KRS 64.320: Surveyors.

Any court shall pay or order payment, as the case may be, of reasonable compensation

relating to the nature of the work to the county surveyor, and his agents who assist him,

for any services it orders the surveyor to perform pursuant to KRS 73.040. The su rveyor

may refuse to deliver to any party or file in court any plat or report of survey until his fees

for making it have been paid.