KRS 63.220: Vacancies in county offices.

(1) A vacancy in the office of sheriff, coroner, surveyor, county clerk, county attorney,

jailer, or constable, shall be filled by the county judge/executive, or by the mayor in

a consolidated local government.

(2) Appointments to fill vacancies under this sec tion shall be until the successor is

elected, as provided in Section 152 of the Constitution, and qualified.