KRS 70.130: Sheriff to execute sentences of court and convey prisoners -- Coroner or

jailer may act.

The sheriff shall, by himself or deputy, convey all persons to the penitentiary or juvenile

facility condemned to confinement therein, and execute the sentence of the court in other

criminal and penal cases. But the court may order the coroner or jailer to act in the place

of the sheriff in the discharge of those duties.