KRS 61.040: Conviction of certain crimes vacates office -- Pardon does not avoid.

If any officer or deputy holding any office or post mentioned in KRS 61.010 is convicted

of bribery, forgery, perjury or any felony, by a court of record in or out of this state, his

office or post shall be vacated by such conviction, and if a pardon is af terward granted to

him it shall not avoid the forfeiture.