KRS 132.340 — Order of county judge/executive assessing omitted property -- Certifying of assessment -- Penalties -- Collection

(1) Within ten (10) days after the summons has been served, or within thirty (30) days
after the warning order against the defendant whose name and place of residence are
unknown has been made, if it appears to the county judge/executive that the
property is liable for taxation and has not been assessed, the county judge/executive
shall enter an order fixing the value at the fair cash valu e estimated as required by
law. The county judge/executive shall certify the assessment of the property and its
value, together with such other facts as may be required by law or directed by the
county judge/executive to appear in the order, to the Departm ent of Revenue and to
the sheriff of the county, together with the amount of penalty and cost of
assessment, in order that the taxes due the state, county, school or any other taxing
district may be collected, with the penalty and costs. If the property is not liable for
taxes, the county judge/executive shall make an order to that effect. Either party
may appeal from the decision of the county judge/executive to the Circuit Court,
and then to the Court of Appeals as in other civil cases, except that no app eal bond
shall be required where the appeal is by the commissioner of revenue acting as the
relator.
(2) If the owner of the property fails to pay the tax assessed, interest, penalties and
costs, the lien under the attachment may be enforced and a sufficie ncy of the
property sold to pay the obligation to the state, county, school or other taxing
district. All persons owning property that is assessed as herein provided shall, in
addition to the taxes and interest from the time the taxes should have been paid , pay
the costs of the proceedings and a penalty of twenty percent (20%) on the amount of
the taxes due, except where the property was duly listed and the taxes paid thereon
within the time prescribed by law, and except where some different penalty is
expressly provided by law.
(3) The taxes, costs and penalties shall be collected and accounted for as other taxes
and penalties are required to be collected, and by the same officers. The county
clerk shall enter all such assessments in a book to be kept for t hat purpose, showing
the date of the assessment, the name of the person against whom the assessment is
made, the location and description of the property assessed, and the value thereof.
The officer collecting the taxes shall, when they are paid, notify th e clerk of the
payment, and the payment shall be noted by the clerk opposite the entry of the
assessment.