is required by law to have published shall, if intended to give statewide notice, be published in such newspaper or newspapers, to be designated by the Finance and Administration Cabinet, as will provide reasonable sta…

Information required to be sent to Department for Local Government. (1) If a statute gives discretion to a public officer or agency or governmental body as to the method of making an advertisement required by the statute, and if a statute provides that an advertisement may be mad…

(1) Any official of the Commonwealth of Kentucky or any of its political subdivisions who is required by law to publish any legal notice or notice of event may supplement, not to exceed twelve (12) publications unless otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction thereof…

No official newspaper shall be designated by any governmental unit for the publication of advertisements for such unit.

Notwithstanding KRS 65.070, 83A.060, 91A.040, 160.463, 424.180, 424.190, 424.220, 424.230, 424.250, 424.260, 424.270, 424.330, any public agency required to advertise or publish notices or documents in a newspaper shall be charged the lowest rate generally charged for advertising…

officers. (Effective July 15, 2026) (1) Excepting officers who are exempted under subsection (8) of this section, every public officer of any city, county, or district less than a county, or of any board, commission, or other authority of a city, county, or district whose duty it…

Any officer who is subject to the provisions of KRS 424.220 may elect to prepare and publish monthly or quarterly statements, in lieu of the annual statements required by KRS 424.220. All of the provisions of KRS 424.220 shall be applicable to such a monthly or quarterly statemen…

Immediately following the adoption of an annual budget by any county or city other than one of the first class or a consolidated local government, the clerk shall cause a summary of the budget or the text of the budget ordinance to be advertised for the county, consolidated local…

At the same time that copies of the budget of a school district are filed with the clerk of the tax levying authority for the district, as provided in KRS 160.461, the board of education of the district shall cause the budget to be advertised for the district by publishing a copy…

(1) Except where a statute specifically fixes a larger sum as the minimum for a requirement of advertisement for bids, a city, county, or district, or board or commission of a city or county, or sheriff or county clerk, shall not make a contract, lease, or other agreement for: (a…

No general regulation of uniform application throughout the publication area promulgated by any officer, board or commission of a city, county, or district, which is intended to impose liabilities or restrictions upon the public shall be valid unless and until it, or a notice of …

Every officer whose duty it is to collect any ad valorem tax for the state or for any political subdivision of the state shall cause notice of the due date of the tax to be advertised by newspaper publication, and shall not be given a quietus for the taxes collected unless he sub…

(1) Not less than three (3) days before any primary or regular election the county clerk shall cause to be published in a newspaper a copy of the ballots or supplementary material on which appear the names of candidates or issues to be voted upon. Where the lists of candidates or…

Notices of hearings by the Public Service Commission upon applications by public utilities for rate increases or reduction or discontinuance of service, except where advertised by mail, shall be advertised by the applicant utility in accordance with such reasonable regulations as…

Cities may publish a list of uncollected delinquent taxes levied under Section 181 of the Kentucky Constitution, showing the name of and the amount due from each delinquent taxpayer, to be advertised by newspaper publication. A fee equal to the prorated cost of publication per ta…

of creditors' claims. The clerk of the probate court shall, at least once each month, cause to be published in the newspaper meeting the requirements of KRS 424.120, a notice setting forth all fiduciary appointments made since the last publication and including at least the follo…

(1) Except in the case of: (a) Bonds issued for the purpose of facilitating the construction, renovation, or purchase of new or existing housing as provided by KRS 58.125; or (b) Bonds issued and sold pursuant to any section of the Constitution or the Kentucky Revised Statutes pr…

Upon request made to the master commissioner by any person who will have a substantial interest in the proceeds of a judicial sale of real estate, the master commissioner shall cause the required advertisement of sale to be published in display form.

Any resolution, regulation, ordinance or other formal action of any public agency which is required to be published, that is adopted without compliance with the publication requirements of this chapter, shall be voidable by a court of competent jurisdiction. The Circuit Courts of…

Any person who violates any provision of KRS 424.110 to 424.370 shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500). In addition, any officer who fails to comply with any of the provisions of KRS 424.145(4), 424.220, 424.230, 424.240, 424.25…