Kentucky Revised Statutes Title VII. Public Property and Public Printing § 56.030.State, when made grantee or lessee of land

(1) Except as provided in KRS 177.060, 177.070 and 183.120, the Commonwealth shall be named as the grantee of any land given or devised to the state, or partly or wholly paid for out of state funds, and of any land or interest in land conveyed to it or for its use or for the use of any of its agencies or officers.

(2) Except as provided in KRS 183.120, the Commonwealth shall be named as the lessee in all leases for governmental purposes or for the use of the state.