{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-70.430","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 70.430","heading":"Constable duties -- Monthly report.","body":"(1) Constables on or before the tenth day of each calendar month shall make a report\nconcerning the performance of the duties of office by himself or herself and his or\nher deputies, if deputies have been authorized under KRS 70.320, during the next\npreceding calendar month. The reports shall be made:\n(a) To the county clerk in counties containing an urban -county government or a\nconsolidated local government; or\n(b) To the county fiscal court in all other counties.\n(2) The reports required under subsection (1) of this section shall be in the form and\ninclude any information required by the office to which the report is to be submitted\nunder subsection (1) of this section, but shall at a minimum contain:\n(a) A statement showing the total number of each kind of ci vil processes and\norders received, the total number of each returned executed, returned\nunexecuted, and not returned and not executed;\n(b) A statement showing the amount of any fee or fees collected on each civil\nservice of process;\n(c) If the constable is  qualified and is authorized to execute warrants in criminal\nmatters or otherwise exercise the powers of a peace officer under KRS\n70.325, a list of the names and addresses of all persons for whom warrants of\narrest have been obtained by the constable and his or her deputies, noting the\nname of the officer obtaining each warrant, the name of the officer executing\neach warrant, and indicating the warrants returned executed, returned\nunexecuted, and not returned and not executed; a list of the names and\naddresses of all persons for whom warrants of arrest have been obtained by\nothers and delivered to the constable and his or her deputies for execution,\nnoting the name and address of the person obtaining each warrant; the name\nof the officer executing it, and i ndicating the warrants returned executed,\nreturned unexecuted, and not returned and not executed; a list of the names\nand addresses of all persons arrested by the constable and his or her deputies\nwithout warrant, noting the name of the officer making the arrest and the\ncause of the arrest; a list of all the places for which search warrants have been\nobtained by the constable and his or her deputies, noting the name of the\nofficer obtaining each search warrant, the name of the officer executing it, and\nindicating the search warrants returned executed, returned and unexecuted,\nand not returned, and not executed; and\n(d) Under the heading of other matters, a complete and detailed report upon each\nand all other acts of the constable and his or her deputies perf ormed under\nauthority, or under color of authority, of office.\n(3) Each monthly report shall be subscribed and sworn to by the constable and such\nparts thereof as pertain to the acts of his or her deputies beyond his or her presence\nshall be deemed to be sworn to upon information and belief. Upon request, attested\ncopies of the reports shall be promptly delivered to the county judge/executive, the\nmayor of an urban -county government or consolidated local government, the\ncounty attorney, or the attorney for the Commonwealth.\n(4) (a) 1. In consideration of the collection and administration of the reports\nrequired to be submitted to fiscal courts under subsection (1)(b) of this\nsection, the fiscal court or legislative body of any county greater than\nseventy th ousand (70,000) shall be entitled to collect a fee in a sum\nequal to twenty -five percent (25%) of the total receipts reported each\ncalendar month that were actually collected by the reporting constable.\nThe administrative fee required by this subsection sh all be submitted by\nthe constable at the same time as the report required by subsections (1)\nand (2) of this section.\n2. In counties of seventy thousand (70,000) or less, the reports required to\nbe submitted to fiscal courts under subsection (1)(b) of this section shall\nbe sufficient.\n(b) If an urban -county government or a consolidated local government elects by\nordinance, the county clerk receiving reports under subsection (1)(a) of this\nsection shall be entitled to collect the administrative fee provided in paragraph\n(a) of this subsection. If authorized, any fees collected by a county clerk under\nthis subsection may be shared evenly between the county clerk and the county\ngovernment, as provided in the ordinance.","path":["KRS Chapter 70"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=53275","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:32Z","sha256":"0b727ebd7bee8a2e40661b58590e8999d482bbd3baf3eb0efc624744b9db2c05","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-70.420","next":"us-ky/krs-70.440"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}