The sheriff shall have the charge and custody of the jail of the sheriff's county, and all the prisoners in such jail, and shall keep such jail personally, or by a deputy or jailer, for whose official acts the sheriff and sureties of the sheriff shall be liable.
K.S.A. 19-811
Charge and custody of jail; liability for official acts
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Gaston v. Ploeger (2007)
Most recently applied in Couser v. Gay (May 2020)
G.S. 1868, ch. 25, § 105; R.S. 1923, 19-811; L. 2025, ch. 102, § 1; May 1.
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Official source: Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Kansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.