Ky. Rev. Stat. § 413.090

Current through Acts Received April 8, 2024

Section 413.090 - Action upon judgment, contract, or bond - Fifteen-year limitation - Action for child support arrearages - Time to commence action tolled until obligations cease as to last child on order

Except as provided in KRS 396.205, 413.110, 413.220, 413.230 and 413.240, the following actions shall be commenced within fifteen (15) years after the cause of action first accrued:

(1) An action upon a judgment or decree of any court of this state or of the United States, or of any state or territory thereof, the period to be computed from the date of the last execution thereon;

(2) An action upon a recognizance, bond, or written contract, except that actions upon written contracts executed after July 15, 2014, shall be governed by KRS 413.160;

(3) An action upon the official bond of a sheriff, marshal, clerk, constable, or any other public officer, or any commissioner, receiver, curator, personal representative, guardian, conservator, or trustee appointed by a court or authority of law;

(4) An action upon an appeal bond or bond given on a supersedeas, attachment, injunction, order of arrest or for the delivery of property or for the forthcoming of property, or to obey or perform an order or judgment of court in an action, or upon a bond for costs, or any other bond taken by a court or judge or by an officer pursuant to the directions of a court or judge, in an action or after judgment or decree, or upon a replevin, sale, or delivery bond taken under execution or decree, upon an indemnifying bond taken under a statute, or upon a bond to suspend a proceeding, or upon a bond or obligation for the payment of money or property or for the performance of any undertaking; and

(5) An action to recover unpaid child support arrearages, which may be initiated as one (1) cumulative action for all child support arrearages owed under a court order, with the time to commence an action under this subsection being tolled until all current child support obligations cease as to the last child covered by that order.

KRS 413.090

Amended by 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 142,§ 2, eff. 7/15/2014.

Effective:7/15/2008 Amended 2008, Ky. Acts ch. 21, sec. 4, effective7/15/2008. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 90, sec. 30, effective 7/15/1988. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 130, effective 7/1/1982. -- Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 417, effective 1/2/1978. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective 10/1/1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2514.