2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 413 LIMITATION OF ACTIONS
413.220 Sureties who are discharged after seven years.

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413.220 Sureties who are discharged after seven years. (1) A surety shall be discharged from all liability under any judgment or decree, after the lapse of seven (7) years without the issue of execution and prosecution in good <br>faith for collection. (2) A surety in any bond given in the course of any judicial proceeding shall be discharged from all liability on it unless suit is brought on it within seven (7) years <br>after the cause of action accrues. (3) A surety in any obligation or contract, other than those provided for in KRS 413.230, shall be discharged from all liability on it unless suit is brought on it <br>within seven (7) years after the cause of action accrues. Effective: October 1, 1942 <br>History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 2548, 2549, 2551.

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