.020   General bond of sheriff -- Minimum -- Record.


70.020 General bond of sheriff -- Minimum -- Record.
(1)
The sheriff shall execute a bond for the faithful performance of the duties of his
office. This bond shall be in addition to the bond required of him by KRS 134.230
and shall be a minimum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), with sureties approved
by the fiscal court, which shall enter the approval in its minutes and shall record the
bond with the county clerk. The fiscal court shall require the sheriff to renew this
bond annually, and more often if it deems proper.
(2)
No jailer, coroner, judge, county clerk, clerk of a Circuit Court, or attorney shall be
surety for a sheriff on his official bond.
Effective: July 15, 1996
History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 86, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended
1980 Ky. Acts ch. 188, sec. 49, effective July 15, 1980. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts
ch. 384, sec. 158, effective June 17, 1978. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208,
sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 4556 to 4559.