{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-70.020","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 70.020","heading":"General bond of sheriff -- Minimum -- Record.","body":"(1) The sheriff shall execute a bond for the faithful performance of the duties of his or\nher office. This bond shall be in addition to the bond required of him or her by KRS\n134.230 and shall be a minimum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), with sureties\napproved by the fiscal court, which shall enter the approval in its minutes and shall\nrecord the bond with the county clerk. The fiscal court shall require the sheriff to\nrenew this bond annually, and more often if it deems proper.\n(2) No jailer, coroner, judge, county clerk, clerk of a Circuit Court, or attorney shall be\nsurety for a sheriff on his official bond.","path":["KRS Chapter 70"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=24185","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:31Z","sha256":"856ae5ce58f30ab703179d9c5910ef25ba6660d84a327b34a9e6d06226fc645c","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-70.010","next":"us-ky/krs-70.030"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}