3 chapters · 163 sections in this title.
KRS § 427.070 Right of spouse and children to homestead
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(1) The homestead shall be for the use of the widow as long as she occupies it, and the unmarried infant children of the husband are entitled to a joint occupancy with her until the youngest unmarried child arrives at full age. The termination of the widow's occupancy shall not a…
KRS § 427.080 Valuation and allotment of homestead exemption
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(1) No sale under execution, attachment or judgment of property occupied as a homestead shall be had until the officer executing the writ or judgment has the part thereof selected by the defendant as his homestead exemption, not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) in value, …
KRS § 427.090 Payment of money in lieu of homestead exemption
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If the defendant in the execution, attachment or other action owns property levied on or sought to be subjected to the payment of any debt or liability, which, in the opinion of the appraisers, is of greater value than five thousand dollars ($5,000) and not divisible without grea…
KRS § 427.100 Waiver of homestead exemption -- Continuance after death
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No mortgage, release or waiver of an exemption granted by KRS 427.060 shall be valid unless it is in writing, subscribed by the defendant and his spouse, and acknowledged and recorded in the same manner as conveyances of real estate. The exemption in favor of an execution debtor …