Any lien provided for in KRS 376.150 and 376.180 shall be superior to the lien of any mortgage or other encumbrance thereafter created, and shall be for the whole amount due the employees as such, or due for such materials or supplies. Liens of employees for wages coming due to them within six months before the property or effects shall come to be distributed among the creditors shall be superior to the lien of any mortgage or other encumbrance theretofore or thereafter created. No president or other chief officer, nor any director or stockholder of any such company, shall be deemed an employee within the meaning of KRS 376.150.
KRS 376.160
Priority of liens -- Persons not deemed employees
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case McGlone v. Smith (1943)
Most recently applied in In Re Megamarket of Lexington, Inc. (January 1997)
Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky
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