Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 427.160 :: Wild Card Exemptions : Kentucky Bankruptcy Law

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In re Beltz, 263 B.R. 525 (Bankr. W.D. Ky. 2001) - Earned Income Tax Credit, if eligible for KY benefits
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 161.700 - Teachers
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 164A.707 (3) - Prepaid tuition payment fund account
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 205.220 (c) - Aid to blind, aged, disabled; public assistance
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 205.220 (c) - Earned Income Tax Credit, if eligible for KY benefits
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 304.14-300 - Life insurance proceeds or cash value if beneficiary is someone other than insured
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 304.14-310 - Health or disability benefits
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 304.14-320 - Group life insurance proceeds
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 304.14-330 - Annuity contract proceeds to $350 per month
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 304.14-340 - Life insurance policy if beneficiary is a married woman
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 304.14-350 - Life insurance proceeds if clause prohibits proceeds from being used to pay beneficiary's creditors
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 304.39-260 - Medical expenses paid & reparation benefits received under motor vehicle reparation law
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 341.470 (4) - Unemployment compensation
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 342.180 - Workers' compensation
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 362.270 - Property of business partnership
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 427.010 (1) - Clothing, jewelry, articles of adornment, & furnishings to $3,000 total
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 427.010 (2),(3) - Minimum 75% of disposable weekly earnings or 30 times the federal minimum hourly wage per week, whichever is greater; bankruptcy judge may authorize more for low-income debtors
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 427.010 (1) - Health aids
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 427.010 (1) - Motor vehicle to $2,500
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 427.010 (1) - Tools, equipment, livestock, & poultry of farmer to $3,000
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 427.030 - Motor vehicle of auto mechanic, mechanical, or electrical equipment servicer, minister, attorney, physician, surgeon, chiropractor, veterinarian, or dentist to $2,500
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 427.030 - Tools of nonfarmer to $300
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 427.040 - Library, office equipment, instruments, & furnishings of minister, attorney, physician, surgeon, chiropractor, veterinarian, or dentist to $1,000
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 427.060 - Real or personal property used as residence to $5,000; sale proceeds exempt
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 427.060 - Burial plot to $5,000, in lieu of homestead
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 427.090 - Real or personal property used as residence to $5,000; sale proceeds exempt
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 427.110 (1) - Cooperative life or casualty insurance benefits
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 427.110 (2) - Fraternal benefit society benefits
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 427.120 - Police officers
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 427.125 - Police officers
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 427.150 (1) - Alimony, child support needed for support
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 427.150 - ERISA-qualified benefits, including IRAs, SEPs, and Keoghs deposited more than 120 days before filing
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 427.150 (2)(d) - Lost earnings payments needed for support
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 427.150 (2)(c) - Personal injury recoveries to $7,500 (not to include pain & suffering or pecuniary loss)
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 427.150 (2)(b) - Wrongful death recoveries for person you depended on, needed for support
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 427.150 (2)(a) - Crime victims' compensation
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 427.160 - $1,000 of any property
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 427.170 - In 2005, Kentucky elected to "opt in" to the federal exemptions pursuant to Code § 522(b). KRSA § 427.170.
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 61.690 - State employees
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 67A.350 - Urban county government employees
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 67A.620 - Firefighters
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 95.878 - Firefighters

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Ala. Code § 6-10-6 - $8,225 of any personal property, except wages (husband & wife may double)
Ala. Code § 6-10-126 - $8,225 of any personal property, except wages (husband & wife may double)
Ark. Const. Art. 9, � 1 - $500 of any personal property if married or head of family; $200 if not married
Ark. Const. Art. 9, � 2 - $500 of any personal property if married or head of family; $200 if not married
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-66-218 (b)(1),(2) - $500 of any personal property if married or head of family; $200 if not married
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 703.140 (b)(1) - Unused portion of homestead or burial exemption of any property
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 703.140 (b)(5) - $1,700 of any property
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 703.140 (b)(5) - Unused portion of homestead or burial exemption of any property
Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. § 52-352b (r) - $1,000 of any property
D.C. Code Ann. § 15-501 (a)(3) - Up to $850 in any property, plus up to $8,075 of unused homestead exemption
Del. Code Ann. tit. 10, § 4903 - $500 of any personal property, except tools of trade, if head of family
Ga. Code Ann. § 44-13-100 (a)(6) - Unused portion of homestead exemption to $10,000
Ga. Code Ann. § 44-13-100 (a)(6) - $1200 of any property
Iowa Code § 627.6 (14) - $1,000 of any personal property, including cash, not otherwise exempt
Idaho Code § 11-605 (11) - $1,500 in any tangible personal property
735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/12-1001 (b) - $4,000 of any personal property (does not include wages)
Ind. Code Ann. § 34-55-10-2 (c)(2) - $12,100 of any real estate or tangible personal property.
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 427.160 - $1,000 of any property
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 235, § 34 (17) - any property up to $1,000 plus up to $5,000 unused about of exemptions for automobile, household furnishings, and tools of trade
Md. Code Ann., [Cts. & Jud. Proc.] § 11-504 (b)(5),(f) - $6,000 of cash or any property; must claim exemption within 30 days of levy or attachment
Md. Code Ann., [Cts. & Jud. Proc.] § 11-504 (f) - An additional $6,000 in any personal property
Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 14, § 4422 (16) - Unused portion of exemption in homestead to $10,500; or unused exemption in animals, crops, musical instruments, books, clothing, furnishings, household goods, appliances, tools of the trade, & personal injury recoveries
Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 14, § 4422 (15) - $500 of any property
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 513.430 1.(3) - $1,250 of any property if head of family, else $600; head of family may claim additional $350 per unmarried dependent child under age 21.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 513.440 - $1,250 of any property if head of family, else $600; head of family may claim additional $350 per unmarried dependent child under age 21.
Miss. Code Ann. § 85-3-1 (h) - $50,000 of any property, whether real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, including deposits of money, available to any Mississippi resident who is 70 years of age or older.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1C-1601 (a)(2) - $5,000 less any amount claimed for homestead or burial exemption, of any property
N.C. Const. art. X § 1 - $500 of any personal property
N.D. Cent. Code § 28-22-03.1 (1) - $10,000 of any property in lieu of homestead
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1552 - $5,970 of any personal property, except wages, in lieu of homestead
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 511:2 (XVIII) - Unused portion of bibles & books, food & fuel, furniture, jewelry, motor vehicle, and tools of trade exemptions to $7,000
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 511:2 (XVIII) - $1,000 of any property
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 42-10-1 (A)(14) - $15,00 of any personal property
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 42-10-10 - $15,000 of any real or personal property, in lieu of homestead
Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 21.090 (z) - $1,000
N.Y. CPLR § 5205 (a)(9) - $1,175 if no homestead claimed.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2329.66 (A)(18) - $1,475 of any property
Or. Rev. Stat. § 18.345 (1)(p) - $400 of any personal property not already covered by existing exemption (husband & wife may double)
42 Pa. Cons. Stat. Ann. § 8123 - $300 of any property, including cash, real property, securities, or proceeds from sale of exempt property
R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-26-4 (16) - $6,500
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-41-30 (A)(7) - Up to $6,700 for any property, from unused exemptions amounts for homestead, burial, motor vehicle, personal property, jewelry or tool of trade exemptions.
S.D. Codified Laws Ann. § 43-45-4 - Head of family may claim $7,000, or nonhead of family may claim $5,000 of any personal property
Tenn. Code Ann. § 26-2-103 - $10,000 of any personal property including deposits on account with any bank or financial institution
11 U.S.C. § 522 (d)(5) - $1,475 of any property
11 U.S.C. § 522 (d)(5) - Up to $13,950 of unused homestead exemption amount, for any property.
Va. Code Ann. § 34-13 - Unused portion of homestead or personal property exemption
Va. Code Ann. § 34-4.1 - $10,000 of any property for disabled veterans
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, § 2740 (7) - Unused exemptions for motor vehicle, tools of trade, jewelry, household furniture, appliances, clothing, & crops to $7,000
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, § 2740 (7) - $400 of any property
Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 6.15.010 (1)(c)(ii) - up to $10,000 of any other personal property, except personal earnings as provided under RCW 6.15.050(1)
W. Va. Code § 38-10-4 (e) - $800 plus unused portion of homestead or burial exemption, of any property)

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