{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-61.010","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 61.010","heading":"Office not to be sold -- Penalty -- Contracts to sell are void.","body":"(1) No civil or military office or post of profit, trust, or honor under this state, nor the\ndeputation thereof, in whole or in part, shall be sold or let to farm by any person\nholding or expecting to hold it.\n(2) Any person selling, letting, buying, or recei ving the letting of any office or post, or\nwith whose knowledge it has been bought for him by another, shall be disqualified\nfrom holding the office or post, or the deputation thereof, and, upon conviction,\nshall be expelled therefrom.\n(3) Except as to bo nds of indemnity from a deputy and his sureties given to a chief\nofficer, every contract or security made or obtained in violation of this section shall\nbe void.","path":["KRS Chapter 61"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=22870","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:13Z","sha256":"f5e1fffa6ae314040d962a8d6fd86abe043c25d0355c58201bb3ac1bb1dab32b","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-605.990","next":"us-ky/krs-61.012"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}