KRS 402.240: County judge/executive to issue license in absence of clerk.

In the absence of the county clerk, or during a vacancy in the office, the county

judge/executive may issue the license and, in so doing, he shall perform the duties and

incur all the responsibilities of the clerk. The county judge/executive shall return a

memorandum thereof to the clerk, and the memorandum shall be recorded as if the

license had been issued by the clerk.