Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XXXII. Ownership and Conveyance of Property § 381.300.Realty of nonresident alien liable to escheat after eight years unless he becomes citizen

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the real estate of a nonresident alien may be escheated to the state at any time after the expiration of eight (8) years after the time he acquires title thereto.

(2) Any alien who has purchased, or contracted to purchase, any real estate, or who holds or has title thereto, and who becomes a citizen of the United States before the property is escheated, and any purchaser, lessee, heir, or devisee, from him, if a citizen of the United States, who becomes the owner thereof by purchase or inheritance before the property is escheated, shall take and hold the property free and released from any right or claim of the state by reason of such person's having been an alien.