{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-71.060","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 71.060","heading":"Jail personnel -- Conditions for appointment of a deputy who resides out of","body":"state.\n(1) The jailer shall be liable on his official bond for the conduct of his deputies. The\ndeputies shall have all the powers and be subject to the same penalties as the jailer.\n(2) The jailer shall be responsible for the appointment and removal of jail personnel,\nand the jailer may dismiss his deputies at any time with cause. Any law to the\ncontrary notwithstanding, a jailer may appoint a deputy who resides outsid e the\nCommonwealth. The number of jail personnel shall be set by the fiscal court in the\njail budget. The fiscal court shall establish education and training requirements as\npermitted by regulations adopted pursuant to KRS 441.055.\n(3) (a) Before a jailer appoints a deputy jailer who resides outside of the\nCommonwealth, the jailer shall, in writing, certify that no qualified resident of\nKentucky was available for the position of deputy jailer at the time the\nposition was sought to be filled which justified the seeking of qualified\napplicants from outside of the Commonwealth.\n(b) The jailer shall file a copy of the certification with the fiscal court of the\ncounty in which the jailer serves prior to appointing a deputy jailer who\nresides outside the Commonwealth.","path":["KRS Chapter 71"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=50416","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:32Z","sha256":"0fd3e9530bdb624eec972086ce94fa652471d2fca78cbac6821a66b1b6368eea","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-71.050","next":"us-ky/krs-71.065"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}