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70.320 Deputy constables in authorized counties.
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(2)
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(5)
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 (5) of this section.
The appointment of deputy constables shall be allowed only in authorized counties.
In authorized counties, each constable may appoint one (1) or more deputies with
the consent of the county judge/executive or the mayor, in a consolidated local
government, as the case may be. The constable and his or her surety are liable on his
or her bond for all the acts and omissions of his or her deputies.
Deputy constables may be removed at any time for any cause deemed sufficient by
the constable by order of the county judge/executive or the mayor in a consolidated
local government, as the case may be, entered after filing of a written direction by
the constable.
Each deputy constable in counties containing a consolidated local government or
city of the first class shall be compensated for his or her services by salary fixed by
the consolidated local government or fiscal court, and paid out of the levy of the
consolidated local government or county.
On or before January 1, 2015, the Department for Local Government shall create
and maintain a registry of cities that, as of August 1, 2014, were classified as cities
of the first or second classes. The Department for Local Government shall make the
information included on the registry available to the public by publishing it on its
Web site.
Effective: January 1, 2015
History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 44, effective January 1, 2015. -Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 70, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1978
Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 161, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch.
152, sec. 44. -- Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 241, sec. 1. -- Amended 1954 Ky. Acts
ch. 105, sec. 1. -- Amended 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 6, sec. 1. -- Amended 1946 Ky. Acts
ch. 165, sec. 1. -- Amended 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 180, secs. 8 and 9. -- Recodified 1942
Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 425, 1083a9.
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