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SB 23 KY
Introduced

AN ACT relating to heirs property.

KY · session 2026RS · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 6, 2026

Latest action (Jan 6, 2026) to Committee on Committees (S)

Summary

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 381 to enact the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act; define terms, including "heirs property"; create a mechanism for partition or sale among cotenants by the court; create requirements for notice and determination of value through agreement or appraisal; create protocol for buyouts, partition alternatives, partition in kind, sale by open market, sealed bids, or auction; create the heirs property research fund; amend KRS 324B.050 to authorize the Kentucky Real Estate Authority to promulgate administrative regulations to issue grants from the fund; amend KRS 64.012 to increase the recording and indexing fee collected by county clerks by $1 and to direct those additional fees to the heirs property research fund; amend KRS 381.135 and 389A.030 to conform.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (2)

  1. Jan 6, 2026 introduced in Senate · upper
  2. Jan 6, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
Subjects
Administrative Regulations And ProceedingsCivil ActionsCivil ProcedureCounty ClerksDeeds And ConveyancesFeesLocal MandatePropertyReal EstateShort Titles And Popular NamesUniform Laws

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