{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-64.990","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 64.990","heading":"Penalties.","body":"(1) If any officer to whom KRS 64.050 applies, or his personal representative, trustee,\nor committee, as the case may be, collects any fees, accounts, or demands due him\nin his official capacity after the expiration of his term, or after he has resigned or\ndied or vacated the office, or fails to deliver to his successor all the fees, claims, and\naccounts due to him in his official capacity, he, or his personal representative,\ncommittee, or trustee, as the case may be, shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.\n(2) If any successor or collector mentioned in KRS 64.050(1) fails to make any report\nor pay the money collected to the Department for Local Government, as required by\nKRS 64.050(1), he shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. If he knowingly omits\nor fails to report a correct statement of all money received or collected or knowingly\nmakes or subscribes any false statement concerning the same, he shall be guilty of a\nClass D felony.\n(3) If any deputy or personal representative issuing a fee bill in accordan ce with KRS\n64.420 knowingly makes a wrong charge, or in any respect issues an illegal fee bill,\nhe shall be subject to the same penalties as an officer issuing such a fee bill.\n(4) Every fee bill containing one (1) illegal charge, or which, in any respect , is not\naccording to what is required by law, shall be void for the whole amount.\n(5) Any officer who splits up and divides his services so as to make two (2) charges,\nwhen the law intends but one (1) charge or fee for the whole service, or who\nknowingly makes an illegal charge, or issues an illegal fee bill, or collects or\nattempts to collect his fees twice for the same services, or by any indirection\ncollects or attempts to collect more for his services than is allowed by law, shall be\nguilty of a Class B misdemeanor and his conviction shall be prima facie evidence of\nhis guilt in a proceeding to remove him from office.\n(6) Any official who violates the provisions of KRS 64.820 to 64.850 shall be guilty of\na Class B misdemeanor.","path":["KRS Chapter 64"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=23313","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:19Z","sha256":"8d0d53c359a2f5abe49bfa6deb2b7c44beee15b51e34b83824f490d69bf7b32f","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-64.850","next":"us-ky/krs-640.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}