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Chapter 241 - Alcoholic beverages -- administration and control
241.230 Appointment and duties of administrator, investigators, and clerks -- Police powers -- Constitutional oath.

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241.230 Appointment and duties of administrator, investigators, and clerks -Police powers -- Constitutional oath. (1) (2) (3) (4) (a) The urban-county administrator in each urban-county government and any investigators and clerks deemed necessary for the proper conduct of the office, shall be appointed by the mayor. (b) The urban-county administrator, and the urban-county administrator's investigators, shall have full police powers of peace officers, except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, and their jurisdiction shall be coextensive with the urban-county governments. They may inspect any premises where alcoholic beverages are manufactured, sold, stored, or otherwise trafficked in, without first obtaining a search warrant. No person shall be an urban-county administrator, an investigator, or an employee of the urban-county government under the supervision of the urban-county administrator, who would be disqualified to be a member of the board under KRS 241.100. Before entering upon official duties, each urban-county administrator shall take the oath prescribed in Section 228 of the Constitution. An appointed urban-county alcoholic beverage control administrator shall immediately notify the department of qualification and appointment. An urban-county administrator or investigator appointed under this section shall not have the power to make arrests unless he or she is certified in accordance with KRS 15.380 to 15.404. Effective: June 27, 2025 History: Amended 2025 Ky. Acts ch. 143, sec. 4, effective June 27, 2025. -- Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 62, sec. 16, effective June 29, 2017. -- Created 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 194, sec. 2, effective June 17, 1978.
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