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2025 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 19 - Counties And County Officers
Article 8 - Sheriff
19-811 Charge and custody of jail; liability for official acts.
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KS Stat § 19-811 (2025)
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19-811.
Charge and custody of jail; liability for official acts.
The sheriff shall have the charge and custody of the jail of the sheriff's county, and all the prisoners in such jail, and shall keep such jail personally, or by a deputy or jailer, for whose official acts the sheriff and sureties of the sheriff shall be liable.
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 105; R.S. 1923, 19-811; L. 2025, ch. 102, § 1; May 1.
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