KRS 64.080: Advance fees for execution of process.

Unless a party has established his right to prosecute or defend as a poor person under

KRS 453.190, or unless the party is the Commonwealth, a county, city, or any agency

thereof, no officer shall be required to execute any process in a civil case on behal f of a

party until the party has deposited with the clerk of the court from which the process

issued a sum, not exceeding five dollars ($5), sufficient to pay the fees for executing all

process on behalf of that party in the case. Upon filing due return sh owing service the

officer shall be paid his proper fee by the clerk. Any portion of the deposit not used to pay

fees for process actually executed shall be returned to the party who paid it. If the process

is sent to the officer from another county, he shall not be required to execute it unless it is

accompanied by the fee or a certificate from the clerk that there is a sufficient sum on

deposit to pay the fee.