KRS 30A.080: Maintenance of records -- Removal from county -- Transfer by rule or

order of Supreme Court.

(1) Every clerk shall maintain all records, files, dockets, and indexes as are prescribed

by statute or rule.

(2) All necessary record books and all necessary supplies required by the clerk's office

shall be procured through the Administrative Office of the Courts and paid for by

the Court of Justice.

(3) No clerk shall permit the records or papers of his office to be taken out of his office

except in case of i nvasion or insurrection, or other catastrophe, or pursuant to rule

or order of court, and then he shall cause them to be returned as soon as the

necessity for the removal ceases to exist.

(4) Records may be permanently transferred from the clerk's office b y rule or order of

the Supreme Court.