{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-65.067","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 65.067","heading":"Bond required of persons handling public funds -- Compliance by elected","body":"officials and their employees.\n(1) All officers, officials, and employees of cities, counties, urban -county governments,\ncharter county governments, a regional wastewater commissio n, and special\ndistricts who handle public funds in the execution of their duties shall give a good\nand sufficient bond to the local governing body for the faithful and honest\nperformance of his or her duties and as security for all money coming into that\nperson's hands or under that person's control. The bond amount shall be based upon\nthe maximum amount of public funds the officer, official, or employee handles at\nany given time during a fiscal year cycle. The local governing body shall pay the\ncost of the bond.\n(2) Elected officials who post bond as required by statute, and employees of their\noffices covered by a blanket or umbrella bond, shall be deemed to have complied\nwith subsection (1) of this section.","path":["KRS Chapter 65"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=39890","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:20Z","sha256":"ecc1a2cd8d0f4ae96d01ab0477ef3ee47a8c66f006c63e66b4498f7b45562a26","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-65.066","next":"us-ky/krs-65.068"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}