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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 422 EVIDENCE AND LOST RECORDS
422.170 Statement to be filed by person desiring to perpetuate evidence.
Download pdfstatement which shall set forth that he has a title to the real property about which he
desires to take testimony or evidence. (2) (a) If any parties who may be interested or claim to be interested in the real property are known to the party filing the statement, the statement shall be
directed to them and shall give their names and addresses, if known, and if
they are nonresidents of this state, the state or county in which they reside, if
known. (b) If one (1) or more of the parties are unknown, the statement shall be directed to the parties known to be interested, with the statement in the caption, "to
whom it may concern, and to all parties interested in the real property herein
described." (c) If no person is known to be interested in the real property, the statement shall be directed "to any and all parties interested in following described real
estate," setting forth by description the real estate about which testimony is to
be taken. (3) The statement shall also set forth the time and place the depositions are to be taken, and the names of one (1) or more witnesses whose testimony or evidence is to be
taken at the time stipulated in the statement. The statement shall be subscribed and
verified by the party filing it or by his attorney, representative or agent and shall be
filed before the notice provided for in KRS 422.180 shall be given. (4) Upon the filing of the statement, the circuit clerk shall mark it "filed," and record it in a book kept by him for that purpose, properly labeled and indexed, for which
recording he shall receive a fee of one dollar ($1). (5) If any claimant or probable claimant to whom the statement is directed is an infant, a lawyer guardian ad litem shall be designated to represent such infant by the clerk
of the court. The clerk shall appoint an attorney to represent nonresident interested
parties, claimants, or probable claimants. The same lawyer may be appointed to
represent as attorney and guardian ad litem nonresident parties whether infants or
not. Effective: July 15, 1980
History: Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 188, sec. 290, effective July 15, 1980. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat.
sec. 1649a-1.
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