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Asset
Exemption
Homestead Real property, mobile home,
co-op, or burial plot: up to $20,200. Up to $10,125 may be used as a
wildcard and applied to any kind of property. Insurance
Life insurance contract (not
matured): all except credit insurance policies. Life insurance policy loan value
and accrued dividends: up to $10, 755. Unemployment, disability, and
illness benefits: all. Life insurance payments from a
policy taken out on someone the debtor depended on: all necessary for
support. Miscellaneous
Child support and alimony: all
necessary for support. Pensions Tax exempt retirement accounts
(which include 401(k)s, 403(b)s, profit-sharing
and money purchase plans, SEP and SIMPLE IRAs, and defined-benefit
plans): all. IRAs and Roth IRAs: up to
$1,095,000 per person. Personal
Property
Motor vehicle: up to $3,225. Household goods, appliances,
furnishings, clothing, books, musical instruments, animals, crops: up to
$525 per item and up to $10,775 total. Jewelry: up to $1,350. Health aids: all. Recovery for wrongful death of a
person on whom the debtor depended: all Recoveries for personal injury
(excluding amounts for pain and suffering and pecuniary loss): up to
$20,200. Payments for lost earnings: all. Public
Benefits Public assistance benefits: all. Social Security benefits: all. Unemployment compensation
benefits: all. Veterans’ benefits: all. Crime victim compensation: all. Tools
of Your Trade
Implements, tools, and books: up
to $2,025. Wages
No exemption. Wildcards
Any property: up to $1,075. Any property: up to $10,125 of
the unused homestead exemption.



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These exemptions are found in 11 U.S.C. §522 and can be used by anyone who is qualified to file bankruptcy in Kentucky. The value allowed under each exemption has been updated for inflation every 3 years, ending on April 1. Values were last adjusted in 2007 so these amounts should be increasing again in 2010. |