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71.010 Bond and oath of jailer -- Minimum -- Record.
The jailer shall take the oath prescribed by the Constitution and execute bond to the
Commonwealth in the minimum amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), with sureties
approved by the fiscal court, which shall record the approval in its minutes and shall file
the bond with the county clerk. No coroner, sheriff, sheriff's deputy, county
judge/executive or Circuit Judge, county or circuit clerk, or attorney shall be surety for
the jailer on his official bond.
Effective: July 15, 1996
History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 86, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended
1980 Ky. Acts ch. 188, sec. 51, effective July 18, 1980. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts
ch. 384, sec. 170, effective June 17, 1978. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208,
sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 2224, 4559.