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64.090 Sheriffs.
(1)
Sheriffs may charge and collect the following fees from the Commonwealth
and any of its agencies, including the Department of Kentucky State Police,
when the source of payment is not otherwise specified, if the Commonwealth,
any of its agencies, or the Department of Kentucky State Police makes a
request that the sheriff perform any of the following:
(a)
Executing and returning process
$20.00;
(b)
Serving an order of court and return
3.00;
(c)
Summoning or subpoenaing each witness, fee to be paid by
requester
to sheriff before service
0.00;
(d)
Summoning an appraiser or reviewer
2.00;
(e)
Attending a surveyor, when ordered by a
court, per deputy or sheriff assigned
20.00;
(f)
Taking any bond that he is authorized or
required to take in any action
5.00;
(g) Collecting money under execution or distress warrant, if the debt is paid
or the property sold, or a delivery bond given and not complied with, six
percent (6%) on the first three hundred dollars ($300) and three percent
(3%) on the residue; when he or she levies an execution or distress
warrant, and the defendant replevies the debt, or the writ is stayed by
legal proceedings or by the order of the plaintiff, half of the above
commissions, to be charged to the plaintiff and collected as costs in the
case;
(h)
Taking a recognizance of a witness
3.00;
(i)
Levying an attachment
5.00;
(j)
When property attached is sold by an officer other than the officer
levying the attachment, the court shall, in the judgment, make the officer
an additional and reasonable allowance for levying the attachment, and
the fee of the officer selling the property shall be lessened by that sum.
Reasonable charges for removing and taking care of attached property
shall be allowed by order of court;
(k)
Summoning a garnishee
3.00;
(l)
Summoning a jury in a misdemeanor case, attending the trial, and
conducting the defendant to jail, to be paid by the party
convicted
8.00;
(m)
Serving process or arresting the party in
misdemeanor cases, to be paid by the plaintiff
30.00;
(n)
Serving an order or process of revivor
3.00;
(o)
Executing a writ of possession against each tenant or defendant
7.00;
(p)
Executing a capias ad satisfaciendum, the same commission as
collecting money on execution. If the debt is not paid, but stayed or
secured, half commission;
(q)
Summoning and attending a jury in a case of forcible entry and
detainer, besides fees for summoning witnesses
8.00;
(r)
Collecting militia fines and fee-bills, ten percent (10%), to be
deducted out of the fee-bill or fine;
(s)
Levying for a fee-bill
3.00;
(t)
Serving a notice
2.00;
(u)
Serving summons, warrants or process of arrest in cases of
children born out of wedlock
6.00;
(v)
Serving a civil summons in a nonsupport case
0.00;
(w)
Serving each order appointing surveyors of
roads, to be paid out of the county levy
5.00;
(x)
Serving each summons or order of court in applications concerning
roads, to be paid out of the county levy if the road is established,
and in all other cases to be paid by the applicant
5.00;
(y)
Like services in cases of private passways to
be paid by the applicant
5.00;
(z)
Executing each writ of habeas corpus, to be
paid by the petitioner
3.00;
(aa)
All services under a writ issued under
KRS 381.460 to 381.570
10.00; and
(bb)
For services in summoning grand and petit jurors and performing his
(2)
or her duties under KRS Chapter 29A the sheriff shall be allowed, for
each person so summoned, and paid out of the State Treasury for
constructive service the sum of $1.50 and for personal service the sum of
$3.00.
Sheriffs may charge and collect a fee of forty dollars ($40) from any person not
requesting the service of the sheriff on behalf of the Commonwealth, any of its
agencies, or the Department of Kentucky State Police for the services provided
in subsection (1) of this section where a percentage, commission, or
reasonable fee is not otherwise allowed. If a percentage, commission, or
reasonable fee is allowed, that amount shall be paid. If payment is specified
from a person other than the person who requested the service, then the
person specified shall be responsible for payment.
Effective:June 26, 2007
History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 137, effective June 26, 2007. -Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 1, effective January 1, 2007. -- Amended
2005 Ky. Acts ch. 43, sec. 1, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts
ch. 194, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 248,
sec. 2, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 16, sec. 2,
effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 159, sec. 4, effective July
15, 1982; and ch. 385, sec. 15, effective July 1, 1982. -- Amended 1978 Ky.
Acts ch. 162, sec. 2, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1976 (1st Extra.
Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 77, effective January 1, 1978. -- Amended 1962 Ky.
Acts ch. 253, sec. 1. -- Amended 1952 Ky. Acts ch. 72, sec. 1. -- Amended 1944
Ky. Acts ch. 25, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective
October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 354, 357, 1726.
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