Title IX, Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units
58 chapters · 2,528 sections in this title.
KRS § 70.293 Terms of employment of retired police officer
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(1) Individuals employed under KRS 70.291 to 70.293 shall: (a) Serve for a term not to exceed one (1) year. The one (1) year employment term may be renewed annually at the discretion of the employing county police department or sheriff's office; (b) Receive compensation according…
KRS § 70.294 Employment contract for law enforcement telecommunicator
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(1) As used in this section, "law enforcement agency" means a city, county, consolidated local government, urban-county government, charter county government, unified local government, or state law enforcement agency, and includes a sheriff's office. (2) (a) Law enforcement agenc…
KRS § 70.310 Bond and oath of constable and deputy constable -- Minimum -- Record
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(1) Every constable and each deputy constable appointed under KRS 70.320 shall execute a bond in an amount determined sufficient by the fiscal court or the legislative council of the urban-county government or legislative body of a consolidated local government, the minimum amoun…
KRS § 70.320 Deputy constables in authorized counties -- Qualifications
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(1) As used in this section: (a) "Authorized county" means a county containing either an eligible city or a consolidated local government; and (b) "Eligible city" means a city on the registry maintained by the Department for Local Government under subsection (6) of this section. …
KRS § 70.325 Powers and duties of constable
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, for any constable or deputy constable taking office after January 1, 2023, who was not a constable or deputy constable in the preceding four (4) year term of office, the powers and duties of the office of constable shall n…
KRS § 70.340 Powers after leaving office
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(1) A constable who vacates or is removed from office shall return and account for all claims, processes and papers in his hands, in the same manner as if he had continued in office, or he may be required by the county judge/executive to deliver them to his successor or to the co…
KRS § 70.350 Execution of process -- Jurisdiction
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(1) Constables may execute warrants where specifically authorized by statute, and summons, subpoenas, attachments, notices, rules and orders of court in all criminal, penal, and civil cases, and shall return all process placed in his or her hands to the courts or persons issuing …
KRS § 70.360 Return of "not found."
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No constable shall return on any process that the defendant is not found, unless he has actually been to the defendant's residence and has not found him, if the defendant is a resident of the county.
KRS § 70.370 Precedence of levying and satisfying writs
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Executions, fee-bills, orders of witnesses' attendance, distress warrants and attachments, shall be levied and satisfied by the constable according to the priority of time in which they are placed in his hands. The constable shall, in every case, indorse the time of reception.
KRS § 70.380 Staying or delay of process -- When constable excused by
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It shall be no defense to any action or motion against a constable or his sureties that the process or other authority under which he acted, or it was his duty to act, was stayed or in any manner delayed, unless it was done in writing signed by the plaintiff, his agent or attorne…
KRS § 70.390 To collect, return and receipt for claim
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(1) The constable shall collect all claims placed in his hands for collection, when by proper diligence they may be collected. (2) When a constable fails to collect a claim placed in his hands for collection, he shall upon demand return the claim, properly indorsed, to the person…
KRS § 70.400 Claims placed in hands -- Not to become interested in
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No constable shall buy, or become interested by contract in, any claim against another put into his hands for collection. Any such purchase or contract may be relied on by a defendant in bar of a suit on such claim, or as a ground for vacating a judgment or quashing an execution …
KRS § 70.410 Motion against constable or deputy constable -- Notice
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Recovery on the constable's or deputy constable's bond may be had by motion. At least ten (10) days' notice, specifying the grounds of the motion, shall be given. If not executed on all persons liable on the bond, the motion may proceed against those notified.
KRS § 70.420 Recovery for failure to pay over money collected
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(1) For constable's failure, upon proper demand, to pay over money collected by him, the plaintiff shall recover the amount collected by the officer, and interest from the time of demand, and ten percent (10%) damages thereon, and the costs of his motion or action. (2) In such ac…
KRS § 70.430 Constable duties -- Monthly report
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(1) Constables on or before the tenth day of each calendar month shall make a report concerning the performance of the duties of office by himself or herself and his or her deputies, if deputies have been authorized under KRS 70.320, during the next preceding calendar month. The …
KRS § 70.440 False entries in books and reports
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No constable or deputy constable in any county shall make, participate in making, or knowingly permit another to make a false entry, or omit, or participate in or permit the omission of, any proper entry, in his or her official books or records, or knowingly make or participate i…
KRS § 70.540 County police force authorized -- Jurisdiction -- Appointment -- Qualifications -- Term -- Oath -- Officers
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Qualifications -- Term -- Oath -- Officers. The county judges/executive of the respective counties shall have and are hereby given the power, jurisdiction and authority to establish, appoint and maintain a county police force within their respective counties, all of the members a…
KRS § 70.542 Auxiliary county police force
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(1) Except in counties containing a consolidated local government or city of the first class, or counties containing an urban-county government, the fiscal court of any county in which there is an established county police force pursuant to KRS 70.540, may provide for the establi…
KRS § 70.610 Guards for safekeeping prisoner
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When the circuit judge believes that the safekeeping of a prisoner confined in his county under a charge of felony requires that a guard be kept over him, he shall make the order of record to that effect, and direct the number of guards to be summoned, by whom, and under whose co…
KRS § 70.990 Penalties
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(1) If the sheriff fails to renew the bond required of him by KRS 70.020 when ordered to do so by the county judge/executive, the county judge/executive shall suspend him from acting until he conforms with the order, or may vacate his office. (2) If the sheriff violates any of th…
KRS § 71.010 Bond and oath of jailer -- Minimum -- Record
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The jailer shall take the oath prescribed by the Constitution and execute bond to the Commonwealth in the minimum amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), with sureties approved by the fiscal court, which shall record the approval in its minutes and shall file the bond with the …
KRS § 71.020 Custody of jail
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Each jailer shall have the custody, rule and charge of the jail in his county and of all persons in the jail and shall keep the same himself or by his deputy or deputies. Where the jail admits the residence of the same therein he or one (1) of his deputies may reside in the jail.
KRS § 71.030 Jailer to keep jail clean and warm
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The jailer shall keep the jail comfortably warm, and clean and free from nauseous odors, and shall provide prisoners confined in the jail with a sufficiency of bedclothing to make them comfortable. The bedclothing shall be paid for out of the county levy.
KRS § 71.040 Treatment of prisoners -- Disposition of deceased prisoners
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At the time of booking, the jailer shall receive and keep in the jail all persons who are lawfully committed thereto, until they are lawfully discharged, unless the person is in need of emergency medical attention, in which case the arresting officer shall obtain medical attentio…
KRS § 71.050 Officer of Circuit and District Courts -- Bailiff
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The jailer is an officer of the Circuit and District Courts for his county. In any county where there is no jail and the jailer does not transport prisoners, the jailer shall serve as a bailiff to the Circuit and District Courts of the county.
KRS § 71.060 Jail personnel -- Conditions for appointment of a deputy who resides out of state
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state. (1) The jailer shall be liable on his official bond for the conduct of his deputies. The deputies shall have all the powers and be subject to the same penalties as the jailer. (2) The jailer shall be responsible for the appointment and removal of jail personnel, and the ja…
KRS § 71.065 Appointment of jail personnel and transportation officers in county without jail
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jail. (1) If in any county there is no jail and the jailer does not serve as a transportation officer under KRS 441.510, KRS 71.060 shall not be applicable and the jailer shall not be entitled to nor shall he appoint any jail personnel. (2) If in any county there is no jail and t…
KRS § 71.090 Sheriff to act as jailer
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Except as provided in KRS 63.150, if the jailer is legally committed to jail, or if for any cause the office of jailer becomes vacant, the sheriff of the county shall perform all the duties of jailer until the jailer is legally discharged from jail, or until a successor to the ja…
KRS § 71.100 Jailer's duties on going out of office
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When any jailer goes out of office, he shall deliver to his successor the custody of the jail, its keys, furniture and appurtenances, and the persons confined therein, with all official papers by which prisoners were committed to his custody or by which they were liberated theref…
KRS § 71.110 Office of jailer consolidated with office of sheriff in county containing a consolidated local government, city of the first class, or an urban-county government
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consolidated local government, city of the first class, or an urban-county government. The offices of sheriff and jailer in counties containing a consolidated local government, a city of the first class, or an urban-county government shall be consolidated, but the office of sheri…
KRS § 71.130 Procedure for testing inmate for infectious diseases to be established -- Confidentiality of results
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Confidentiality of results. (1) Each county and each municipal detention facility shall have a written procedure developed, in consultation with the facility medical provider, establishing conditions under which an inmate will be tested for infectious disease. The procedure shall…
KRS § 71.990 Penalties
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A violation of KRS 71.020 shall constitute a misfeasance in office and the District Court may fine the jailer or he may be indicted therefor.
KRS § 72.010 Oath and bond of coroner -- Minimum -- Record -- Payment of bond premiums from county funds -- Appointment of deputy coroners
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premiums from county funds -- Appointment of deputy coroners. Every coroner shall execute bond in the minimum amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) with sureties approved by the fiscal court. The bond shall be recorded by the fiscal court in the office of the county clerk. The…
KRS § 72.020 Duty of person, hospital, or institution finding or possessing dead body -- Duties of coroner, law enforcement officer, embalmer, funeral director, or ambulance service
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Duties of coroner, law enforcement officer, embalmer, funeral director, or ambulance service. (1) Any person, hospital, or institution, finding or having possession of the body of any person whose death occurred under any of the circumstances defined in subsections (1) through (1…
KRS § 72.021 Care of remains of first responder, coroner, or deputy coroner killed in the line of duty
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line of duty. (1) The coroner shall ensure that the remains of a police officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services personnel, as defined in KRS 61.315, or a coroner or deputy coroner, killed in the line of duty are returned to the care and custody of that person's family…
KRS § 72.022 Outgoing coroner to transfer office records
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(1) An outgoing coroner shall turn over all of his or her records relating to the office of coroner to the clerk of the fiscal court within ten (10) days of the end of his or her term or the date of removal or vacancy. The clerk of the fiscal court shall deliver these records to …
KRS § 72.025 Circumstances requiring post-mortem examination to be performed by coroner
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coroner. Coroners shall require a post-mortem examination to be performed in the following circumstances: (1) When the death of a human being appears to be caused by homicide or violence; (2) When the death of a human being appears to be the result of suicide; (3) When the death …
KRS § 72.026 Testing for presence of controlled substances in post-mortem examination -- When required -- Reporting of drug overdose -- Administrative regulations
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When required -- Reporting of drug overdose -- Administrative regulations. (1) In cases requiring a post-mortem examination under KRS 72.025, the coroner or medical examiner shall take a biological sample and have it tested for the presence of any controlled substances which were…
KRS § 72.027 Inquiry regarding sudden unexpected death in epilepsy in post-mortem examination -- When required -- Reporting
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examination -- When required -- Reporting. (1) For the purposes of this section, "SUDEP" means sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. (2) (a) All autopsies conducted in this state as required by KRS 72.025 shall include, if requested by an immediate family member of the deceased to…
KRS § 72.029 Monthly report by coroner on child fatalities
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Every coroner or other official performing a coroner's functions shall, on or before the tenth day of each month, report to the Department for Public Health the death of any child under the age of eighteen (18) years occurring within the county during the preceding month, and the…
KRS § 72.031 Prohibited uses of autopsy photographs, other visual images, and video and audio recordings
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audio recordings. (1) No autopsy photograph, other visual image in whatever form, video recording, or audio recording shall be open to the public unless the spouse or personal representative of the decedent provides an express waiver to the state medical examiner, coroner, or oth…
KRS § 72.032 Short title for KRS 72.031 and 72.992(4)
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KRS 72.031 and 72.992(4) may be cited as Jack's Law. Effective:June 29, 2017
KRS § 72.045 Liability of office -- Deputies
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The office of coroner, rather than the individual holder of the office, shall be liable for the acts or omissions of deputy coroners. When a deputy coroner omits to act or acts in such a way as to render the coroner responsible, and the coroner discharges such responsibility, the…
KRS § 72.210 Purpose of Office of the Kentucky State Medical Examiner
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In enacting legislation establishing an Office of the Kentucky State Medical Examiner for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, it is not the intention of the General Assembly to abolish or interfere with the coroner in his role as a constitutionally elected peace officer. It is the inte…
KRS § 72.220 Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to provide medical assistance to coroner investigating deaths
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investigating deaths. The Justice and Public Safety Cabinet shall, within budgetary limitation, provide medical assistance to coroners in investigating deaths; provide or contract for laboratory facilities for performing autopsies and investigations pursuant to KRS 72.210 to 72.2…
KRS § 72.222 Genetic testing when cause of death undetermined
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(1) Except in skeletal and decomposing human remains, in the case of a deceased person under forty (40) years of age where a post-mortem examination is performed by the Office of the Kentucky State Medical Examiner under the authority of the county coroner and the state medical e…
KRS § 72.225 Advisory commission for medical examination
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An advisory commission is hereby established to act in a general advisory capacity to the medical examiner services. The commissioner of the Department of Kentucky State Police, the commissioner of criminal justice training, the secretary of justice and public safety, and the sec…
KRS § 72.235 Justice and Public Safety Cabinet may provide facilities and professional personnel for studies and examinations
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personnel for studies and examinations. The Justice and Public Safety Cabinet may establish or contract for physical facilities for the conduct of post-mortem and other necessary examinations. The cabinet may employ, by contract or otherwise, pathologists, toxicologists and other…
KRS § 72.240 Justice and Public Safety Cabinet may employ state chief medical examiner and associate -- Employment of county and district medical examiners
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and associate -- Employment of county and district medical examiners. (1) The Justice and Public Safety Cabinet may employ a board-certified forensic pathologist as the chief medical examiner who shall administer the Office of the Kentucky State Medical Examiner and one (1) assoc…
KRS § 72.245 County or district examiner to assist coroner
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At the request of the coroner the county or district medical examiner shall assist in the investigation of deaths.