{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-64.092","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 64.092","heading":"Compensation of sheriffs and other law enforcement officers or agencies for","body":"attending court and providing security services -- Rates.\nCompensation of sheriffs and other law enforcement officers or agencies for attending\ncourt shall be as follows:\n(1) Compensation shall be provided only for the actual time for which the sheriff or\nother officer is ordered to be physically present in the courtroom or is ordered to be\nphysically present to discharge a duty ordered by the Chief Circuit Judge, Chief\nDistrict Judge, or Judge of the Court of Appeals, as appropriate.\n(2) Compensation shall not be provided for more than one (1) sheriff or other officer\nper courtroom unless the need for additional personnel is certified in writing by the\nChief Circuit Judge, Chief District Judge, or Judge of the Court of Appeals, as\nappropriate, and the utilization of additional personnel is approved by the Chief\nJustice, or his designee. In the event of an emergency of such nature precluding\ncontacting the Chief Justice or hi s designee, the Chief Circuit Judge, Chief District\nJudge, or Judge of the Court of Appeals may authorize such assignment of\nadditional personnel for a period not to exceed twenty-four (24) hours.\n(3) Where a single sheriff or other law enforcement officer  serves more than one (1)\ncourt or courtroom during a single day, he shall be paid as if he had served only one\n(1) courtroom during that day. Dual compensation for service during a single day\nshall not be permitted.\n(4) Time, for compensation purposes, sh all be computed as the actual time spent in the\ncourtroom pursuant to court direction or order and the actual time spent in other\nservice to the court as directed or ordered by the appropriate judge.\n(5) Time spent in court service by a sheriff or other la w enforcement officer shall be\ncertified by the judge of the court which the officer attended and by the Chief Judge\nof the Circuit Court, if the service was to the Circuit Court, or by the Chief Judge of\nthe District Court, if the service was to the District Court.\n(6) The sheriff or other law enforcement officer serving a Circuit or District Court shall\nbe compensated at the rate of eight dollars ($8) per hour of service. If service is for\na part of an hour, then compensation for such service shall be prorated for the actual\nnumber of minutes' service within a given hour.\n(7) The sheriff shall receive the disbursements provided for in KRS 42.320(2)(i) to help\ndefray the cost of providing security services and related activities to the court. The\nmoneys rec eived by the sheriff under this subsection are authorized official\nexpenses to be considered operating expenses of the sheriff's office and shall not be\nconsidered as part of his compensation.","path":["KRS Chapter 64"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=23194","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:18Z","sha256":"e935ac540109c9685f1379acb85d0a6e26dde4eb26d99cc017001e2f5cc1b59c","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-64.091","next":"us-ky/krs-64.095"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}