2016 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 394 - WILLS
.110 Will may be deposited with clerk for safekeeping.

Download as PDF 394.110 Will may be deposited with clerk for safekeeping. A will may be deposited by the person making it, or anyone for him, with the county clerk of the county of his residence for safekeeping, upon payment of a fee as provided for in KRS 64.012 to the clerk. The clerk shall receive, keep, and deliver the will according to the directions on a sealed envelope. If there are no such directions, or the party entitled does not apply, the will shall be handed to and opened by the District Court, after the death of the testator, and there retained for probate. Effective: June 17, 1978 History: Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 23, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 354, effective January 2, 1978. -Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4865. Legislative Research Commission Note A technical correction has been made in this section by the Reviser of Statutes pursuant to KRS 7.136.