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64.090 Fees charged by 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 ........................................................................... 10.00;
(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
(2)
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 ........................................ 10.00;
(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;
(bb) Fingerprinting persons for professional, trade, or commercial
purposes, or for personal use, per set of impressions ............................... 10.00;
(cc) Taking or copying photographs for professional, trade,
or commercial purposes, or for personal use, per photograph .............. 5.00; and
(dd) For services in summoning grand and petit jurors and performing his 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: July 15, 2014
History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 135, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2014. -- 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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