KRS 376.080(1) — Kentucky lien statement copy service
Filed your Kentucky
lien statement?
The owner's copy is due in seven days. $39 flat.
Within seven days of filing the statement with the county clerk, the claimant sends a copy by regular mail to the property owner at his last known address — or the lien is dissolved (KRS 376.080(1)). Upload the statement as filed; a dated cover quoting the statute goes in front of it, and it mails two ways: a plain First-Class copy, and a certified copy with tracking for your record.
Statutory text pinned from legislature.ky.gov — cited on every document.
"The claimant shall send by regular mail a copy of the statement to the property owner at his last known address within seven (7) days of filing the statement with the county clerk."
The timing, exactly
"… within seven (7) days of filing the statement with the county clerk" (KRS 376.080(1)). Enter the filing date and the calculator counts forward. No weekend or holiday rule in the pinned text; none applied.
That is the method the statute names, so one copy travels as a plain First-Class letter. The second copy adds the certified service and tracking — the record your archive keeps.
"Any lien provided for in KRS 376.010 shall be dissolved if a copy of the statement is not sent to the property owner as provided in this subsection." The pinned text states no cure.
Not sure where you stand? Run the free deadline calculator — it cites each rule.
Who sends it, who gets it
"The claimant" — whoever filed the statement of the amount due with the county clerk of the county in which the building or improvement is situated (KRS 376.080(1)).
"The property owner at his last known address" (KRS 376.080(1)) — one recipient, the only one the subsection names; two envelopes to that address.
There is no prescribed form for the copy. The cover quotes the subsection word for word, identifies the filing and the property, lists the enclosure and states how it was mailed; your statement as filed rides behind it in both envelopes.
How it works
Upload the statement, answer a short wizard
The statement as filed (PDF, up to 10 pages), the county and date of filing, you and your signer, the property owner and the property. About 3 minutes.
We mail it two ways
Cover plus copy by plain USPS First-Class Mail, and again by First-Class Mail with the certified service and tracking, submitted in minutes of payment; you verify the address before paying. Electronic return receipt on the certified copy is optional.
Your evidence archive
The merged PDF, both envelopes listed with the certified tracking number, and a timestamped record of the mailing date, kept on a permanent page.
Questions, answered straight
Who has to send the Kentucky lien statement copy?
The claimant who filed the statement. KRS 376.080(1): "The claimant shall send by regular mail a copy of the statement to the property owner at his last known address within seven (7) days of filing the statement with the county clerk. Any lien provided for in KRS 376.010 shall be dissolved if a copy of the statement is not sent to the property owner as provided in this subsection." Whether that describes your filing is a legal question we cannot answer.
The statute says regular mail. What do you mail?
Both. One copy goes by plain USPS First-Class Mail — regular mail, the class the subsection names. A second copy goes by First-Class Mail with the certified service and tracking added, so your archive holds a tracked, dated record. Both envelopes are included in the $39. We give no legal advice on how a court reads the subsection; consult an attorney about your position.
When is it due?
Within seven days of filing the statement with the county clerk (KRS 376.080(1)). Enter the filing date and the calculator counts forward. The pinned text has no weekend or holiday rule, so none is applied.
What do I upload?
The statement as filed — a PDF of up to 10 pages. We mail it behind a one-page dated cover that quotes the subsection word for word, identifies the filing (date, county, reference, property), lists the enclosure and states how it was mailed.
What if the seven days have passed?
The statute says the lien "shall be dissolved if a copy of the statement is not sent to the property owner as provided in this subsection", and the pinned text states no cure. Consult an attorney about your position; we cannot advise on it.
Is this legal advice?
No. NoticeSent is a document preparation and mailing service, not a law firm. We prepare and mail documents from the information you provide and give no advice or guarantees about outcomes.
Subs and suppliers with no direct contract with the owner give the KRS 376.010 notice of intention to hold the property liable within 75 or 120 days after their last item — $39 flat.
Send the notice of intention — $39Run the calculator once per job and we'll email you before your send-by date. No account; stop anytime.
Track a deadline freeThe clock is statutory. The proof should be too.
Seven days after you file. Regular mail and a certified copy, one flat $39.
Mail the copyMore for Kentucky
- Kentucky lien notices: the notice of intention to hold property liable and the lien statement copy
Guide · quoted from the statute
- Notice of intention to hold property liable
$39 flat, certified-mailed · KRS 376.010(4), (5)