Title VIII, Offices and Officers

Any court shall pay or order payment, as the case may be, of reasonable compensation relating to the nature of the work to the county surveyor, and his agents who assist him, for any services it orders the surveyor to perform pursuant to KRS 73.040. The surveyor may refuse to del…

(1) Chain-carriers and markers shall be paid, by the person causing the survey to be made, one dollar ($1) per day. If the survey is made under an order of court their services and the fees to which they are entitled shall be reported by the surveyor in his report. (2) Viewers of…

No officer shall be entitled to any fee in a proceeding for a misdemeanor unless the fee is recovered and collected from the defendant, in which case the fee allowed and taxed shall be the same as for similar services in civil cases.

more -- Compensation -- Expenses -- Deputies and assistants -- Applicability of KRS 64.368 if population decreases below 70,000 -- Expenses not to exceed annual approved budgetary amounts. (1) The county clerk and sheriff of each county having a population of seventy thousand (70…

in counties having population of 70,000 or more -- Applicability of KRS 64.368 if population decreases below 70,000. (1) The fiscal court in counties containing a population of seventy thousand (70,000) or over may authorize and pay out of the general fund of the county for any e…

of officer. The population of a county shall, for the purposes of KRS 64.346, be determined by the most recent federal decennial census enumeration; provided; however that the provisions of those sections and subsections shall not become operative to such officers mentioned there…

Applicability of KRS 64.368 if population decreases below 70,000. (1) In counties having a population of seventy thousand (70,000) or more, the salaries of the county clerks and sheriffs and of their deputies and all necessary office expenses, including the equipping, furnishing,…

Applicability of KRS 64.368 if population decreases below 70,000. (1) It is hereby declared to be the intent of the General Assembly that all fees of the office of county clerk and sheriff in counties having a population of seventy thousand (70,000) or more that are paid into the…

approved depository. Clerks and sheriffs who are required under Constitution Section 106 to pay the fees collected by them into the State Treasury are relieved from all liability as insurers of funds that come into their hands or subject to their control after the funds are depos…

If a county clerk and sheriff are operating under the procedures applicable to counties equaling or exceeding populations of seventy thousand (70,000), and after the most recent federal decennial census the county population is less than seventy thousand (70,000), the county cler…

A constable may distrain for his own fees, or may place his fees in another officer's hands for collection, and may distrain for other officers' fees placed in his hands for collection. He shall account for officers' fees six (6) months after they are placed in his hands.

(1) The fee-bills of every officer shall be made out at length, in figures and in plain English, and signed by the officer in his official capacity. (2) No officer shall demand or receive for his services: (a) Any other or greater fee than is allowed by law; (b) Any fee for servi…

(1) Except as otherwise provided in KRS 64.050, if any officer dies before making out a fee-bill or collecting his fees, his deputy, or, if none, his personal representative, may, within two (2) years after the services were rendered, make out and sign a fee- bill therefor, and m…

(1) All fees are due and payable within two (2) months after the services are rendered. (2) The fee for the attendance of a witness may be distrained for immediately after it is due, and shall retain its distrainable power for three (3) years, after which it shall only be collect…

No distress shall be made for any fee-bill until the same is exhibited to and a demand of payment thereof is made from the person it is against.

An officer who issues a fee-bill that contains any illegal or improper item or item for services not rendered, or that omits the name of any of the parties legally chargeable therewith or that issues for a fee against any person not legally chargeable with the same, or that has b…

(1) Any person who pays any fee-bill or claim for fees which he believes contains an erroneous, improper or illegal item, or charge for services not actually rendered, or does not comport with the law in every respect, may hand the fee-bill to the Circuit Judge of the county in w…

(1) If distraint is made upon the property of a person for a fee-bill that has any unjust or improper charge or item therein, or any item not made out in every respect agreeably to the requirements of law, the person may apply to the officer making the distraint for an exact copy…

- Duties -- Recommendations. (Effective April 1, 2021) (1) There is hereby established an advisory council to be known as the Executive Branch Compensation Advisory Council. (a) The council shall consist of three (3) voting members: the state budget director, the secretary of the…

(1) Effective, with respect to the offices of Governor on December 11, 1979, and Lieutenant Governor on the fifth Tuesday following the regular November election in 1975, and with respect to the other offices named in this section on the first Monday in January, 1976, the compens…

In addition to the salary provided for in KRS 48.195 as adjusted by salary increments the General Assembly may from time to time provide, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, the chief regional Circuit Judges, and the chief regional Dis…

adjustment of compensation of certain elected county officials. In order to equate the compensation of jailers who do not operate full service jails, constables in counties having an urban-county form of government, justices of the peace, county commissioners, and coroners with t…

schedule -- Annual incentive for completed training units. (1) The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky hereby finds and determines that county judges/executive, county clerks, jailers who operate a full service jail, and sheriffs in all counties are officers whose du…

As used in KRS 64.5277 to 64.5279: (1) "City" means: (a) Any city of any class; (b) An urban-county government that does not participate in the county officers training program under KRS 64.5275; and (c) A consolidated local government that does not participate in the county offi…

educational training -- Training incentive payments -- Continuing education hours required -- Proof of attendance and evaluation of courses. (1) Any city may elect, by adopting an ordinance meeting the requirements of this section, to establish an incentive program for city offic…

incentive payments relative to retirement and compensation -- Alternate incentives for continuing education and training. (1) A city may, by ordinance, elect to repeal the training incentive program. (2) The training incentive payments provided under KRS 64.5278 shall not be incl…

the dollar. In order to equate the current rate of compensation of Commonwealth's attorneys, county clerks, county judges/executive, county attorneys, sheriffs, justices of the peace, and commissioners with the present value and purchasing power of the dollar, the court required …

members of fiscal court -- Excess fees -- Applicability of KRS 64.368 if population decreases below 70,000. (1) Except as provided in subsections (5) and (6) of this section, the fiscal court of each county shall fix the reasonable compensation of every county officer and employe…

The county judge/executive, clerk, jailer who operates a full service jail, and sheriff shall each receive a monthly salary of one-twelfth (1/12) of the amount indicated by the salary schedule in KRS 64.5275.

The fiscal court of any county is authorized to have an annual audit made of the accounts of any county officer or employee, within the meaning of KRS 64.530, who is compensated in whole or in part by fees, except those officers enumerated in subsection (5) of KRS 64.530.

Nothing in KRS 64.480 to 64.740 is intended to authorize the fiscal court of any county to create any office or make any employment not authorized by law.

governmental units or districts other than counties or cities, including school districts. In the case of any political subdivision or local governmental unit or district other than a county or city, having a governing body or authority composed of more than one (1) member, such …

Any county or city board or commission, or combined city-county board or commission, which now has authority by law to fix the compensation of its employees, either with or without statutory limits, shall have power to fix the compensation of its employees subject only to the lim…

health departments. Physicians employed by county, city-county, and district health departments may, upon written recommendation of the hiring and paying authorities expressly approved in writing by the secretary for health and family services, receive compensation in excess of, …

Nothing in KRS 64.480 to 64.740 is intended to change or to authorize any public officer or body to change the amount or rate of any fee or percentage prescribed by law, it being the intention of KRS 64.480 to 64.740, with respect to officers receiving compensation from fees or p…

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, and excepting officers elected by popular vote, employees of the General Assembly, including employees of the Legislative Research Commission, members of boards and commissions, those officers and employees of Ke…

(1) As used in this section, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: "Physician" means a person authorized by law to practice medicine in this state. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 64.640, the Personnel Cabinet may, upon the recommendation of the hiring authorit…

Nothing in KRS 64.480 to 64.740 is intended to authorize the increase of the compensation now fixed by law for the members of any public board or commission for their services as members of the board or commission, except members of fiscal courts to the extent authorized in subse…

KRS 64.368 if population decreases below 70,000. (1) Except as provided in KRS 64.610 and in this section, KRS 64.480 to 64.740 are intended to supersede any existing statute, fixing the compensation, or authorizing any public officer or body to fix the compensation, of any publi…

No public officer or employee shall receive or be allowed or paid any lump sum expense allowance, or contingent fund for personal or official expenses, except where such allowance or fund either is expressly provided for by statute or is specifically appropriated by the General A…

treasury. Except where the law provides that the compensation shall be paid out of the fees of the office, the fiscal court may authorize payment of compensation out of the county treasury to any county officer or employee specifically provided for by law.

term. Where any public body is required by KRS 64.480 to 64.740 to fix the compensation of an officer, and of his deputies and assistants, for terms commencing after June 30, 1950, not later than the first Monday in May in the year in which such officers are elected, and the body…

Nothing in KRS 64.480 to 64.740 is intended to supersede any existing provision of law with respect to protection of employees under civil service against reduction of compensation.

accountant, if auditor declines to perform audit -- Procedure. (1) (a) Any fiscal court, county clerk, or sheriff may employ a certified public accountant to audit the books, accounts, and papers of the county or his office in lieu of the audit conducted by the State Auditor of P…

audit. (1) The fiscal court shall collect any amount due the county from county officials as determined by the audit of the official conducted pursuant to KRS 43.070 and 64.810 if the amount can be collected without suit. (2) In the event the fiscal court cannot collect the amoun…

(1) An outgoing county official, as soon as his or her successor has been qualified and inducted into office and his or her official bond approved, shall immediately vacate his or her office, deliver to his or her successor all books, papers, records, and other property held by v…