Section 70.020 - General bond of sheriff - Minimum - Record(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:1/1/2010
Amended 2009, Ky. Acts ch. 10, sec. 59, effective1/1/2010. --Amended 1996, Ky. Acts ch. 86, sec. 3, effective 7/15/1996. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 188, sec. 49, effective 7/15/1980. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 158, effective 6/17/1978. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective 10/1/1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 4556 to 4559.