413.180 Action by or against personal representative under KRS 413.090 to 413.160. (1) If a person entitled to bring any action mentioned in KRS 413.090 to 413.160 dies before the expiration of the time limited for its commencement and the cause of action survives, the action may be brought by his personal representative after the expira tion of that time, if commenced within one (1) year after the qualification of the representative. (2) If a person dies before the time at which the right to bring any action mentioned in KRS 413.090 to 413.160 would have accrued to him if he had continued alive, and there is an interval of more than one (1) year between his death and the qualification of his personal representative, that representative, for purposes of this chapter, shall be deemed to have qualified on the last day of the one -year period. Effective: July 15, 1988 History: Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 90, sec. 27, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 299, sec. 4. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 2526, 2527, 2528.
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