(1) The sheriff shall execute a bond for the faithful performance of the duties of his or her office. This bond shall be in addition to the bond required of him or her 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: January 1, 2010
History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 10, sec. 59, effective January 1, 2010. — 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.