394.140 Will probated in District Court -- Venue. Wills shall be proved before, and admitted to record by, the District Court of the testator's residence (if such residence was on a United States Army post, military reservation or fort, it may be proved and admitted to record in the District Court of any county adjacent thereto); if he had no known place of residence in this state, and land is devised, then in the county where the land or part thereof lies; if no land is devised, then in the county where he died, or where his estate or part thereof is, or where there is a debt or demand owing to him. Effective: January 2, 1978 History: Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 356, effective January 2, 1978. -- Amended 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 156, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, e ffective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4849.
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