If any devisee or legatee, or his heir, devisee, or distributee, has failed for seven (7) years to claim his legacy or devise, the personal representative of the testator, or other person possessing it shall, after deducting the legal liabilities thereon, pay and deliver it and the net profits from it to the department.
KRS 393.040
Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 58, sec. 5, effective 3/10/1994; and ch. 83, sec. 2, effective7/15/1994. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective 10/1/1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1608.