2011 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 431 GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS 431.215 Conveyance of prisoner to institution of confinement.
KY Rev Stat § 431.215 (1996 through Reg Sess) What's This?
431.215 Conveyance of prisoner to institution of confinement.
(1)
(2)
If the judgment imposes a sentence of death or confinement in the penitentiary,
county jail or other institution, two (2) certified copies thereof shall be furnished
forthwith to the sheriff who shall execute the same by delivering the defendant and
a certified copy of the judgment to the person in charge of the penitentiary, jail or
institution of confinement and making a written return thereof in the office of the
circuit clerk within ten (10) days after the execution.
When the judgment imposes a sentence of death or confinement in the penitentiary,
the county in which the prisoner is incarcerated shall receive from the State
Treasury a fee per day beginning on the fifth day following the day on which
judgment was rendered and ending the day that the defendant is delivered to the
penitentiary. The fee shall be paid to the county treasurer for use for the
incarceration of prisoners as provided in KRS 441.025.
Effective: July 15, 1986
History: Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 382, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1986. -- Amended
1984 Ky. Acts ch. 415, sec. 11, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1976 (1st Extra.
Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 441, effective January 2, 1978. -- Reenacted 1962 Ky.
Acts ch. 234, sec. 44. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October
1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1137-2.
Formerly codified as KRS 431.230.
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