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56.040 Finance and Administration Cabinet or Transportation Cabinet to provide for title examination and certification of land or interest in land paid for out of state funds.

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56.040 Finance and Administration Cabinet or Transportation Cabinet to provide for title examination and certification of land or interest in land paid for out of <br>state funds. When any land or interest in land is to be paid for out of state funds, the Finance and <br>Administration Cabinet (Transportation Cabinet for requirements of that cabinet) shall <br>take action to provide for the examination and certification of the title to the affected <br>land, with or without exceptions, by an attorney licensed to practice law in this state, or <br>for the insurance of the title to such land by a land title insurance company authorized to <br>do business in this state. A survey and plat of the land showing the corners, angles, and <br>calls of the land shall be made by a competent land surveyor prior to the date of the deed <br>conveying the land or any interest therein to the state. The costs incurred under this <br>section shall be charged against the funds of the agency for whose use and benefit the <br>land is acquired. Effective: July 15, 1982 <br>History: Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 240, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1982. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 2337a-<br>3, 2337a-6.