If any officer or deputy holding any office or post mentioned in KRS 61.010 is convicted of bribery, forgery, perjury or any felony, by a court of record in or out of this state, his office or post shall be vacated by such conviction, and if a pardon is afterward granted to him it shall not avoid the forfeiture.
KRS 61.040
Conviction of certain crimes vacates office -- Pardon does not avoid
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Brooks, Mayor v. Collett (1944)
Most recently applied in Vaden v. Louisville Civil Service Board (December 1985)
Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky
Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.