{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-441.245","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 441.245","heading":"Salary for jailer who  operates full-service jail -- Fiscal court to","body":"annually detail the duties and compensation  of jailer not subject to salary\nschedule -- Jailer's quarterly reports.\n(1) The  jailer who  operates a full-service jail shall receive a monthly salary\npursuant to any salary schedule in KRS  Chapter 64 applicable to jailers\noperating a full-service jail from the county jail operating budget.\n(2) No  jailer holding office in the Commonwealth  on or after January 6, 1999, shall\nreceive an annual salary of less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000).\n(3) (a) The salaries of jailers who are not subject to any salary schedule in KRS\nChapter 64 may be set at a higher level if the salary does not exceed the\nconstitutional salary limit applicable to jailers. These jailers' salaries shall\nat least equal the prior year's level and may  be adjusted by the fiscal\ncourt for the change in the prior year's consumer price index according to\nthe provisions of KRS 64.527.\n(b) For jailers governed by this subsection:\n1. By  May  1 of each year, the fiscal court shall pass a resolution\ndetailing:\na. The duties to be performed by the jailer in the upcoming fiscal\nyear; and\nb. The  compensation for the jailer for the upcoming fiscal year,\nincluding any  cost-of-living adjustments according to the\nprovisions of KRS 64.527; and\n2. On  a quarterly basis, jailers shall submit to the fiscal court a\nsummary  of all official duties performed by the jailer and the jailer's\ndeputies, to include information related to prisoner transport,\nincluding but not limited to:\na. The prisoner's name;\nb. The  location and time the prisoner was placed in the custody\nof the jailer or the jailer's deputies for transport;\nc. The  location and  time the jailer or the jailer's deputies\nrelinquished custody of the prisoner after transport; and\nd. The mileage driven.","path":["KRS Chapter 441"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=45559","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:55Z","sha256":"a966e5d557ef769c24ba67971074eca525a04b890405fd6311ec5a67ba31abd6","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-441.240","next":"us-ky/krs-441.250"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}