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2016 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 411 - RIGHTS OF ACTION AND SURVIVAL OF ACTIONS
.080 Wrongful distress or attachment -- Reparation.

KY Rev Stat § .080 (2016) What's This?

Download as PDF 411.080 Wrongful distress or attachment -- Reparation. If property is distrained or attached without good cause the owner may, in an action against the party suing out the distress or attachment, recover damages for the wrongful seizure. If the property is sold he may also recover damages for the sale, and the defendant's costs in the distress or attachment, including reasonable attorney's fees. The plaintiff shall not be required to allege or prove malice on the part of the defendant under this section. Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 7.

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